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History chapter

Total questions: 36

Worksheet time: 20mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

Study of which of the following was NOT the purpose of setting up Madrasa in Calcutta in 1781?

a)

(a) Arabic

b)

(b) Sanskrit

c)

(c) Persian

d)

(d) Islamic laws

2.

Who was Charles Wood?

(a)  

3.

Mahatma Gandhi was the promotor of English language.

a)

false

b)

true

c)

dont know

d)

ques is wrong

4.

William Jones had a respect for ancient cultures.

a)

True

b)

false

5.

Thomas Macaulay thought that European education was necessary in India.

a)

false

b)

true

6.

______ was one of the first Company officials to study Sanskrit.

a)

Esther Hills

b)

John Mills

c)

William Jones

d)

Robert Clive

7.

William Jones had started a journal which was called

a)

The Times of India

b)

Bengal Gazette

c)

Asiatick Research

d)

Philosphical Research

8.

_______ was an English official who had deep respect for the Indian culture.

a)

Henry Colebrook

b)

James Warren

c)

Bruce Jones

d)

Paul Henry

9.

Those who have scholarly knowledge of Asiatic language and culture are called _____

a)

Linguistic

b)

Orientalists

c)

Vernacularists

d)

Munshis

10.

A person who can read, write and teach Persian is known as _______

a)

Munshi

b)

Maulavi

c)

Qazi

d)

Brahman

11.

Wood’s Dispatch also aimed at clearing _______ of Indian people.

a)

poverty

b)

moral character

c)

illiteracy

d)

sophistication

12.

_______ saw India as an uncivilised society that needed to be civilised.

a)

James Mill

b)

Thomas Macaulay

c)

Robert Clive

d)

Warren Hastings

13.

Until 1813, East India Company was opposed to the _______ in India.

a)

missionary activities

b)

religious function

c)

education

d)

trade

14.

_______ was one of the first British officials to attack the views of Orientalists.

a)

William Jones

b)

Henry Colebrook

c)

James Mill

d)

Henry Ongle

15.

According to Adam’s report, there were over ____ schools in rural Bihar and Bengal in the 1830s.

a)

1 lakh

b)

50 thousand

c)

2 lakhs

d)

5 lakhs

16.

In the 1830s, no classes were held for rural students once ______ started.

a)

harvest season

b)

rainy season

c)

winter season

d)

summer season

17.

_______ started Shantiniketan in 1901.

a)

Rabindranath Tagore

b)

Subhash Chandra Bose

c)

Aurbindo Ghosh

d)

R C Mukherjee

18.

Santiniketan is also referred to as

a)

pathshalas

b)

abode of peace

c)

Pathshala and missionary school

19.

William Adams found the system of education

a)

rigid and flexible

b)

rigid

c)

flexible

20.

""English Education has enslaved us""who said these lines ?

a)

Rabindranath Tagore

b)

Mahatma Gandhi

c)

W.C Banerjea

21.

Tagore was different from Gandhi because he

a)

was critical of of worship of machines and technology

b)

believed learning could only happen in a natural environment

c)

wanted to combine elements of western civilisation with what he saw as best with Indian tradition

22.

In the picture is Macaulay ,what is he famous for in history?

a)

Wood's Despatch

b)

Asiatick Researches

c)

Macaulay's minutes

23.

James Mill supported Oriental way of learning and even encouraged the Orientalists

a)

True

b)

False

24.

What type of school did Tagore want to set up?

a)

Where the child was happy

b)

Where he/she could be free and creative

c)

He/she was able to explore her own thoughts and desire

d)

All of the above

25.

WHICH OF THESE IS NOT AN ORIENTALIST?

a)

THOMAS BABINGTON MACAULAY

b)

WILLIAM JONES

c)

HENRY THOMAS COLEBROOKE

d)

NATHANIEL HALHED

26.

William Adam toured the districts of _____ and _______ in 1830s.

a)

Banaras

b)

Calcutta

c)

Bengal

d)

Bihar

27.

When was the Wood's Despatch issued by Charles Wood sent?

a)

1866

b)

1854

c)

1918

d)

1890

e)

1800

28.

The ideas of William Jones were supported by

a)

James Mill

b)

Thomas Macaulay

c)

Charles Wood

d)

Henry Thomas Colebrook

29.

James Mill said the following lines

a)

Literacy in itself us not education

b)

grave errors of the East

c)

a single shelf of good European Library was worth the whole native literature of India and Arabia

30.

William Jones was a linguist because

a)

he had studied Greek and Latin

b)

he knew French and English

c)

he had learnt Persian

d)

all of these

31.

8.The term vernacular language means_____________

a)

local language

b)

English language

c)

Persian language

d)

Sanskrit language

32.

9.Orientalist refers who _____________

a)

supports the language and culture of West

b)

advocates language and culture of Asia

33.

10."A single shelf of a good European library was worth the whole native literature of India and Arabia" who said these words?

a)

James Mill

b)

Thomas Babington Macaulay

c)

Thomas Arnold

d)

William Carey

34.

Rabindranath Tagore started Shantiniketan , an educational institution in which year?

a)

1904

b)

1864

c)

1901

d)

1921

35.

To promote Islamic law, a madarasa was set up at ______ in 1861.

a)

Bombay

b)

Calcutta

c)

Benaras

d)

Lucknow

36.

Wood’s Dispatch for ‘Education for Commerce’ in India was introduced by ____.

a)

Charles Wood

b)

William Wood

c)

Henry Wood

d)

Archie Wood