Who attacked the Orientalists?

1

(a)

Thomas Macaulay

(b)

James Mill

(c)

William Adam

(d)

Both 'a' and 'b'

Who set-up the Asiatic Society of Bengal?

1

(a)

William Jones

(b)

Henry Thomas Colebrooke

(c)

Nathaniel Halhed

(d)

All of the above

Who was William Adam?

1

(a)

An Orientalist

(b)

An English officer

(c)

A Scottish missionary

(d)

A professor

From where did William Jones study Greek and Latin?

1

(a)

At Oxford

(b)

From friends

(c)

At Cambridge

(d)

None of these

A madrasa was set-up in Calcutta in 1781 to promote the study of

1

(a)

Arabic

(b)

Muslim religion

(c)

Urdu

(d)

Ancient scriptures

The Journal Asiatick Researches was started by ___________

1

(a)

Jones

According to William Adam's report, there were ________ pathshalas in Bengal and Bihar

1

(a)

1 lakh

Charles Wood emphasised the practical benefits of a system of _________ learning.

1

(a)

European

Mahatma Gandhi favoured __________ languages as a medium of instruction.

1

(a)

Indian

There was no system of annual examinations in ___________

1

(a)

pathshalas

Rabindranath Tagore felt that children ought to be subjected to strict discipline

1

(a) True

(b) False

In pathshalas, classes were not held during harvest time.

1

(a) False

(b) True

The total number of children being taught in these pathshalas were over 50 lakh

1

(a) True

(b) False

Until 1813, the East India Company was Opposed to missionary activities in India

1

(a) False

(b) True

'A single shelf of a good European library was worth the whole native literature of India and Arabia', here the speaker is James Mill.

1

(a) True

(b) False

What were differences between Tagore's idea of education with Mahatma Gandhi's idea?

3

(a)

What were Tagore's experiences as a student?

3

(a)

What was done to promote Indian learning in India?

3

(a)

Explain Tagore's motive behind setting up Santiniketan.

3

(a)

What did William Jones discover in Calcutta? What did he set-up?

3

(a)

What measures were undertaken by the Company to improve the system of vernacular education?

5

(a)

Why did many Company officials in India want to promote Indian rather than Western learning?

5

(a)

Imagine, you were a witness to a debate between Mahatma Gandhi and Macaulay on English education. Write a page on the dialogue you heard.

5

(a)