This quiz works best with JavaScript enabled. Home > Class 8 > Class 8 History Chapter 8 Civilising The Native, Educating The Nation ā Quiz 5 š Homepage š Download PDF Books š Premium PDF Books Class 8 History Chapter 8 Civilising The Native, Educating The Nation Quiz 5 (25 MCQs) Quiz Instructions Select an option to see the correct answer instantly. 1. Officials influenced by the ideas of orientalists said that the A) Indians ought to be taught foreign sciences and educated about the technological advances of British. B) Indians should be taught about their ancient past, because that is when India truly attained its glory. C) Indians should be taught in both the Western and Eastern literature. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Indians should be taught about their ancient past, because that is when India truly attained its glory. 2. Hindu College was set up in A) Kolkata. B) Tamil Nadu. C) Benaras. D) Madras. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Benaras. 3. In what year did William Jones arrive in Calcutta? A) 1783. B) 1790. C) 1800. D) 1820. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) 1783. 4. What was the Court of Directors of the East India Company? A) A group of Indian educators. B) The governing body of the Company in London. C) A committee of British parliamentarians. D) An advisory board of Indian princes. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) The governing body of the Company in London. 5. What year did the British begin to focus on vernacular education? A) 1800. B) 1854. C) 1860. D) 1875. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) 1854. 6. What were some challenges in implementing colonial education policies? A) No language barriers or cultural differences. B) Lack of interest from local communities. C) Resistance from local communities, lack of resources and infrastructure, language barriers, and cultural differences. D) Abundance of resources and infrastructure. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Resistance from local communities, lack of resources and infrastructure, language barriers, and cultural differences. 7. Who was Charles Wood? A) The President of the Board of Control of the Company. B) E Commissioner of the Board of Control of the Company. C) An Educationist. D) Governor General. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) The President of the Board of Control of the Company. 8. In 1854, the Court of Directors of the East India Company in London sent ..... to set up new Educational Policies. A) James Mill. B) Henry Thomas. C) William Adams. D) Charles Wood. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Charles Wood. 9. Asiatick Researches was NOT started by A) William jones. B) Henry Thomas Colebrooke. C) William Carey. D) Nathaniel Halhed. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) William Carey. 10. Madrasa was set up in Calcutta in the year A) 1750. B) 1781. C) 1771. D) 1761. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) 1781. 11. The term vernacular language means ..... A) Local language. B) English language. C) Persian language. D) Sanskrit language. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Local language. 12. What did Mahatma Gandhi believe colonial education did to Indians? A) Empowered them. B) Enslaved them. C) Educated them. D) Liberated them. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Enslaved them. 13. What was the mission the British believed they had to carry out? A) Cultural mission. B) Territorial conquest. C) Revenue collection. D) All of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) All of the above. 14. ..... saw India as an uncivilised society that needed to be civilised. A) Robert Clive. B) James Mill. C) Thomas Macaulay. D) Warren Hastings. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Thomas Macaulay. 15. Henry Thomas Colebrooke was a scholar in Persian and ancient sacred writings of Hinduism A) True. B) False. C) All the above. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) False. 16. Asiatick Researches (Journal) was NOT started by A) William jones. B) Henry Thomas Colebrooke. C) Nathaniel Halhed. D) William Carey. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) William Carey. 17. Wood's Despatch is An order brought from England to India by Wood. A) True. B) Falsse. C) All the above. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) True. 18. Madrasa is a place where the students can learn A) English, Science. B) Arithmetic, Maths. C) History, philosophy. D) Arabic, Persian and Islamic Law. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Arabic, Persian and Islamic Law. 19. What effects did colonial education have on national identity? A) No impact on national identity. B) Complete eradication of national identity. C) Dilution of national identity and a sense of inferiority. D) Strengthening of national identity and a sense of superiority. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Dilution of national identity and a sense of inferiority. 20. In what ways did colonial education impact the traditional practices of the natives? A) Preservation of native traditions. B) Enhancement of native traditions. C) Erosion of native traditions. D) No impact on native traditions. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Erosion of native traditions. 21. When was English Act of Education Adopted A) 1854. B) 1835. C) 1813. D) 1819. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) 1835. 22. What was the purpose of Santiniketan? A) To encourage self-learning. B) To cultivate natural creativity. C) To provide an abode of peace. D) All of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) All of the above. 23. What was William Jones' primary contribution to Indian studies? A) Establishing the first British school in India. B) Translating Sanskrit texts into English. C) Developing a new Indian language. D) Creating the Indian civil service exam. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Translating Sanskrit texts into English. 24. 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. 25. What would you call a person who knows several languages? A) Biographer. B) Linguist. C) Biolinguist. D) Translator. 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