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WorksheetsCivilising the natives, educating the nation
Total questions: 10
Worksheet time: 5mins
When did William Jones arrive in Calcutta?
1783
1835
1919
1789
Who started the Asiatic Society of Bengal and a journal called Asiatick Researches
William Jones
Henry Thomas Colebrooke
Nathaniel Halhed
Thomas Babington Macaulay
James Mill
James Mill supported Oriental way of learning and even encouraged the Orientalists
True
False
Who are the people in this image?
Rabindranath Tagore & Mahatma Gandhi
Mahatma Gandhi & William Adam
Henry Thomas Colebrooke & William Carey
Rabindranath Tagore & William Jones
Tagore's Santiniketan is a book
No, It's an institution
Yes, It's a book
No, It's a club
No, It's a movement
"Literacy in itself is not education" "English education has enslaved us" These words were spoken by whom?
Henry Thomas Colebrooke
Tarabai Shinde
Mahatma Gandhi
Swami Dayanand Saraswati
Pandita Ramabai
The English Education Act was introduced in
1780
1920
1833
1835
1900
When was the Wood's Despatch issued by Charles Wood sent?
1866
1854
1918
1890
1800
Munshi was a person who can read, write and teach Persian
True
False
When was the Madrasa in Calcutta set up?
1830
1800
1750
1857
1781
