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CIVILISING THE NATIVE ,EDUCATING THE NATION

Total questions: 25

Worksheet time: 13mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

Santiniketan is also referred to as

a)

pathshalas

b)

abode of peace

c)

Pathshala and missionary school

2.

William Adams found the system of education

a)

rigid and flexible

b)

rigid

c)

flexible

3.

""English Education has enslaved us""who said these lines ?

a)

Rabindranath Tagore

b)

Mahatma Gandhi

c)

W.C Banerjea

4.

Tagore was different from Gandhi because he

a)

was critical of of worship of machines and technology

b)

believed learning could only happen in a natural environment

c)

wanted to combine elements of western civilisation with what he saw as best with Indian tradition

5.

In the picture is Macaulay ,what is he famous for in history?

a)

Wood's Despatch

b)

Asiatick Researches

c)

Macaulay's minutes

6.

If the Hindu college was established in Benares then what was set up in Calcutta and why?

a)

Madrasa to promote the study of the Dharma-shastra and Arabic ,Persian and Islamic Law

b)

Madrasa to promote the study of Arabic ,Persian and Islamic law

c)

tell the community about local customs,laws and interpret ancient texts.

7.

James Mill supported Oriental way of learning and even encouraged the Orientalists

a)

True

b)

False

8.

When was the Madrasa in Calcutta set up?

a)

1830

b)

1800

c)

1750

d)

1857

e)

1781

9.

A Hindu college was established in 1791 to encourage the study of ancient Sanskrit texts. Where was this college established?

a)

Benaras

b)

Calcutta

c)

Bengal

d)

Bihar

e)

Bombay

10.

What was Mahatma Gandhi's opinion on Western Education?

a)

Western education destroyed the pride Indians had in their own culture and created a sense of inferiority in their minds.

b)

He wanted to combine the best elements of Western and Indian education and culture.

c)

Western Education was the best. It helps to understand new wonderful things that had sense and had no errors.

11.

What type of school did Tagore want to set up?

a)

Where the child was happy

b)

Where he/she could be free and creative

c)

He/she was able to explore her own thoughts and desire

d)

All of the above

12.

WHICH OF THESE IS NOT AN ORIENTALIST?

a)

THOMAS BABINGTON MACAULAY

b)

WILLIAM JONES

c)

HENRY THOMAS COLEBROOKE

d)

NATHANIEL HALHED

13.

_______ saw India as an uncivilised society that needed to be civilised.

a)

Robert Clive

b)

James Mill

c)

Thomas Macaulay

d)

Warren Hastings

14.

William Adam toured the districts of _____ and _______ in 1830s.

a)

Banaras

b)

Calcutta

c)

Bengal

d)

Bihar

15.

Rabindranath Tagore thought 'santiniketan' a place where children could cultivate their natural creativity because

a)

no British were allowed

b)

there they can live in harmony with nature

c)

it was known for different trees

d)

it was 100 km away from Calcutta

16.

The ideas of William Jones were supported by

a)

James Mill

b)

Thomas Macaulay

c)

Charles Wood

d)

Henry Thomas Colebrook

17.

When was the Wood's Despatch issued by Charles Wood sent?

a)

1866

b)

1854

c)

1918

d)

1890

e)

1800

18.

William Jones was a linguist because

a)

he had studied Greek and Latin

b)

he knew French and English

c)

he had learnt Persian

d)

all of these

19.

James Mill said the following lines

a)

Literacy in itself us not education

b)

grave errors of the East

c)

a single shelf of good European Library was worth the whole native literature of India and Arabia

20.

2.___________________ was set up by William Jones,Henry Thomas Colebrooke in Bengal.

a)

Benaras University

b)

Asiatic Society of Bengal

c)

Presidency College of Madras

d)

Shantiniketan

21.

4.In 1854,the Court of Directors of the East India Company in London appointed___________________ to set up new Educational Policies.

a)

James Mill

b)

Henry Thomas

c)

William Adams

d)

Charles Wood

22.

8.The term vernacular language means_____________

a)

local language

b)

English language

c)

Persian language

d)

Sanskrit language

23.

9.Orientalist refers who _____________

a)

supports the language and culture of West

b)

advocates language and culture of Asia

24.

10."A single shelf of a good European library was worth the whole native literature of India and Arabia" who said these words?

a)

James Mill

b)

Thomas Babington Macaulay

c)

Thomas Arnold

d)

William Carey

25.

Rabindranath Tagore started Shantiniketan , an educational institution in which year?

a)

1904

b)

1864

c)

1901

d)

1921