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Education and British rule

Total questions: 30

Worksheet time: 15mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

Who recommended the English education act in 1835 ?

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.

Name the new education system envisioned by Mahatma Gandhi ?

a)

National council of Education

b)

Arya Samaj

c)

Nai Talim

d)

Satya Sodhak samaj

4.

............ means local language or dialect .

a)

Madarsa

b)

Orientation

c)

Vernacular

d)

Rudimentary

5.

The.......... made English the medium of instruction for Institutes of Higher Education.

a)

Charter Act of 1813

b)

English Education Act 1835

c)

Charter Act of 1833

d)

Wood's Dispatch

6.

Lord Macaulay was ............... ,who felt Indians needed to be civilised.

a)

Orientalist

b)

Social reformer

c)

Civil servant

d)

Anglicist

7.

Which one was not a popular subject in Pre British India?

a)

Persian

b)

Sanskrit

c)

Mathematics

d)

Science

8.

According to the Wood's Despatch

a)

Educational institutions were to be set up in India.

b)

Madrasas and Patshalas were to continue

c)

All teachers were going to be from Britain.

d)

Children were to be taught in only English.

9.

Sir Syed Ahmad Khan set up this famous university..

a)

Mohammedan Anglo- oriental College in Aligarh now called the Aligarh Muslim University.

b)

Bombay University

c)

Madras University

d)

Manipal University

10.

The Maharaja of Baroda set up this university

a)

Sayajirao University

b)

Aligarh Muslim University.

c)

Bombay University

d)

Calcutta University

11.

The university established by Rabindranath Tagore..

a)

KOLKATTA UNIVERSITY

b)

ASIATIC SOCIETY OF BENGAL

c)

SAYAJIRAO UNIVERSITY

d)

VISVA BHARATI UNIVERSITY

12.

__________ wanted to promote education through vernacular languages.

a)

Anglicists

b)

Hunter commision

c)

Orientalists

13.

Which were the indigenous institutions of learning in India?

a)

Pathsalas

b)

Gurukulas & tols

c)

Makhtabs & Madrasas

d)

All of the above

14.

William Jones, James Prinsep & Henry Thomas Colebrooke were .......

a)

Orientalists, who believed in continuing the indigenous system of learning

b)

Anglicists, who advocated the introduction of western education

c)

Historians, who divided the period of India on the basis of religion

d)

None of the above

15.

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

a)

only 2

b)

2 & 3

c)

1,2,3,4

d)

3 & 4

16.

One among the following did not establish the National Council of Education in 1906:

a)

Satishchandra Mukherjee

b)

Aurobindo Ghosh

c)

Syed Ahmed Khan

d)

Rabindranath Tagore

17.

Sir Syed Ahmed Khan induced to translate western scientific works into Persian.

a)

True

b)

False

18.

Which was not the consequences of establishment of English Education in India?

a)

The indigenous institutions developed further

b)

Change of ideas and beliefs

c)

Popularisation of the ideas of nationalism & democracy

d)

Starting of social and religious reforms

19.

Match: A B

a. Vadodara 1. Hindu college

b. Aligarh 2. MSU

c. Calcutta 3. AMU

d. Santiniketan 4. Visva Bharati University

a)

a-2, b-3, c-1, d-4

b)

a-1, b-2, c-4, d-3

c)

a-3, b-4, c-2, d-1

d)

a-4, b-1, c-3, d-2

20.

Identify the correct pair

a)

1901 - Baroda college of science

b)

1880 - Mohammedan Anglo oriental college

c)

1875 - Santiniketan

d)

1864 - Scientific society of Aligarh

21.

Knowledge of English triggered the spread of nationalism

a)

True

b)

False

22.

To promote Western learning, the British established universities in:

a)

Calcutta

b)

Madras

c)

Bombay

d)

All of these

23.

Identify the incorrect pair:

a)

Gandhiji - Nai Talim

b)

Rabindranath Tagore - Visva Bharati University

c)

Arya Samaj - Dayanand Anglo Vedic schools

d)

Sir Charles wood - Minute on Indian Education

24.

Who was the President of the Board of control of the EEIC and he sent a despatch to whom?

a)

Sir Charles Wood, Lord Dalhousie

b)

Sir Charles wood, Lord Macaulay

c)

Lord Macaulay, Warren Hastings

d)

Lord Macaulay, James Mill

25.

Which university was earlier known as the Hindu college?

a)

The Aligarh university

b)

The Presidency university

c)

The Sayajirao university

d)

The Visva Bharati university

26.

What is the meaning of the word 'Indigenous'?

a)

community

b)

native to a certain area

c)

people

d)

education

27.

Who established Maharaja Sayajirao University?

a)

Maharaja Sayajirao III

b)

Rabindranath Tagore

c)

Pratapsinghrao Gaekwad

d)

Aurobindo Ghosh

28.

Pick out the incorrect feature of Rabindranath's approach of education:

a)

The curriculum was based only on the Indian system of Knowledge

b)

Classes were held in the open, so that students can learn in nature

c)

Subjects taught are music, dance, fine arts

d)

He came up with the idea of alternative learning

29.

Rabindranath Tagore & Mahatma Gandhi were the foremost critics of the Western Education.

a)

True

b)

False

30.

Identify the features of Nai Talim:

a)

Promoting Vernacular education at the village level

b)

Advocated a balanced development of the mind, body and soul

c)

Emphasis on learning handicrafts which would make them productive and self reliant

d)

All of the above