Civilising the Native, Educating the Nation Class 8 MCQs Questions with Answers

1. Asiatick Researches (Journal) was NOT started by

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

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

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

5. Who was Charles Wood?

6. The English Education Act was passed

7. What type of school did Tagore want to set up?

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

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

10. Hindu College was established in Benaras in:

11. The Education Act was introduced in the year

12. What would you call a person who knows several languages ?

13. William Jones was a linguist because

14. Who set up Asiatic Society of Bengal?

15. Who started the journal Asiatick Researches?

16. 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

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

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

19. Charles Wood despatch was also known as:

20. Madrasa was set up in, Calcutta in the year