WorksheetsCivilizing the Natives, Education the Nation
Total questions: 30
Worksheet time: 15mins
When did William Jones arrive in Calcutta?
1783
1835
1919
1789
James Mill supported Oriental way of learning and even encouraged the Orientalists
True
False
"Literacy in itself is not education" "English education has enslaved us" These words were spoken by whom?
Pandita Ramabai
Tarabai Shinde
Mahatma Gandhi
Swami Dayanand Saraswati
The English Education Act was introduced in
1780
1920
1833
1835
When was the Wood's Despatch issued by Charles Wood sent?
1866
1854
1918
1890
When was the Madrasa in Calcutta set up?
1781
1800
1750
1857
A Hindu college was established in 1791 to encourage the study of ancient Sanskrit texts. Where was this college established?
Benaras
Calcutta
Bengal
Bihar
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.
William Jones was a linguist because
he had studied Greek and Latin
he knew French and English
he had learnt Persian
all of these
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
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
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
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
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
Rabindranath Tagore started Shantiniketan , an educational institution in which year?
1904
1864
1901
1921
