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

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1. A person who can read, write and teach Persian
2. The education act of 1835
3. Madrasa is an Arabic word for a place of learning; any type of school or college
4. The argument for practical education was strongly criticized by
5. Who was William Jones?
6. Adam found that there were over ..... lakh pathshalas in Bengal and Bihar, and over ..... students in a patashala
7. ..... was one of the first Company officials to study Sanskrit.
8. Those with scholarly knowledge and culture of Asia were known as
9. A person who can read, write and teach Persian is known as .....
10. Name the person who put forward a free demand and compulsory education before British
11. What was one negative consequence of the new rules imposed on pathshalas?
12. William Jones was a .....
13. According to James Mill, what should be the aim of education in India?
14. Linguist is Someone who knows and studies several languages
15. The temples of darkness that were falling of themselves into decay. Who said these words about the Calcutta Madrasa and Benares Sanskrit College?
16. What did Gandhi argue was essential for true education?
17. William Jones, Nathaniel Halhed and Henry Thomas Colebrook together set up the
18. ..... toured Bihar and Bengal in the 1830s to prepare a report on Education in vernacular schools.
19. A Hindu college was established in 1791 to encourage the study of ancient Sanskrit texts. Where was this college established?
20. Tagore's Santiniketan is a book
21. "Literacy in itself is not education" "English education has enslaved us" These words were spoken by whom?
22. How did national education systems develop under colonial rule?
23. What role did missionaries play in educating the natives?
24. Munshi is a person who can read, write and teach Persian.
25. In 1830's a Scottish missionary who toured the districts of Bengal and Bihar was:
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