This quiz works best with JavaScript enabled. Home > Class 8 > Class 8 History Chapter 8 Civilising The Native, Educating The Nation ā Quiz 6 š Homepage š Download PDF Books š Premium PDF Books Class 8 History Chapter 8 Civilising The Native, Educating The Nation Quiz 6 (25 MCQs) Quiz Instructions Select an option to see the correct answer instantly. 1. Was there any fixed timetable in local pathshala? A) True. B) False. C) All the above. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) False. 2. What were some of the different views on what a national educational system should be? A) Changes within the British system. B) Alternative systems. C) Combination of Western and Indian traditions. D) All of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) All of the above. 3. What did Tagore believe about the role of teachers? A) They should be imaginative. B) They should understand the child. C) They should help develop curiosity. D) All of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) All of the above. 4. In Which year was WOODS DESPATCH sent to The Governor-General of India A) 1813. B) 1835. C) 1819. D) 1854. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) 1854. 5. What did Wood's Despatch emphasize about European learning? A) Cultural superiority. B) Economic benefits. C) Religious teachings. D) Historical significance. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Economic benefits. 6. William Adam was a Scottish missionary. A) True. B) False. C) All the above. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) True. 7. When did the company decide to improve the vernacular education system? A) 1852. B) 1855. C) 1854. D) 1853. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) 1854. 8. A person who can read, write and teach Persian is called a A) Munshi. B) Biographer. C) Linguist. D) Orientalist. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Munshi. 9. Complete by choosing the most appropriate word from the following list of options. The introduction of ..... brought with it ideas of democracy, liberty, fraternity among the minds of Indians A) Western education. B) Subsidiary alliance. C) Doctrine of Lapse. D) Expansion policies. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Western education. 10. A madrasa was set in the year? A) 1784. B) 1752. C) 1795. D) 1781. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) 1781. 11. In which year were universities established in Calcutta, Madras, and Bombay? A) 1835. B) 1854. C) 1857. D) 1861. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) 1857. 12. The ideas of William Jones were supported by A) James Mill. B) Thomas Macaulay. C) Charles Wood. D) Henry Thomas Colebrook. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Henry Thomas Colebrook. 13. Which British official argued that a single shelf of a good European library was worth all native literature? A) William Jones. B) James Mill. C) Thomas Babington Macaulay. D) Charles Wood. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Thomas Babington Macaulay. 14. What did Mahatma Gandhi believe education should focus on? A) Reading and writing. B) Oral knowledge and practical skills. C) Science and technology. D) All of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Oral knowledge and practical skills. 15. James Mill supported Oriental way of learning and even encouraged the Orientalists A) True. B) False. C) All the above. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) False. 16. What is a madarasa? A) A school set up in Tamil Nadu. B) An Arabic word for a place of learning any type of school or college. C) Organization of Orientalists. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) An Arabic word for a place of learning any type of school or college. 17. How did the British attempt to change the pathshala system after 1854? A) By closing down all pathshalas. B) By introducing order, routines, and rules. C) By making them exclusively religious schools. D) By removing all Indian teachers. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) By introducing order, routines, and rules. 18. Wood's Dispatch also aimed at clearing ..... of Indian people. A) Poverty. B) Moral character. C) Illiteracy. D) Sophistication. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Moral character. 19. Who Toured Districts of Bengal and Bihar in the 1830s A) James Mill. B) William Adam. C) William Jones. D) Thomas Macaulay. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) William Jones. 20. When was the 'Sati' system banned? A) 1829. B) 1822. C) 1837. D) 1893. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) 1829. 21. Charles Wood was sent to India in the year? A) 1859. B) 1856. C) 1854. D) 1857. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) 1854. 22. ..... college was established in Calcutta on the banks of river Hooghly. A) Serampore. B) Hindu. C) Islamic. D) Scottish. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Serampore. 23. Which year was the English education Act introduced in India? A) 1800. B) 1900. C) 1835. D) 1880. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) 1835. 24. Who said, 'English Education has enslaved us?" A) Rabindranath Tagore. B) Mahatma Gandhi. C) W.C Banerjee. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Mahatma Gandhi. 25. What was Mahatma Gandhi's main criticism of colonial education? A) It was too expensive. B) It created a sense of inferiority in Indians. C) It focused too much on science. D) It was not strict enough. 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