CBSE Class 8 Social Science Civilising the Native Educating the Nation MCQs

Question.William Jones was a linguist because
(a) he had studied Greek and Latin
(b) he knew French and English
(c) he had learnt Persian
(d) all of these

Answer : D

Question. Who started the journal Asiatick Researches?
(a) Henry Thomas Colebrooke
(b) Warren Hastings
(c) William Jones
(d) Max Muller

Answer : C

Question. The Education Act was introduced in the year
(a) 1850
(b) 1835
(c) 1910
(d) 1900

Answer : B

Question. The English Education Act was passed
(a) to materialise Macaulay’s thinking
(b) to make the English the medium of instruction for higher education
(c) to stop the promotion of oriental institutions
(d) all of the above

Answer : D

Question. Name the person who arrived in Calcutta in 1783 and was appointed as junior judge at the Supreme Court.
(a) Warren Hastings
(b) Lord Comwalis
(c) William Jones
(d) Henry Thomas

Answer : C

Question. Tagore wanted to combine the elements of ……………………. with traditional Indian Education.
(a) Eastern Education
(b) Western Education
(c) religious education
(d) Local education

Answer : B

Question. Name the person who was a part of the Scottish missionary who helped to establish the Serampore Mission
(a) Hudson Taylor
(b) Andrew Fuller
(c) William Carry
(d) William Ward

Answer : C

Question. Charles Wood despatch was also known as:
(a) Wood’s Despatch
(b) Wood’s Commission
(c) Macaulay Committee
(d) Court of Directors

Answer : A

Question. …………………… had argued that English education had enslaved Indians
(a) Mahatma Gandhi
(b) Raja Rammohan Roy
(c) Sardar Patel
(d) Rasbehari Bose

Answer : A

Question- A person who knows and studies several languages is known as
(a) teacher
(b) multi-talented
(c) linguist
(d) learner

Answer : C

Question- _______ was an English official who had deep respect for the Indian culture.
(a) Henry Colebrook
(b) James Warren
(c) Bruce Jones
(d) Paul Henry

Answer : A

Question. How did the European learning improve the moral character of Indians?
(a) It would expand the trade and commerce
(b) It would make them truthful and honest
(c) It would make the Indians realize the importance of developing resources of the country
(d) It would make them change their tastes and desires and create a demand for British goods

Answer : D

Question- Wood’s Dispatch for ‘Education for Commerce’ in India was introduced by ____.
(a) Charles Wood
(b) William Wood
(c) Henry Wood
(d) Archie Wood

Answer : A

Question. Three Englishmen were busy discovering the ancient Indian heritage and mastering Indian languages. One was Willam Jones and another Henry Thomas Colebrooke. Name the third person
(a) Max Muller
(b) Nathaniel Halhed
(c) Warren Hastings
(d) Henry Thomas Colebrooke

Answer : B

Question. Name the important scholar who studied Sanskrit and found it to be the most scientific language of the world. He also translated the important works Shakuntala and Manusmriti into English
(a) Charles Wood
(b) William Jones
(c) Nathaniel Halhed
(d) Max Muller

Answer : B

Question- Until 1813, East India Company was opposed to the _______ in India.
(a) missionary activities
(b) religious function
(c) education
(d) trade

Answer : A

Question. Asiatick Researches (Journal) was not started by
(a) William jones
(b) Henry Thomas Colebrooke
(c) Nathaniel Halhed
(d) William Carey

Answer : D

Question- _____ toured Bihar and Bengal in the 1830s to prepare a report on Education in vernacular schools.
(a) William Woods
(b) William Adams
(c) Robert Clive
(d) Thomas Bell

Answer : B

Question- ___ was a Scottish Missionary who helped to establish Serampore Mission.
(a) William Carey
(b) Thomas Woods
(c) Paul Derik
(d) James Watt

Answer : A

Question. What would you call a person who knows several languages ?
(a) Biographer
(b) Linguist
(c) Biolinguist
(d) Translator

Answer : B

Question- Wood’s Dispatch was introduced in _____.
(a) 1854
(b) 1855
(c) 1845
(d) 1839

Answer : A

Question. A Single shelf of a good European library was worth the whole native literature of India and Arabia. Who said these words?
(а) Wlliam Bentick
(b) James Mill
(c) Thomas Carlyle
(d) Thomas Babington Macaulay

Answer : D

Question- _______ started Shantiniketan in 1901.
(a) Rabindranath Tagore
(b) Subhash Chandra Bose
(c) Aurbindo Ghosh
(d) R C Mukherjee

Answer : A

Question. The temples of darkness that were falling of themselves into decay. Who said these words about the Calcutta Madrasa and Benares Sanskrit College?
(a) Lord William Bentick
(b) Lord Dalhousie
(c) Lord Ripon
(d) Lord Macaulay

Answer : D

Question- _______ first started setting up schools exclusively for girls’ education.
(a) Christian missionaries
(b) Indian pandits
(c) Company
(d) Local government

Answer : A

Question. Which year was the English education Act introduced in India?
(a) 1800
(b) 1900
(c) 1835
(d) 1880

Answer : C

Question. Who set up Asiatic Society of Bengal?
(a) William Jones
(b) Henry Thomas Colebrooke
(c) Nathaniel Halhed
(d) All of the above

Answer : D

Question. Some comments about the Orientalist Vision of Learning by the British are given below. Select the one that is not applicable to this particular style of learning.
(a) British argued that the aim of education ought to be to teach what was useful and practical.
(b) British argued that it is not advisable to encourage the study of Arabic and Sanskrit language and literature
(c) British said that knowledge of the east was full of errors and unscientific thoughts
(d) British observed that Western literature was non-serious and light hearted.

Answer : D

Question. Warren Hastings took the initiative to set up a Madras at one of the important cities of India and believed that the ancient customs of the country and Oriental learning ought to be the basis of British rule in India. Which city is being referred to here ?
(a) Pondicherry
(b) Madras
(c) Calcutta
(d) Bombay

Answer : C

Question. What does the Arabic word Madrasa refer to?
(a) A place of learning, a school or college
(b) A place of worship
(c) A mine
(d) A factory

Answer : A