Class 8 History Chapter 8 Civilising The Native, Educating The Nation Quiz 5 (25 MCQs)

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1. Officials influenced by the ideas of orientalists said that the
2. Hindu College was set up in
3. In what year did William Jones arrive in Calcutta?
4. What was the Court of Directors of the East India Company?
5. What year did the British begin to focus on vernacular education?
6. What were some challenges in implementing colonial education policies?
7. Who was Charles Wood?
8. In 1854, the Court of Directors of the East India Company in London sent ..... to set up new Educational Policies.
9. Asiatick Researches was NOT started by
10. Madrasa was set up in Calcutta in the year
11. The term vernacular language means .....
12. What did Mahatma Gandhi believe colonial education did to Indians?
13. What was the mission the British believed they had to carry out?
14. ..... saw India as an uncivilised society that needed to be civilised.
15. Henry Thomas Colebrooke was a scholar in Persian and ancient sacred writings of Hinduism
16. Asiatick Researches (Journal) was NOT started by
17. Wood's Despatch is An order brought from England to India by Wood.
18. Madrasa is a place where the students can learn
19. What effects did colonial education have on national identity?
20. In what ways did colonial education impact the traditional practices of the natives?
21. When was English Act of Education Adopted
22. What was the purpose of Santiniketan?
23. What was William Jones' primary contribution to Indian studies?
24. Vernacular is a term used to describe the language of the imperial masters
25. What would you call a person who knows several languages?