WorksheetsClass 8 Civilising the “Native”, Educating the Nation
Total questions: 13
Worksheet time: 7mins
Name
Class
Date
1.
Name the person who arrived in Calcutta in 1783 and was appointed as junior judge at the Supreme Court.
a)
Warren Hastings
b)
Lord Comwalis
c)
William Jones
d)
Henry Thomas
2.
Those with a scholarly knowledge of the language and culture of Asia were known as:
a)
Vernacular
b)
Orientalists
c)
Anglicists
d)
Munshi
3.
Hindu College was established in Benaras in:
a)
1781
b)
1773
c)
1777
d)
1791
4.
In 1830’s a Scottish missionary who toured the districts of Bengal and Bihar was:
a)
Williams Carey
b)
William Adam
c)
Thomas Babington
d)
Charles Wood.
5.
What would you call a person who knows several languages ?
a)
Biographer
b)
Linguist
c)
Biolinguist
d)
Translator
6.
Who started the journal Asiatick Researches?
a)
Henry Thomas Colebrooke
b)
Warren Hastings
c)
William Jones
d)
Max Muller
7.
The temples of darkness that were falling of themselves into decay. Who said these words about the Calcutta Madrasa and Benares Sanskrit College?
a)
Lord William Bentick
b)
Lord Dalhousie
c)
Lord Ripon
d)
Lord Macaulay
8.
How did the European learning improve the moral character of Indians?
a)
It would expand the trade and commerce
b)
It would make them truthful and honest
c)
It would make the Indians realize the importance of developing resources of the country
d)
It would make them change their tastes and desires and create a demand for British goods
9.
Tagore wanted to combine the elements of ……………………. with traditional Indian Education.
a)
Eastern Education
b)
Western Education
c)
Religious education
d)
Local education
10.
Rural ……………………… which accepted new rules were supported through government grants by the Company.
a)
Pathshalas
b)
Shops
c)
Temples
d)
Colleges
11.
The ……………………. established the University of Bombay.
a)
British
b)
French
c)
Dutch
d)
German
12.
……………………..city is situated on the banks of river Hooghly.
a)
Madras
b)
Calcutta
c)
Delhi
d)
Lahore
13.
…………………… had argued that English education had enslaved Indians
a)
Mahatma Gandhi
b)
Raja Rammohan Roy
c)
Sardar Patel
d)
Ishwarchandra Vidyasagar
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