Chapter 7 – Civilising the “Native”, Educating the Nation

1. Name the person who arrived in Calcutta in 1783 and was appointed as junior judge at the Supreme Court.

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

Hindu College was established in Benaras in:

Charles Wood despatch was also known as:

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

What would you call a person who knows several languages ?

Complete by choosing the most appropriate word from the following list of options. The introduction of ………………………….. brought with it ideas of democracy, liberty, fraternity among the minds of Indians

Who started the journal Asiatick Researches?

The temples of darkness that were falling of themselves into decay. Who said these words about the Calcutta Madrasa and Benares Sanskrit College?

How did the European learning improve the moral character of Indians?

Tagore wanted to combine the elements of ……………………. with traditional Indian Education.

Rural ……………………… which accepted new rules were supported through government grants by the Company.

The ……………………. established the University of Bombay.

……………………..city is situated on the banks of river Hooghly.

…………………… had argued that English education had enslaved Indians

William Jones was a linguist because

Who set up Asiatic Society of Bengal?

Madrasa was set up ip, Calcutta in the year

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

The Education Act was introduced in the year

Asiatick Researches (Journal) was NOT started by

Study of which of the following was NOT the purpose of setting up Madrasa in Calcutta in 1781?

Who was Charles Wood?

The English Education Act was passed

What type of school did Tagore want to set up?

Who said these “Education means all round drawing out of the best in child and man- body, mind and spirit”?