Class 8 Social Science History MCQ Civilising The Native, Educating The Nation

Question :William Jones was a linguist because

(a) he had studied Greek and Latin
(b) he knew French and English
(c) he had learnt Persian
(d) all of these

Question : Who set up Asiatic Society of Bengal?

(a) William Jones
(b) Henry Thomas Colebrooke
(c) Nathaniel Halhed
(d) All of the above

Question : Some comments about the Orientalist Vision of Learning by the British are given below. Select the one that is not applicable to this particular style of learning.

(a) British argued that the aim of education ought to be to teach what was useful and practical.
(b) British argued that it is not advisable to encourage the study of Arabic and Sanskrit language and literature
(c) British said that knowledge of the east was full of errors and unscientific thoughts
(d) British observed that Western literature was non-serious and light hearted.

Question : Warren Hastings took the initiative to set up a Madras at one of the important cities of India and believed that the ancient customs of the country and Oriental learning ought to be the basis of British rule in India. Which city is being referred to here ?

(a) Pondicherry
(b) Madras
(c) Calcutta
(d) Bombay

Question : What does the Arabic word Madrasa refer to?

(a) A place of learning, a school or college
(b) A place of worship
(c) A mine
(d) A factory

Question :Asiatick Researches (Journal) was NOT started by

(a) William jones
(b) Henry Thomas Colebrooke
(c) Nathaniel Halhed
(d) William Carey

Question :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

Question :Who was Charles Wood?

(a) The President of the Board of Control of the Company
(b) e Commissioner of the Board of Control of the Company
(c) An Educationist
(d) Nonp of the above

Question :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

Question :Who set up Asiatic Society of Bengal?

(a) William Jones
(b) Henry Thomas Colebrooke
(c) Nathaniel Halhed
(d) All of these

Question :Madrasa was set up ip, Calcutta in the year

(a) 1750
(b) 1761
(c) 1771
(d) 1781

Question :According to whom, “English education had enslaved Indians”?

(a) Rabindranath Tagore
(b) Mahatma Gandhi
(c) Subhas Chandra Bose
(d) Aacharya Vinoba Bhave

Question :The Education Act was introduced in the year

(a) 1850
(b) 1835
(c) 1910
(d) 1900

Question :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

Question :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

Question : Those with a scholarly knowledge of the language and culture of Asia were known as:

(a) Vernacular
(b) Orientalists
(c) Anglicists
(d) Munshi

Question :Who started the journal Asiatick Researches?

(a) Henry Thomas Colebrooke
(b) Warren Hastings
(c) William Jones
(d) Max Muller

Question :William Jones had started a journal which was called

(a) The Times of India
(b) Bengal Gazette
(c) Asiatick Research
(d) Philosphical Research

Question :Hindu College was established in Benaras in:

(a) 1781
(b) 1773
(c) 1777
(d) 1791

Question :Where in India a Madrasa was set up in 1781 to promote the study of Arabic, Persian and Islamic Law ?

(a) Madras
(b) Bombay
(c) Benares
(d) Calcutta

Question :Name the person who was a part of the Scottish missionary who helped to establish the Serampore Mission

(a) Hudson Taylor
(b) Andrew Fuller
(c) William Carry
(d) William Ward

Question :The Education Act was introduced in the year

(a) 1850
(b) 1835
(c) 1910
(d) 1900

Question :Which year was the English education Act introduced in India?

(a) 1800
(b) 1900
(c) 1835
(d) 1880

Question :Who set up Asiatic Society of Bengal?

(a) William Jones
(b) Henry Thomas Colebrooke
(c) Nathaniel Halhed
(d) All of these

Question :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

Question :A person who knows and studies several languages is known as

(a) teacher
(b) multi-talented
(c) linguist
(d) learner

Question :Those who have scholarly knowledge of Asiatic language and culture are called _

(a) Linguistic
(b) Orientalists
(c) Vernacularists
(d) Munshis

Question :In 1830’s a Scottish missionary who toured the districts of Bengal and Bihar was:

(a) Williams Carey
(b) William Adam
(c) Thomas Babington
(d) Charles Wood.

Question :Name the President of the Board of Control in England who sent a dispatch.

(a) Lord Dalhousie
(b) Lord Macaulay
(c) Charles Wood
(d) James Mill

Question :Lord Macaulay emphasized the need to teach this language. Which language did he insist to teach?

(a) Arabic
(b) Sanskrit
(c) English
(d) Hindi

Question :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