CBSE Questions for Class 8 History Civilising The Native Educating The Nation Quiz 2 - MCQExams.com

As a result of the Western Education, the __________ system declined.
  • Traditional
  • Educational
  • Economic
  • Political
Who had introduced the Indian Universities Act $$1904$$?
  • Lord Ripon
  • Lord Hardinge
  • Lord Curzon
  • Lord Auckland
The $$1854$$ Despatch on education was in favour of English being introduced as a medium of higher education in India.
  • True
  • False
James Mill was a severe critic of the Orientalists.
  • True
  • False
Mahatma Gandhi thought that promotion of literacy was the most important aim of education.
  • True
  • False
The Woods Despatch of $$1854$$ resulted in the _______.
  • Founding of several Indian universities
  • Introduction of the postal system
  • Establishment of the education system
  • Abolition of child marriage
The Asiatic Society had been established in Calcutta by _________.
  • TB Macaulay
  • Sir William Jone
  • GK Gokhale
  • Annie Besant
Rabindranath Tagore felt that children ought to be subjected to strict discipline.
  • True
  • False
What had the Sir Charles Wood Despatch of $$1854$$ primarily dealt with?
  • Social reforms
  • Administrative reforms
  • Educational reforms
  • Political consolidation
If you were a son of a farmer studying in a Pathshala. What problems would you face with the introduction of the new system in vernacular education after 1854?
  • I have to attend the school at Guru's home or under a banyan tree
  • I have to attend classes regularly
  • There was no fixed syllabus for me
  • There would not be any annual examination
Mahatma Gandhi wanted an education that could help Indians recover their sense of dignity and self-respect. He strongly felt that Indian languages ought to be the medium of teaching and not English education. Why? 
  • English education created a sense of Superiority in the minds of Indians
  • It created self-respect and dignity among Indians
  • It created a sense of inferiority in the minds of Indians
  • All of the above
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