WorksheetsCivilising the Native, Educating the Nation
Total questions: 20
Worksheet time: 20mins
______ was one of the first Company officials to study Sanskrit.
Esther Hills
John Mills
William Jones
Robert Clive
William Jones had started a journal which was called
The Times of India
Bengal Gazette
Asiatick Research
Philosphical Research
_______ was an English official who had deep respect for the Indian culture.
Henry Colebrook
James Warren
Bruce Jones
Paul Henry
To promote Islamic law, a madarasa was set up at ______ in 1861.
Bombay
Calcutta
Benaras
Lucknow
_______ was introduced in India in 1835.
English Education Act
Arabic Education Act
Sanskrit Education Act
Civil Services Act
Those who have scholarly knowledge of Asiatic language and culture are called _____
Linguistic
Orientalists
Vernacularists
Munshis
Wood’s Dispatch for ‘Education for Commerce’ in India was introduced by ____.
Charles Wood
William Wood
Henry Wood
Archie Wood
A person who can read, write and teach Persian is known as _______
Munshi
Maulavi
Qazi
Brahman
Wood’s Dispatch also aimed at clearing _______ of Indian people.
poverty
moral character
illiteracy
sophistication
_______ saw India as an uncivilised society that needed to be civilised.
James Mill
Thomas Macaulay
Robert Clive
Warren Hastings
Until 1813, East India Company was opposed to the _______ in India.
missionary activities
religious function
education
trade
________ college was established in Calcutta on the banks of river Hooghly.
Serampore
Hindu
Islamic
Scottish
_______ was one of the first British officials to attack the views of Orientalists.
William Jones
Henry Colebrook
James Mill
Henry Ongle
According to Adam’s report, there were over ____ schools in rural Bihar and Bengal in the 1830s.
1 lakh
50 thousand
2 lakhs
5 lakhs
In the 1830s, no classes were held for rural students once ______ started.
harvest season
rainy season
winter season
summer season
To promote study of English texts, the company set up a Hindu College in _____
Benaras
Madras
Surat
Lucknow
Wood’s Dispatch was introduced in _____.
1854
1855
1845
1839
According to Aurbindo Ghosh, education should awaken the spirit of ___ among students of India.
religion
nationality
thoughtfulness
integration
_______ started Shantiniketan in 1901.
Rabindranath Tagore
Subhash Chandra Bose
Aurbindo Ghosh
R C Mukherjee
The _______ established the University of Bombay.
British
French
Dutch
German
