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 4 🏠 Homepage 📘 Download PDF Books 📕 Premium PDF Books Class 8 History Chapter 8 Civilising The Native, Educating The Nation Quiz 4 (40 MCQs) Quiz Instructions Select an option to see the correct answer instantly. 1. What was one negative consequence of the new rules imposed on pathshalas? A) Higher quality of education. B) Difficulty for poor children to attend during harvest time. C) More funding for schools. D) Increased literacy rates. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Difficulty for poor children to attend during harvest time. 2. William Jones was a ..... A) Neither Anglicist nor Orientalist. B) Orientalist. C) Scottish Missionary. D) Anglicist. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Orientalist. 3. According to James Mill, what should be the aim of education in India? A) To teach what Indians wanted. B) To win a place in Indians' hearts. C) To teach what was useful and practical. D) To promote Oriental learning. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) To teach what was useful and practical. 4. Linguist is Someone who knows and studies several languages A) True. B) False. C) All the above. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) True. 5. 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 Macaulay. C) Lord Dalhousie. D) Lord Ripon. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Lord Macaulay. 6. What did Gandhi argue was essential for true education? A) Reading and writing. B) Practical knowledge. C) Learning foreign languages. D) Studying ancient texts. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Practical knowledge. 7. William Jones, Nathaniel Halhed and Henry Thomas Colebrook together set up the A) Asiatic Society of Bengal. B) Asiatick Society of Madras. C) Asiatick Society of Bengal. D) Asiatic Society of Madras. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Asiatic Society of Bengal. 8. ..... toured Bihar and Bengal in the 1830s to prepare a report on Education in vernacular schools. A) William Woods. B) William Adams. C) Robert Clive. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) William Adams. 9. A Hindu college was established in 1791 to encourage the study of ancient Sanskrit texts. Where was this college established? A) Bombay. B) Bihar. C) Benaras. D) Calcutta. E) Bengal. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Benaras. 10. Tagore's Santiniketan is a book A) No, It's an institution. B) No, It's a movement. C) No, It's a club. D) Yes, It's a book. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) No, It's an institution. 11. "Literacy in itself is not education" "English education has enslaved us" These words were spoken by whom? A) Henry Thomas Colebrooke. B) Tarabai Shinde. C) Mahatma Gandhi. D) Swami Dayanand Saraswati. E) Pandita Ramabai. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Mahatma Gandhi. 12. How did national education systems develop under colonial rule? A) Through the implementation of educational policies and institutions by the colonial powers. B) By providing economic aid to local communities. C) Through the establishment of military bases. D) By promoting indigenous languages and traditions. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Through the implementation of educational policies and institutions by the colonial powers. 13. What role did missionaries play in educating the natives? A) Forcing the natives to abandon their culture and traditions. B) Establishing schools, teaching literacy and numeracy, and spreading religious teachings. C) Exploiting the natives for labor and resources. D) Encouraging the natives to rebel against colonial rule. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Establishing schools, teaching literacy and numeracy, and spreading religious teachings. 14. Munshi is a person who can read, write and teach Persian. A) True. B) False. C) All the above. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) True. 15. In 1830's a Scottish missionary who toured the districts of Bengal and Bihar was: A) Thomas Babington. B) Charles Wood. C) Williams Carey. D) William Adam. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) William Adam. 16. Study of which of the following was NOT the purpose of setting up Madrasa in Calcutta in 1781? A) Sanskrit. B) Islamic laws. C) Persian. D) Arabic. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Sanskrit. 17. When did William Jones arrive to India? A) 1785. B) 1784. C) 1783. D) 1786. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) 1783. 18. Wood's Dispatch was introduced in ..... A) 1839. B) 1845. C) 1854. D) 1855. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) 1854. 19. What did James Mill criticize about the Orientalists? A) Their promotion of Oriental learning. B) Their interest in ancient Indian texts. C) Their focus on Western literature. D) Their lack of scientific thought. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Their lack of scientific thought. 20. Which of them is not an orientalist? A) THOMAS BABINGTON MACAULAY. B) HENRY THOMAS COLEBROOKE. C) NATHANIEL HALHED. D) WILLIAM JONES. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) THOMAS BABINGTON MACAULAY. 21. Henry, Nathanial, Jones wrote a journal called Asiatic Researches. A) Yes. B) No. C) All the above. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) No. 22. Situated on the banks of Ganges, in Uttar Pradesh also known as Varanasi or Kasi where Hindu College was established in 1791 A) Jhansi. B) Banaras. C) Agra. D) Kanpur. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Banaras. 23. William Adams found the system of education A) Rigid and flexible. B) Rigid. C) Flexible. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Flexible. 24. Colebrooke felt that teaching English to Indians would help them read some of the world's finest literature. A) False. B) True. C) All the above. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) False. 25. Madrasa was set up ip, Calcutta in the year A) 1781. B) 1761. C) 1750. D) 1771. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) 1781. 26. Someone who knows and studies several languages is called A) Orientlists. B) Munshi. C) Aglists. D) Linguists. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Linguists. 27. What was the main objective of Wood's Despatch? A) To promote Oriental knowledge. B) To encourage the study of Indian languages. C) To emphasize the practical benefits of European learning. D) To improve the moral character of Indians. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) To emphasize the practical benefits of European learning. 28. What was the primary focus of education according to Macaulay? A) Oriental literature. B) Religious texts. C) Practical knowledge. D) Cultural heritage. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Practical knowledge. 29. Who said"a single shelf of a good European library was worth the whole native literature of India and Arabic." A) James Mill. B) Thomas Babington Macaulay. C) Henry Thomas Colebrooke. D) William Jones. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Thomas Babington Macaulay. 30. James mill was a severe critic of the Orientlists. A) True. B) False. C) All the above. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) True. 31. This term is generally used to refer to a local language or dialectbas distinct from what is seen as standard language A) Slang. B) Vernacular. C) Jargon. D) Colloquial. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Vernacular. 32. .... was set up by William Jones, Henry Thomas Colebrooke in Bengal. A) Asiatic Society of Bengal. B) Presidency College of Madras. C) Benaras University. D) Shantiniketan. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Asiatic Society of Bengal. 33. One of the most outspoken and influential critics of the oriental way of learning A) James Mill. B) William Adam. C) William Carey. D) Thomas Babington Macaulay. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Thomas Babington Macaulay. 34. During ..... seasons the students were not able to attend pathasalas and gurukulas. A) Monsoon. B) Summer. C) Harvest. D) Winter. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Harvest. 35. When was the Madrasa in Calcutta set up? A) 1857. B) 1750. C) 1800. D) 1781. E) 1830. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) 1781. 36. What did William Adam's report reveal about vernacular schools? A) There were over 1 lakh pathshalas. B) The system of education was flexible. C) Teaching was oral. D) All of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) All of the above. 37. Which Indian thinker reacted against Western education alongside Gandhi? A) Jawaharlal Nehru. B) Rabindranath Tagore. C) Sardar Patel. D) B.R. Ambedkar. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Rabindranath Tagore. 38. Who was asked by the company to report the progress in the vernacular schools? A) William Adam. B) William Cooper. C) Leonard Adam. D) Lord Cornvallis. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) William Adam. 39. Where did Tagore choose to set up his school? A) On the coast. B) Near a British military base. C) In a rural setting. D) In the heart of Calcutta. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) In a rural setting. 40. What did the British believe would improve the moral character of Indians? A) European learning. B) Oriental literature. C) Traditional crafts. D) Religious education. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) European learning. ← PreviousRelated QuizzesHistory QuizzesClass 8 QuizzesClass 8 History Chapter 8 Civilising The Native, Educating The Nation Quiz 1Class 8 History Chapter 8 Civilising The Native, Educating The Nation Quiz 2Class 8 History Chapter 8 Civilising The Native, Educating The Nation Quiz 3Class 8 History Chapter 1 How, When And Where QuizClass 8 History Chapter 4 Tribals, Dikus And The Vision Of A Golden Age QuizClass 8 History Chapter 7 Weavers, Iron Smelters And Factory Owners QuizClass 8 History Chapter 9 Women, Caste And Reform Quiz 🏠 Back to Homepage 📘 Download PDF Books 📕 Premium PDF Books