This quiz works best with JavaScript enabled. Home > Class 8 > Class 8 History Chapter 8 Civilising The Native, Educating The Nation ā Quiz 2 š Homepage š Download PDF Books š Premium PDF Books Class 8 History Chapter 8 Civilising The Native, Educating The Nation Quiz 2 (25 MCQs) Quiz Instructions Select an option to see the correct answer instantly. 1. ..... started Shantiniketan in 1901. A) Rabindranath Tagore. B) Subhash Chandra Bose. C) Aurbindo Ghosh. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Rabindranath Tagore. 2. Charles Wood emphasised the practical benefits of a system of ..... learnings A) American. B) European. C) Indian. D) Korean. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) European. 3. Santiniketan is also referred to as A) Pathshalas. B) Abode of peace. C) Pathshala and missionary school. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Abode of peace. 4. How did colonial education impact native cultures? A) It led to the erosion of traditional practices and languages. B) It led to the preservation of native cultures. C) It had no impact on native cultures. D) It strengthened traditional practices and languages. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) It led to the erosion of traditional practices and languages. 5. ..... was introduced in India in 1835. A) English Education Act. B) Arabic Education Act. C) Sanskrit Education Act. D) Civil Services Act. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) English Education Act. 6. Munshi was 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. 7. To promote study of English texts, the company set up a Hindu College in ..... A) Benaras. B) Madras. C) Surat. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Benaras. 8. What significant document was issued in 1854 regarding education in India? A) Wood's Despatch. B) Macaulay's Report. C) The Education Act. D) The Indian Education Policy. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Wood's Despatch. 9. How many total Local Pathshala were there in Bengal and Bihar? A) Over 1 Lakh. B) 1 lakh. C) 20 lakh. D) 50 thousand. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Over 1 Lakh. 10. When did the Court of Directors of the East India Company send an educational despatch to the Governor-General of India? Who sent it? A) 1854, James Mill. B) 1854, Charles Wood. C) 1855, James Wood. D) 1855, Lord Dalhousie. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) 1854, Charles Wood. 11. How did the new education system affect the independence of gurus? A) It increased their autonomy. B) It had no effect. C) It made it difficult for them to compete with government-aided schools. D) It provided them with more resources. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) It made it difficult for them to compete with government-aided schools. 12. What were some forms of resistance to colonial education? A) Celebration, cooperation, and compliance. B) Boycotts, protests, and alternative educational systems. C) Military intervention, acceptance, and assimilation. D) Integration, submission, and obedience. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Boycotts, protests, and alternative educational systems. 13. William Jones learnt ..... and ..... at Oxford. A) French, English. B) Greek, Persian. C) Latin, Arabic. D) Latin, Greek. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Latin, Greek. 14. What was the main goal of the English Education Act of 1835? A) To promote Sanskrit and Arabic studies. B) To make English the medium of instruction for higher education. C) To establish more Oriental institutions. D) To ban the teaching of Indian languages. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) To make English the medium of instruction for higher education. 15. ..... started the Santiniketan in 1901. A) Mahatma Gandhi. B) Williani Jones. C) Rabindra Nath Tagore. D) Charles Wood. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Rabindra Nath Tagore. 16. When was the Wood's Despatch issued by Charles Wood sent? A) 1866. B) 1854. C) 1918. D) 1890. E) 1800. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) 1854. 17. ..... was an English official who had deep respect for the Indian culture. A) Henry Colebrook. B) James Warren. C) Bruce Jones. D) Paul Henry. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Henry Colebrook. 18. William Jones arrived Calcutta in ..... A) 1783. B) 1793. C) 1882. D) 1873. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) 1783. 19. 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. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) William Jones. 20. Gandhiji wanted Indians to learn ..... to become self reliant. A) Western Education. B) Crafts and vocational courses. C) Science and technology. D) Geography and mathematics. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Crafts and vocational courses. 21. Shantiniketan is also referred to as A) Pathshalas. B) Abode of peace. C) Pathshala and missionary school. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Abode of peace. 22. What did Mahatma Gandhi believe true education should develop? A) Literacy skills only. B) Western values. C) A person's mind and soul. D) Technical skills only. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) A person's mind and soul. 23. 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. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Grave errors of the East. 24. What did Mahatma Gandhi believe about education in English? A) It created a sense of inferiority. B) It distanced Indians from their own culture. C) It made them strangers in their own lands. D) All of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) All of the above. 25. In 1854, the Court of Directors of the East India Company in London appointed ..... to set up new Educational Policies. A) James Mill. B) Henry Thomas. C) William Adams. D) Charles Wood. 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