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Civilising the Native, Educating the Nation

Total questions: 20

Worksheet time: 20mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

______ was one of the first Company officials to study Sanskrit.

a)

Esther Hills

b)

John Mills

c)

William Jones

d)

Robert Clive

2.

William Jones had started a journal which was called

a)

The Times of India

b)

Bengal Gazette

c)

Asiatick Research

d)

Philosphical Research

3.

_______ was an English official who had deep respect for the Indian culture.

a)

Henry Colebrook

b)

James Warren

c)

Bruce Jones

d)

Paul Henry

4.

To promote Islamic law, a madarasa was set up at ______ in 1861.

a)

Bombay

b)

Calcutta

c)

Benaras

d)

Lucknow

5.

_______ was introduced in India in 1835.

a)

English Education Act

b)

Arabic Education Act

c)

Sanskrit Education Act

d)

Civil Services Act

6.

Those who have scholarly knowledge of Asiatic language and culture are called _____

a)

Linguistic

b)

Orientalists

c)

Vernacularists

d)

Munshis

7.

Wood’s Dispatch for ‘Education for Commerce’ in India was introduced by ____.

a)

Charles Wood

b)

William Wood

c)

Henry Wood

d)

Archie Wood

8.

A person who can read, write and teach Persian is known as _______

a)

Munshi

b)

Maulavi

c)

Qazi

d)

Brahman

9.

Wood’s Dispatch also aimed at clearing _______ of Indian people.

a)

poverty

b)

moral character

c)

illiteracy

d)

sophistication

10.

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

a)

James Mill

b)

Thomas Macaulay

c)

Robert Clive

d)

Warren Hastings

11.

Until 1813, East India Company was opposed to the _______ in India.

a)

missionary activities

b)

religious function

c)

education

d)

trade

12.

________ college was established in Calcutta on the banks of river Hooghly.

a)

Serampore

b)

Hindu

c)

Islamic

d)

Scottish

13.

_______ was one of the first British officials to attack the views of Orientalists.

a)

William Jones

b)

Henry Colebrook

c)

James Mill

d)

Henry Ongle

14.

According to Adam’s report, there were over ____ schools in rural Bihar and Bengal in the 1830s.

a)

1 lakh

b)

50 thousand

c)

2 lakhs

d)

5 lakhs

15.

In the 1830s, no classes were held for rural students once ______ started.

a)

harvest season

b)

rainy season

c)

winter season

d)

summer season

16.

To promote study of English texts, the company set up a Hindu College in _____

a)

Benaras

b)

Madras

c)

Surat

d)

Lucknow

17.

Wood’s Dispatch was introduced in _____.

a)

1854

b)

1855

c)

1845

d)

1839

18.

According to Aurbindo Ghosh, education should awaken the spirit of ___ among students of India.

a)

religion

b)

nationality

c)

thoughtfulness

d)

integration

19.

_______ started Shantiniketan in 1901.

a)

Rabindranath Tagore

b)

Subhash Chandra Bose

c)

Aurbindo Ghosh

d)

R C Mukherjee

20.

The _______ established the University of Bombay.

a)

British

b)

French

c)

Dutch

d)

German