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Class 8 History Chapter 8 Civilising The Native, Educating The Nation Quiz 7 (25 MCQs)

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1. Who started the Asiatic Society of Bengal and a journal called Asiatick Researches
2. Name the President of the Board of Control in England who sent a dispatch.
3. In the 1830s, William Adam a scottish missionary toured the districts of Bombay & Calcutta.
4. Thomas Macaulay thought that European education was necessary in India.
5. Define orientlists
6. Rabindranath Tagore started Shantiniketan, an educational institution in which year?
7. Namebthe person who put forward a free demand and compulsory education before British
8. Attack on orientalists became sharper from
9. What year did the sepoys rise in revolt in Meerut and Delhi?
10. Who was the supporter of Orientlists
11. According to Wood's Despatch, how would European learning benefit India economically?
12. Those who have scholarly knowledge of Asiatic language and culture are called .....
13. How did the European learning improve the moral character of Indians?
14. Who is linguist?
15. ""English Education has enslaved us""who said these lines?
16. An open air school ..... was established by Ravindranath Tagore at Calcutta.
17. What did William Adam discover about pathshalas in Bengal and Bihar?
18. Which British official criticized the Orientalist vision of learning?
19. True/False:-Following Macaulay's minute, Wood's Despatch was issued.
20. Who had been asked by the Company to report on the progress of education in vernacular schools .
21. What was one of the consequences of the new rules imposed on pathshalas?
22. In ..... year William Jones arrived at Calcutta.
23. The pathshalas were not held during the ..... season.
24. State whether true or false:William Jones had a respect for ancient cultures.
25. ..... was one of the first British officials to attack the views of Orientalists.
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