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Education and British Rule

Total questions: 15

Worksheet time: 8mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

In the pre-British time ___________ and __________ imparted education.

a)

Convents, global school

b)

Convents, madrassas

c)

Pathshalas, Convents

d)

Pathsalas, madrassas

2.

The charter Act of ____________ provided for Rs 1 lakh to be spent annually on spreding education in india.

a)

1831

b)

1813

c)

1811

d)

1830

3.

In _________________ universities were set up in Calutta, Bombay and Madras.

a)

1855

b)

1856

c)

1857

d)

1854

4.

This reformer set up the Mohammedan Anglo-Oriental Colledge in Aligarh.

a)

Sir Syed Ahmad khan

b)

Raja Rammohun Roy

c)

Swami Vivekananda

d)

Ishwar Chandra Vidyasagar

5.

Maharaja Sayajirao set up a university in the princely state of ______

a)

Hyderabad

b)

Baroda

c)

Kathiawar

d)

Jamnagar

6.

Indian Association for the Cultivation of Science was founded by

a)

Mahendra Lal Sircar

b)

Rabindranath Tagore

c)

Meghnad Saha

d)

J.C. Bose

7.

The Indian Science Congress Association was set up in

a)

1930s

b)

1990s

c)

1950s

d)

1920s

8.

Who set up the Benaras Sanskrit College and in which year ?

a)

Warren Hastings, 1783

b)

Jonathan Duncan, 1792

c)

Warren Hastings, 1791

d)

Jonathan Duncan, 1784

9.

Rabindranath Tagore delivered the address of welcome to gandhiji and Kasturba at _______ in 1940.

a)

Shantiniketan

b)

Aligarh

c)

Baroda

d)

Benares Sanskrit College

10.

Which of these subjects were not taught in pre-British times

a)

Sanskrit

b)

Persian

c)

Mathematics

d)

Geography

11.

Scientific and technical education was virtually existent.

a)

True

b)

False

12.

Maharaja Sayajirao University believed that without education it was difficult to bring about reforms in society.

a)

True

b)

False

13.

The English Education Act was passed in (a)  

( Year)

14.

Sir William Jones arrived in ______ in 1783.

a)

Bihar

b)

Calcutta

c)

Bombay

d)

Madras

15.

Mohammedan Anglo-Oriental College in Aligarh is now called

a)

Maharaja Sayajirao University

b)

Benares Sanskrit College

c)

Aligarh Muslim University

d)

Mohammedan Anglo-Oriental College