The Education System
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Q. What is the meaning of 'madrasa'?
- Educational institution
- Community center
- Presidency
- Place of worship
Q. Mahatma Gandhi said that western education was focused on ______ and _____ rather than ______.
- reading, writing, oral knowledge
- reading, oral knowledge, writing
- writing, oral knowledge. reading
- oral knowledge, preaching, reading
Q.
Mahatma Gandhi thought that the promotion of literacy was the most important aim of education. State whether true or false.
Q.
Which language do Adivasis speak?
Hindi
Santhali
Marathi
English
Q. Who were the two significant Britishers who discovered ancient Indian texts?
- William Jones and Henry Thomas Colebrooke
- Nathaniel Halhed and Warren Hastings
- William Jones and Nathaniel Halhed
- Henry Thomas Colrebrooke and Nathaniel Halhed
Q. Mahatma Gandhi vehemently ______ the colonial or western education.
- supported
- promoted
- opposed
- criticised
Q. Mahatma Gandhi insisted ________ to be the means of education in India.
- any Indian language
- English language
- Hindi language
- Sanskrit language
Q. Education was seen as a means to inculcate a strong feeling of _______.
- communalism
- casteism
- nationalism
- colonialism
Q.
Which two prominent Indians protested against the increasing importance of Western education?
Jawaharlal Nehru and Jayaprakash Narayan
Mahatma Gandhi and Rabindranath Tagore
Vallabhbhai Patel and J.B. Krisplani
Babasaheb Ambedkar and Chhatrapati Shahu
Q.
Which language was declared to be the ‘official language of India’?
English
Hindi
None of the above
Urdu
Q. Complete the name: Asiatic Society of ______.
- Bombay
- Madras
- Calcutta
- Bengal
Q. Which of the following is the journal of the Asiatic Society of Bengal?
- Asiatic Researches
- Asiatic Journal
- Indian Culture Researches
- Asia Languages Journal
Q. Vernacular langauges refer to ______ languages.
- religious
- English only
- native
- foreign
