Madrasas and Colleges

Q. A Munshi is a person who can read, write and teach ______.

1. Sanskrit
2. Urdu
3. English
4. Persian

Q. What is the Sanskrit biography of Shivaji called?

1. Villibharath
2. Shrishivbharat
3. Shrishi-nama
4. Shivaji-nama

Q. Which of the following was the primary focus of the Hindu college?

1. Sanskrit texts
2. Persian texts
3. Brahmi scripts
4. Arabic texts

Q.

A madrasa was set up in Calcutta in 1781 for the study of

1. Arabic, Mathematics and Islamic Law

2. Arabic, Urdu and Islamic Law

3. Arabic, Persian and Islamic Law

4. None of the above

Q. William Hastings set up a Madrasa in .

1. Bengal
2. Benaras
3. Calcutta
4. Madras

Q. A Munshi is a person who can read, write and teach ______.

1. Sanskrit
2. Urdu
3. English
4. Persian

Q. The Hindu college was established in the year _____.

1. 1761
2. 1771
3. 1781
4. 1791

Q. The Hindu college was established in _______.

1. Benaras
2. Bengal
3. Bombay
4. Calcutta

Q. Which of the following were covered in the Calcutta Madrasa?

1. Arabic
2. Islam
3. Persian
4. All of the above

Q. What is the meaning of 'madrasa'?

1. Place of worship
2. Educational institution
3. Community center
4. Presidency

Q. What is the meaning of 'madrasa'?

1. Community center
2. Presidency
3. Place of worship
4. Educational institution

Q. Where is the monument to Warren Hastings situated in?

1. Benaras
2. Bengal
3. Bombay
4. Calcutta

Q. Vernacular langauges refer to ______ languages.

1. foreign
2. native
3. English only
4. religious

Q. The purpose behind the Calcutta madrasa was to _________.

1. get tax revenue
2. intact colonization
3. steal intellectual property
4. improve administrative efficiency

Q. Who set up the Calcutta madrasa?

1. William Bentinck
2. Warren Hastings
3. William Jones
4. Robert Clive

Q.

What is meaning of dialect ?