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Education and the British rule

Total questions: 10

Worksheet time: 3mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

To promote Western learning, the British established universities in:

a)

Calcutta

b)

Madras

c)

Bombay

d)

All of these

2.

Which of the following is known as the Magna carta of English education in India

a)

English Education Act

b)

Wood's Despatch

c)

Chater Act of 1853

d)

National education policy

3.

In which year was the Hindu college established in Banares

a)

1791

b)

1871

c)

1879

d)

1792

4.

Name the new education system envisioned by Mahatma Gandhi ?

a)

National council of Education

b)

Arya Samaj

c)

Nai Taleem

d)

Satya Sodhak samaj

5.

Which of the following is not a merit of the modern education system?

a)

It helped to Eradicate several undesirable customs and superstitions

b)

It introduced indians to the ideas of freedom, nationalism and justice

c)

The higher education system set up by the british was of no practical use to the Indians

d)

English gave a common platform to bring indians together

6.

Who founded the Brahmo samak as a step to reform Indian society ?

a)

Dayanand Saraswati

b)

Rabindranath Tagore

c)

Raja Ram Mohan Roy

d)

Mahatma Gandhi

7.

............ means local language or dialect .

a)

Madarsa

b)

Orientation

c)

Vernacular

d)

Rudimentary

8.

The.......... made English the medium of instruction for Institutes of Higher Education.

a)

Charter Act of 1813

b)

English Education Act 1835

c)

Charter Act of 1833

d)

Wood's Dispatch

9.

Lord Macaulay was ............... ,who felt Indians needed to be civilised.

a)

Orientalist

b)

Social reformer

c)

Civil servant

d)

Anglicist

10.

Higher education in the pre British period was ............. in nature .

a)

Political

b)

Scientific

c)

Technical

d)

Religious