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Civilising the native, educating the nation

Total questions: 20

Worksheet time: 16mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

who is a linguist ?

(a)  

2.

Who is the person who arrived at calcutta and had an appointment as a junior judge at the supreme court

a)

Henry Thomas Colebrooke

b)

Nathaniel halhed

c)

William jones

d)

Thomas babington

3.

In which year did william jones arrive in calcutta?

a)

1794

b)

1858

c)

1923

d)

1783

4.

Who were the englishmen who shared interests with jones ?

(a)  

5.

Together they set up the __________ and started the journal ______-

a)

Asiatic society of bengal

b)

East india company

c)

Asiatick Researches

d)

Madrasa

6.

When and where was the 'madrasa' set up?

(a)  

7.

Which college was established in Benaras in 1791?

a)

Asiatic society

b)

Hindu college

c)

madrasa

d)

none of the above

8.

Who was the one who attacked the orientalists ?

a)

Mahatma gandhi

b)

william jones

c)

james mill

d)

Rabindranath tagore

9.

What was the aim of education according to james mill ?

(a)  

10.

Who saw INDIA as an uncivilised country that needed to be civilised

a)

Thomas macaulay

b)

james mill

c)

richard westmacoot

d)

charles wood

11.

What was the famous wordings of Thomas Babington Macaulay ?

(a)  

12.

When was the english education act introduced?

a)

1934

b)

1903

c)

1834

d)

1835

13.

Which institutions were seen as "temples of darkness that were falling of themselves into decay."

a)

calcutta and madrasa

b)

benaras sanskrit college

c)

Asiatick researches

d)

pathshalas

14.

In 1854, the court of directors of the east india company in london set an educational despatch to the governor general of india. Issued by _____________, the president of the board of control of the company. It has come to be known as _______________

a)

Thomas ; macaulay's minute

b)

william jones ; asiatic society of bengal

c)

charles wood ; wood's despatch

d)

tagore ; shantiniketan

15.

In the 1830s, ___________________,a ______________________, toured the districts of bengal and bihar who had to report the progress of education in vernacular schools

(a)  

16.

Who is a munshi?

(a)  

17.

Who were the 2 individuals who reacted against western education?

(a)  

18.

what according to mahatma gandhi did not count as education?

(a)  

19.

Who established the shantiniketan and when?

a)

Rabindranath tagore in 1901

b)

mahatma gandhi in 1905

c)

Sarojini naidu in 1901

d)

rabindranath tagore in 1905

20.

How did rabindranath tagore see shantiniketan as ?

(a)