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History Education under British Rule

Total questions: 10

Worksheet time: 5mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

Who recommended the English education act?

a)

Lord Macaulay

b)

Lord Bentinck

c)

Lord Dalhousie

d)

James mill

2.

When was the woods dispatch passed?

a)

1852

b)

1854

c)

1856

d)

1876

3.

............. departments were setup in all provinces to look after education of Indians.

a)

Education

b)

University

c)

Agricultural

d)

Industrial

4.

Shantiniketan was set up by ..

...............

a)

Mahatma Gandhi

b)

Sarojini Naidu

c)

Rabindranath Tagore

d)

Lord Cornwallis

5.

Who set up the Asiatic Society of Bengal ?

a)

Lord Thomas Macaulay

b)

Sir William Jones

c)

James Mill

d)

Sir Syed Ahmad Khan

6.

Which of the subjects were taught during pre-British time ?

a)

Sanskrit

b)

Geography

c)

Science

d)

Persian

e)

Mathematics

7.

According to William Jones , what purpose would translating and studying ancient texts serve ?

a)

Help them know more about Indian culture.

b)

Help them conquer more territories.

c)

Help the Indians rediscover their own heritage.

d)

Help the Indians defeat British.

8.

Who was the governor general who supported Orientalist view of learning

a)

James Mill

b)

Lord Dalhousie

c)

William Hastings

d)

Lord Thomas Macaulay

9.

Name the Indian leader who was very reluctant to Western Education .

a)

Rabindranath Tagore

b)

Mahatma Gandhi

c)

Raja Rammohun Roy

d)

Swami Vivekananda

10.

Negligence of which subject was the reason of India's backwardness ?

a)

English

b)

Mathematics

c)

Persian

d)

Science