This quiz works best with JavaScript enabled. Home > Class 8 > Class 8 History Chapter 8 Civilising The Native, Educating The Nation ā Quiz 4 š Homepage š Download PDF Books š Premium PDF Books Class 8 History Chapter 8 Civilising The Native, Educating The Nation Quiz 4 (25 MCQs) Quiz Instructions Select an option to see the correct answer instantly. 1. What did Tagore want to combine in his educational system? A) Elements of Western and Indian traditions. B) Art, music, and dance. C) Science and technology. D) All of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) All of the above. 2. What was the role of government pandits in the new education system? A) To teach Sanskrit. B) To inspect and improve pathshalas. C) To write textbooks. D) To train British officials. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) To inspect and improve pathshalas. 3. The English Education Act was passed A) To materialise Macaulay's thinking. B) To materialise Macaulay's thinking. C) To stop the promotion of oriental institutions. D) All of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) All of the above. 4. According to Mahatma Gandhi, what was the impact of colonial education on Indians? A) It created a sense of inferiority. B) It destroyed their pride in their own culture. C) It made them admire British rule. D) All of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) All of the above. 5. What were some strategies used by the natives to resist colonial education? A) Boycotting colonial schools, creating their own educational systems, and preserving their traditional knowledge and practices. B) Encouraging the spread of colonial educational institutions. C) Assimilating into the colonial culture. D) Embracing colonial education willingly. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Boycotting colonial schools, creating their own educational systems, and preserving their traditional knowledge and practices. 6. Person who knows and studies several languages is known as A) Multi-talented. B) Teacher. C) Linguist. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Linguist. 7. As a child, Tagore ..... A) Loved going to school. B) Didnot go to school. C) Bunked school. D) Hated going to school. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Hated going to school. 8. Name the person who was a part of the Scottish missionary who helped to establish the Serampore Mission A) William Carry. B) William Card. C) Andrew Fuller. D) William Fuller. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) William Carry. 9. Name the person who arrived in Calcutta in 1783 and was appointed as junior judge at Supreme Court A) Warren Hastings. B) William Jones. C) Lord Cornwllis. D) Henry Thomas. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) William Jones. 10. In which year, Wood's Despatch was issued? A) 1885. B) 1854. C) 1835. D) 1844. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) 1854. 11. Hindu College was established in Benaras in: A) 1781. B) 1773. C) 1777. D) 1791. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) 1791. 12. Who are Orientalists? A) A person who can read, write and teach persian. B) A person who knows and studies several languages. C) People who have scholarly knowledge of the language and culture of Asia. D) None of them. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) People who have scholarly knowledge of the language and culture of Asia. 13. The English Education Act was introduced in A) 1780. B) 1920. C) 1833. D) 1835. E) 1900. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) 1835. 14. "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. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Thomas Babington Macaulay. 15. Hindu College was set up at Banaras to encourage the study of ancient Hindi texts A) True. B) False. C) All the above. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) False. 16. Wood's Dispatch for 'Education for Commerce' in India was introduced by ..... A) Charles Wood. B) William Wood. C) Henry Wood. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Charles Wood. 17. Who was the fully critic of western Education? A) Mahatma Gandhi. B) Rabindranath Tagore. C) Raja Rammohun Roy. D) Both Mahatama Gandhi and Rabindranath Tagore. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Mahatma Gandhi. 18. Patashala is a place of arts A) False. B) True. C) All the above. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) False. 19. The ..... established the University of Bombay. A) British. B) French. C) Dutch. D) German. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) British. 20. What did the British educational policy aim to create a demand for? A) Local goods. B) British goods. C) Cultural exchange. D) Traditional crafts. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) British goods. 21. Who carried Serampore mission? A) William Jones. B) William Carey. C) William Adam. D) Thomas Babington Macaulay. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) William Carey. 22. According to Mahatma Gandhi, what should be the medium of teaching in India? A) English. B) Sanskrit. C) Indian languages. D) A mix of English and Indian languages. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Indian languages. 23. Charles Wood's Despatch was related with which of the following? A) Education. B) Trade. C) Administrative Reforms. D) Military Reforms. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Education. 24. What was Mahatma Gandhi's opinion on Western Education? A) Western education destroyed the pride Indians had in their own culture and created a sense of inferiority in their minds. B) He wanted to combine the best elements of Western and Indian education and culture. C) Western Education was the best. It helps to understand new wonderful things that had sense and had no errors. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Western education destroyed the pride Indians had in their own culture and created a sense of inferiority in their minds. 25. What did Tagore believe about the combination of Western and Indian traditions? A) It was necessary for a national education. B) It was unnecessary and harmful. C) It should focus only on Indian traditions. D) All of the above. 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