This quiz works best with JavaScript enabled. Home > Cbse > Class 8 > History > Social Science > Class 8 History Chapter 8 Civilising The Native, Educating The Nation – Quiz 3 🏠 Homepage 📘 Download PDF Books 📕 Premium PDF Books Class 8 History Chapter 8 Civilising The Native, Educating The Nation Quiz 3 (60 MCQs) Quiz Instructions Select an option to see the correct answer instantly. 1. Vernacular is a term used to describe the language of the imperial masters A) True. B) False. C) All the above. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) False. 2. What would you call a person who knows several languages? A) Linguist. B) Biolinguist. C) Biographer. D) Translator. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Linguist. 3. Was there any fixed timetable in local pathshala? A) True. B) False. C) All the above. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) False. 4. What were some of the different views on what a national educational system should be? A) Changes within the British system. B) Alternative systems. C) Combination of Western and Indian traditions. D) All of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) All of the above. 5. What did Tagore believe about the role of teachers? A) They should be imaginative. B) They should understand the child. C) They should help develop curiosity. D) All of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) All of the above. 6. In Which year was WOODS DESPATCH sent to The Governor-General of India A) 1819. B) 1835. C) 1813. D) 1854. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) 1854. 7. What did Wood's Despatch emphasize about European learning? A) Historical significance. B) Religious teachings. C) Economic benefits. D) Cultural superiority. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Economic benefits. 8. William Adam was a Scottish missionary. A) True. B) False. C) All the above. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) True. 9. When did the company decide to improve the vernacular education system? A) 1852. B) 1855. C) 1854. D) 1853. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) 1854. 10. A person who can read, write and teach Persian is called a A) Biographer. B) Linguist. C) Munshi. D) Orientalist. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Munshi. 11. Complete by choosing the most appropriate word from the following list of options. The introduction of ..... brought with it ideas of democracy, liberty, fraternity among the minds of Indians A) Western education. B) Subsidiary alliance. C) Doctrine of Lapse. D) Expansion policies. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Western education. 12. A madrasa was set in the year? A) 1781. B) 1784. C) 1795. D) 1752. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) 1781. 13. In which year were universities established in Calcutta, Madras, and Bombay? A) 1861. B) 1857. C) 1854. D) 1835. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) 1857. 14. The ideas of William Jones were supported by A) Henry Thomas Colebrook. B) Charles Wood. C) James Mill. D) Thomas Macaulay. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Henry Thomas Colebrook. 15. Which British official argued that a single shelf of a good European library was worth all native literature? A) James Mill. B) William Jones. C) Thomas Babington Macaulay. D) Charles Wood. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Thomas Babington Macaulay. 16. What did Mahatma Gandhi believe education should focus on? A) Reading and writing. B) Oral knowledge and practical skills. C) Science and technology. D) All of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Oral knowledge and practical skills. 17. James Mill supported Oriental way of learning and even encouraged the Orientalists A) True. B) False. C) All the above. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) False. 18. What is a madarasa? A) A school set up in Tamil Nadu. B) An Arabic word for a place of learning any type of school or college. C) Organization of Orientalists. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) An Arabic word for a place of learning any type of school or college. 19. How did the British attempt to change the pathshala system after 1854? A) By closing down all pathshalas. B) By introducing order, routines, and rules. C) By making them exclusively religious schools. D) By removing all Indian teachers. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) By introducing order, routines, and rules. 20. Wood's Dispatch also aimed at clearing ..... of Indian people. A) Poverty. B) Sophistication. C) Illiteracy. D) Moral character. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Moral character. 21. Who Toured Districts of Bengal and Bihar in the 1830s A) James Mill. B) William Adam. C) Thomas Macaulay. D) William Jones. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) William Jones. 22. When was the 'Sati' system banned? A) 1893. B) 1837. C) 1822. D) 1829. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) 1829. 23. Charles Wood was sent to India in the year? A) 1856. B) 1854. C) 1857. D) 1859. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) 1854. 24. ..... college was established in Calcutta on the banks of river Hooghly. A) Scottish. B) Islamic. C) Serampore. D) Hindu. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Serampore. 25. Which year was the English education Act introduced in India? A) 1800. B) 1880. C) 1835. D) 1900. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) 1835. 26. Who said, 'English Education has enslaved us?" A) Rabindranath Tagore. B) Mahatma Gandhi. C) W.C Banerjee. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Mahatma Gandhi. 27. What was Mahatma Gandhi's main criticism of colonial education? A) It was too expensive. B) It was not strict enough. C) It focused too much on science. D) It created a sense of inferiority in Indians. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) It created a sense of inferiority in Indians. 28. Name the President of the Board of Control in England who sent a dispatch. A) Lord Dalhousie. B) Charles Wood. C) Lord Macaulay. D) James Mill. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Charles Wood. 29. In the 1830s, William Adam a scottish missionary toured the districts of Bombay & Calcutta. A) True. B) False. C) All the above. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) False. 30. Thomas Macaulay thought that European education was necessary in India. A) True. B) False. C) All the above. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) True. 31. Define orientlists A) Those with a scholarly knowledge of the culture of asia. B) Promotion of English edu cation. C) Person who can read write and teach persion. D) An Arabic word For a place of learning any type of school or colledge. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Those with a scholarly knowledge of the culture of asia. 32. Rabindranath Tagore started Shantiniketan, an educational institution in which year? A) 1864. B) 1904. C) 1921. D) 1901. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) 1901. 33. Namebthe person who put forward a free demand and compulsory education before British A) Madan Mohan Malaviya. B) Gopal Krishna Gokhale. C) Rabindranath Tagore. D) Mahatma Gandhi. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Gopal Krishna Gokhale. 34. Attack on orientalists became sharper from A) 1830. B) 1780. C) 1850. D) 1900. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) 1830. 35. What year did the sepoys rise in revolt in Meerut and Delhi? A) 1858. B) 1857. C) 1856. D) 1855. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) 1857. 36. Who was the supporter of Orientlists A) Jones. B) Hastings. C) Rabindranath Tagore. D) Mahatma Gandhi. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Hastings. 37. According to Wood's Despatch, how would European learning benefit India economically? A) By creating more jobs for British teachers. B) By improving India's agricultural techniques. C) By encouraging Indians to buy British goods. D) By promoting Indian exports. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) By encouraging Indians to buy British goods. 38. Those who have scholarly knowledge of Asiatic language and culture are called ..... A) Linguistic. B) Orientalists. C) Vernacularists. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Orientalists. 39. 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. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) It would make them change their tastes and desires and create a demand for British goods. 40. Who is linguist? A) A person who is learning several languages. B) A person who helps orientalists. C) A person who knows and studies several languages. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) A person who knows and studies several languages. 41. ""English Education has enslaved us""who said these lines? A) Rabindranath Tagore. B) Mahatma Gandhi. C) W.C Banerjea. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Mahatma Gandhi. 42. An open air school ..... was established by Ravindranath Tagore at Calcutta. A) Hindu College of Benaras. B) Pathasalas. C) Aligarh University. D) Shantinikethan. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Shantinikethan. 43. What did William Adam discover about pathshalas in Bengal and Bihar? A) They only taught religious subjects. B) They were very few in number. C) They were flexible institutions that catered to local needs. D) They had a rigid structure similar to British schools. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) They were flexible institutions that catered to local needs. 44. Which British official criticized the Orientalist vision of learning? A) James Mill. B) Henry Thomas Colebrooke. C) Thomas Babington Macaulay. D) William Jones. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) James Mill. 45. True/False:-Following Macaulay's minute, Wood's Despatch was issued. A) True. B) False. C) All the above. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) False. 46. Who had been asked by the Company to report on the progress of education in vernacular schools . A) William Adam. B) Jones William. C) James Mill. D) Charles Wood. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) William Adam. 47. What was one of the consequences of the new rules imposed on pathshalas? A) Increased independence for gurus. B) Regular inspections and discipline. C) More focus on oral knowledge. D) Less emphasis on textbooks. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Regular inspections and discipline. 48. In ..... year William Jones arrived at Calcutta. A) 1803. B) 1784. C) 1783. D) 1756. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) 1783. 49. The pathshalas were not held during the ..... season. A) Sowing. B) Irrigating. C) Harvest. D) Weeding. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Harvest. 50. State whether true or false:William Jones had a respect for ancient cultures. A) May be. B) False. C) May not be. D) True. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) True. 51. ..... was one of the first British officials to attack the views of Orientalists. A) Henry Ongle. B) William Jones. C) Henry Colebrook. D) James Mill. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) James Mill. 52. A person who can read, write and teach Persian A) Orientalists. B) Pandits. C) William Jones. D) Munshi. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Munshi. 53. The education act of 1835 A) English was made the medium of higher education. B) English was made compulsory even in pathshalas. C) Education in the regional language was encouraged. D) Oriental learning was advised to be promoted further. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) English was made the medium of higher education. 54. Madrasa is an Arabic word for a place of learning; any type of school or college A) True. B) False. C) All the above. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) True. 55. The argument for practical education was strongly criticized by A) Orientalists. B) Christian Missionaries. C) Anglicists. D) Munshis. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Christian Missionaries. 56. Who was William Jones? A) A British judge. B) A linguist. C) A Sanskrit scholar. D) All of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) All of the above. 57. Adam found that there were over ..... lakh pathshalas in Bengal and Bihar, and over ..... students in a patashala A) 5 lakh, 15. B) 20 lakh, 15. C) 2 lakh, 20. D) 1 lakh, 20. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) 1 lakh, 20. 58. ..... was one of the first Company officials to study Sanskrit. A) William Jones. B) John Mills. C) Robert Clive. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) William Jones. 59. Those with scholarly knowledge and culture of Asia were known as A) Orientalists. B) Anglicists. C) Vernacular. D) Munshi. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Orientalists. 60. A person who can read, write and teach Persian is known as ..... A) Brahman. B) Qazi. C) Maulavi. D) Munshi. 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