Worksheetscivilizaing the nation educating the nation
Total questions: 15
Worksheet time: 8mins
When did William Jones arrive in Calcutta?
1783
1835
1919
1789
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
When was the Madrasa in Calcutta set up?
1830
1800
1750
1857
1781
A Hindu college was established in 1791 to encourage the study of ancient Sanskrit texts. Where was this college established?
Benaras
Calcutta
Bengal
Bihar
Bombay
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
What type of school did Tagore want to set up?
Where the child was happy
Where he/she could be free and creative
He/she was able to explore her own thoughts and desire
All of the above
What type of school did Tagore want to set up?
Where the child was happy
Where he/she could be free and creative
He/she was able to explore her own thoughts and desire
All of the above
William Jones had an appointment as the _________ judge at the Company's Supreme Court.
junior
senior
subordinate
main
Who started the journal 'Asiatick Researches'?
Thomas Macaulay
William Jones
N Halhed
Colebrooke
The Serampore Mission was established with the help of the _________ East India Company.
Dutch
French
Danish
Portuguese
