English Education

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What did he do? English

Q. The English Education Act was introduced in the year _____.

1. 1831
2. 1835
3. 1878
4. 1885

Q. Charles Wood was the President of the Board of Control of the East India Company.

1. True
2. False

Q. According to the British, what were the benefits of Western education?

1. Trade
2. Administration
3. European Outlook
4. Commerce
5. Civil Servants
6. Indian Culture
7. Clothing
8. People

Q. Thomas Babington Macaulay insisted the British government to teach _______ to Indians.

1. science and technology
2. skill development
3. English
4. Political science

Q. How did the European learning improve the moral character of Indians? (Tough)

1. It would expand the trade and commerce
2. It would make them change their tastes and desires and create a demand for British goods
3. It would make the Indians realize the importance of developing resources of the country
4. It would make them truthful and honest

Q. “A single shelf of a good European library was worth the whole native literature of India and Arabia” was told by ___________.

1. Thomas Babington Macaulay
2. Henry Thomas Colebrooke
3. William Jones
4. Annie Besant

Q. Which of the following was an important aspect of Wood's dispatch?

1. Political ambitions
2. Economy
3. Enslavement
4. Exploitation of resources

Q. Wood’s despatch introduced education departments, universities, regular inspections, fixed timetables, and annual examinations.

1. True
2. False

Q. Which of the following is an important aspect of the Wood's despatch?

1. Female education
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3. European learning
4. All of the above

Q. Charles Wood sent a despatch called Wood’s Despatch in ______.

1. 1835
2. 1854
3. 1864
4. 1886

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What were the features of Wood’s despatch

Q. After the Wood's despatch, many universities were established in .

1. Cairo
2. Vienna
3. Bruges
4. Calcutta