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WorksheetsCIVILISING THE NATIVE ,EDUCATING THE NATION
Total questions: 25
Worksheet time: 13mins
Santiniketan is also referred to as
pathshalas
abode of peace
Pathshala and missionary school
William Adams found the system of education
rigid and flexible
rigid
flexible
""English Education has enslaved us""who said these lines ?
Rabindranath Tagore
Mahatma Gandhi
W.C Banerjea
Tagore was different from Gandhi because he
was critical of of worship of machines and technology
believed learning could only happen in a natural environment
wanted to combine elements of western civilisation with what he saw as best with Indian tradition
In the picture is Macaulay ,what is he famous for in history?
Wood's Despatch
Asiatick Researches
Macaulay's minutes
If the Hindu college was established in Benares then what was set up in Calcutta and why?
Madrasa to promote the study of the Dharma-shastra and Arabic ,Persian and Islamic Law
Madrasa to promote the study of Arabic ,Persian and Islamic law
tell the community about local customs,laws and interpret ancient texts.
James Mill supported Oriental way of learning and even encouraged the Orientalists
True
False
When was the Madrasa in Calcutta set up?
1830
1800
1750
1857
1781
A Hindu college was established in 1791 to encourage the study of ancient Sanskrit texts. Where was this college established?
Benaras
Calcutta
Bengal
Bihar
Bombay
What was Mahatma Gandhi's opinion on Western Education?
Western education destroyed the pride Indians had in their own culture and created a sense of inferiority in their minds.
He wanted to combine the best elements of Western and Indian education and culture.
Western Education was the best. It helps to understand new wonderful things that had sense and had no errors.
What type of school did Tagore want to set up?
Where the child was happy
Where he/she could be free and creative
He/she was able to explore her own thoughts and desire
All of the above
WHICH OF THESE IS NOT AN ORIENTALIST?
THOMAS BABINGTON MACAULAY
WILLIAM JONES
HENRY THOMAS COLEBROOKE
NATHANIEL HALHED
_______ saw India as an uncivilised society that needed to be civilised.
Robert Clive
James Mill
Thomas Macaulay
Warren Hastings
William Adam toured the districts of _____ and _______ in 1830s.
Banaras
Calcutta
Bengal
Bihar
Rabindranath Tagore thought 'santiniketan' a place where children could cultivate their natural creativity because
no British were allowed
there they can live in harmony with nature
it was known for different trees
it was 100 km away from Calcutta
The ideas of William Jones were supported by
James Mill
Thomas Macaulay
Charles Wood
Henry Thomas Colebrook
When was the Wood's Despatch issued by Charles Wood sent?
1866
1854
1918
1890
1800
William Jones was a linguist because
he had studied Greek and Latin
he knew French and English
he had learnt Persian
all of these
James Mill said the following lines
Literacy in itself us not education
grave errors of the East
a single shelf of good European Library was worth the whole native literature of India and Arabia
2.___________________ was set up by William Jones,Henry Thomas Colebrooke in Bengal.
Benaras University
Asiatic Society of Bengal
Presidency College of Madras
Shantiniketan
4.In 1854,the Court of Directors of the East India Company in London appointed___________________ to set up new Educational Policies.
James Mill
Henry Thomas
William Adams
Charles Wood
8.The term vernacular language means_____________
local language
English language
Persian language
Sanskrit language
9.Orientalist refers who _____________
supports the language and culture of West
advocates language and culture of Asia
10."A single shelf of a good European library was worth the whole native literature of India and Arabia" who said these words?
James Mill
Thomas Babington Macaulay
Thomas Arnold
William Carey
Rabindranath Tagore started Shantiniketan , an educational institution in which year?
1904
1864
1901
1921
