MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTIONS : (MCQ’s)
1. In 1783, _________ arrived in Calcutta .
(d) James Mill
2. Madrasa was set up in _________ in 1781 .
(d) Hyderabad
3. A journal called Asiatick Researchers was started by _________ .
(d) Cole Brooke
4. In the year ________, to promote the study of Arabic, Persian and Islamic laws, a madrasa was set up in Calcutta .
(d) 1865
5. In the year ________ the Hindu college was established at Banaras .
(d) 1863
6. _________ attacked the orientalists .
(d) William Jones
7. Following Macaulays minute the English Education Act of ________ was introduced .
(d) 1931
8. ____________ was the president of the Board of control of the company in 1854 .
(d) John Kaya
9. ___________ saw India as an uncivilized country that needed to be civilized .
(d) John Kaya
10. In 1981, to promote the study of Arabic,Persian and Islamic laws, a Madrasa was set up in _____________ .
(d) Mumbai
11. After 1854, the company declined to improve the system of vernacular education in _____________ .
(d) England
12. In 1901, _____________ was started by Rabindranath Tagore .
(d) None of these
13. Over the nineteenth century,missionary schools were set up over ___________ .
(d) Africa
14. In 1791, the Hindu college was established at _____________ .
(d) Mumbai
15. William Jones was appointed as a junior judge at the _____________.
(d) Regional court
16. According to whom, “English education had enslaved Indians”?
(a) Rabindranath Tagore
(b) Mahatma Gandhi
(c) Subhas Chandra Bose
(d) Aacharya Vinoba Bhave
17. The Education Act was introduced in the year ____
(a) 1850
(b) 1835
(c) 1910
(d) 1900
18. Asiatick Researches (Journal) was NOT started by ______
(a) William jones
(b) Henry Thomas Colebrooke
(c) Nathaniel Halhed
(d) William Carey
19. Study of which of the following was NOT the purpose of setting up Madrasa in Calcutta in 1781?
(a) Arabic
(b) Sanskrit
(c) Persian
(d) Islamic laws
20. Who was Charles Wood?
(а) The President of the Board of Control of the Company
(b) Commissioner of the Board of Control of the Company
(c) An Educationist
(d) None of the above
21. The English Education Act was passed _____
(a) to materialise Macaulay’s thinking
(b) to make the English the medium of instruction for higher education
(c) to stop the promotion of oriental institutions
(d) all of the above
22. What type of school did Tagore want to set up?
(a) Where the child was happy
(b) Where he/she could be free and creative
(c) He/she was able to explore her own thoughts and desire
(d) All of the above
23. Who said these “Education means all round drawing out of the best in child and man- body, mind and spirit”?
(a) Rabindranath Tagore
(b) Mahatma Gandhi
(c) Swami Dayanand Saraswati
(d) None of these
24. The ____ college was established in Benaras in1791 to encourage study of Sanskrit
(a) Arabic
(b) Sanskrit
(c) Persian
(d) Hindu
25. The _____rose in revolt in Meerut and Delhi in 1857
(a) Arabs
(b) Sepoys
(c) Persians
(d) Hindus
Answers:
1. (a) William Jones
2. (a) Calcutta
3. (c) William Jones
4. (a) 1781
5. (a) 1791
6. (a) James Mill
7. (a) 1835
8. (b) Charles Wood
9. (a) Thomas Macaulay
10. (a) Calcutta
11. (a) India
12. (b) Shantiniketan
13. (a) India
14. (a) Benaras
15. (b) Supreme court
16.(b) Mahatma Gandhi
17.(b) 1835
18.(d) William Carey
19. (b) Sanskrit
20.(а) The President of the Board of Control of the Company
21. (d) all of the above
22. (d) All of the above
23.(b) Mahatma Gandhi
24. (d) Hindu
25.(b) Sepoys