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WorksheetsEducation and British rule
Total questions: 30
Worksheet time: 15mins
Who recommended the English education act in 1835 ?
Lord Macaulay
Lord Bentinck
Lord Dalhousie
James mill
When was the woods dispatch passed?
1852
1854
1856
1876
Name the new education system envisioned by Mahatma Gandhi ?
National council of Education
Arya Samaj
Nai Talim
Satya Sodhak samaj
............ means local language or dialect .
Madarsa
Orientation
Vernacular
Rudimentary
The.......... made English the medium of instruction for Institutes of Higher Education.
Charter Act of 1813
English Education Act 1835
Charter Act of 1833
Wood's Dispatch
Lord Macaulay was ............... ,who felt Indians needed to be civilised.
Orientalist
Social reformer
Civil servant
Anglicist
Which one was not a popular subject in Pre British India?
Persian
Sanskrit
Mathematics
Science
According to the Wood's Despatch
Educational institutions were to be set up in India.
Madrasas and Patshalas were to continue
All teachers were going to be from Britain.
Children were to be taught in only English.
Sir Syed Ahmad Khan set up this famous university..
Mohammedan Anglo- oriental College in Aligarh now called the Aligarh Muslim University.
Bombay University
Madras University
Manipal University
The Maharaja of Baroda set up this university
Sayajirao University
Aligarh Muslim University.
Bombay University
Calcutta University
The university established by Rabindranath Tagore..
KOLKATTA UNIVERSITY
ASIATIC SOCIETY OF BENGAL
SAYAJIRAO UNIVERSITY
VISVA BHARATI UNIVERSITY
__________ wanted to promote education through vernacular languages.
Anglicists
Hunter commision
Orientalists
Which were the indigenous institutions of learning in India?
Pathsalas
Gurukulas & tols
Makhtabs & Madrasas
All of the above
William Jones, James Prinsep & Henry Thomas Colebrooke were .......
Orientalists, who believed in continuing the indigenous system of learning
Anglicists, who advocated the introduction of western education
Historians, who divided the period of India on the basis of religion
None of the above
Analyse the following statement & choose the incorrect one ?
1. Minute of Indian Education of 2nd February 1835 had contents of Macaulay's speech
2. This was responsible for passing English Education act1854
3. A sum was allocated for the promotion of higher education
4. The medium of instructions was changed to English
only 2
2 & 3
1,2,3,4
3 & 4
One among the following did not establish the National Council of Education in 1906:
Satishchandra Mukherjee
Aurobindo Ghosh
Syed Ahmed Khan
Rabindranath Tagore
Sir Syed Ahmed Khan induced to translate western scientific works into Persian.
True
False
Which was not the consequences of establishment of English Education in India?
The indigenous institutions developed further
Change of ideas and beliefs
Popularisation of the ideas of nationalism & democracy
Starting of social and religious reforms
Match: A B
a. Vadodara 1. Hindu college
b. Aligarh 2. MSU
c. Calcutta 3. AMU
d. Santiniketan 4. Visva Bharati University
a-2, b-3, c-1, d-4
a-1, b-2, c-4, d-3
a-3, b-4, c-2, d-1
a-4, b-1, c-3, d-2
Identify the correct pair
1901 - Baroda college of science
1880 - Mohammedan Anglo oriental college
1875 - Santiniketan
1864 - Scientific society of Aligarh
Knowledge of English triggered the spread of nationalism
True
False
To promote Western learning, the British established universities in:
Calcutta
Madras
Bombay
All of these
Identify the incorrect pair:
Gandhiji - Nai Talim
Rabindranath Tagore - Visva Bharati University
Arya Samaj - Dayanand Anglo Vedic schools
Sir Charles wood - Minute on Indian Education
Who was the President of the Board of control of the EEIC and he sent a despatch to whom?
Sir Charles Wood, Lord Dalhousie
Sir Charles wood, Lord Macaulay
Lord Macaulay, Warren Hastings
Lord Macaulay, James Mill
Which university was earlier known as the Hindu college?
The Aligarh university
The Presidency university
The Sayajirao university
The Visva Bharati university
What is the meaning of the word 'Indigenous'?
community
native to a certain area
people
education
Who established Maharaja Sayajirao University?
Maharaja Sayajirao III
Rabindranath Tagore
Pratapsinghrao Gaekwad
Aurobindo Ghosh
Pick out the incorrect feature of Rabindranath's approach of education:
The curriculum was based only on the Indian system of Knowledge
Classes were held in the open, so that students can learn in nature
Subjects taught are music, dance, fine arts
He came up with the idea of alternative learning
Rabindranath Tagore & Mahatma Gandhi were the foremost critics of the Western Education.
True
False
Identify the features of Nai Talim:
Promoting Vernacular education at the village level
Advocated a balanced development of the mind, body and soul
Emphasis on learning handicrafts which would make them productive and self reliant
All of the above
