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Class 8 History Chapter 8 Civilising The Native, Educating The Nation Quiz 9 (25 MCQs)

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1. Study of which of the following was NOT the purpose of setting up Madrasa in Calcutta in 1781?
2. When did William Jones arrive to India?
3. What was the Asiatic Society of Bengal's main purpose?
4. Wood's Dispatch was introduced in .....
5. What did James Mill criticize about the Orientalists?
6. Which of them is not an orientalist?
7. Henry, Nathanial, Jones wrote a journal called Asiatic Researches.
8. Situated on the banks of Ganges, in Uttar Pradesh also known as Varanasi or Kasi where Hindu College was established in 1791
9. William Adams found the system of education
10. Who is Munshi?
11. Colebrooke felt that teaching English to Indians would help them read some of the world's finest literature.
12. Madrasa was set up ip, Calcutta in the year
13. Someone who knows and studies several languages is called
14. What was the main objective of Wood's Despatch?
15. What was the primary focus of education according to Macaulay?
16. Who said"a single shelf of a good European library was worth the whole native literature of India and Arabic."
17. James mill was a severe critic of the Orientlists.
18. This term is generally used to refer to a local language or dialectbas distinct from what is seen as standard language
19. What year did universities begin to be established in Calcutta, Madras, and Bombay?
20. .... was set up by William Jones, Henry Thomas Colebrooke in Bengal.
21. One of the most outspoken and influential critics of the oriental way of learning
22. When did William Jones arrive in Calcutta?
23. During ..... seasons the students were not able to attend pathasalas and gurukulas.
24. When was the Madrasa in Calcutta set up?
25. What did William Adam's report reveal about vernacular schools?
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