MCQ Civilising the Native, Educating the Nation Chapter 7 Class 8 History MCQ’s For All Chapters – History Class 8th 1. William Jones was a linguist becausehe had studied Greek and Latinhe knew French and Englishhe had learnt Persianall of theseQuestion 1 of 112. Who set up Asiatic Society of Bengal?William JonesHenry Thomas ColebrookeNathaniel HalhedAll of theseQuestion 2 of 113. Madrasa was set up in, Calcutta in the year1750176117711781Question 3 of 114. According to whom, “English education had enslaved Indians”?Rabindranath TagoreMahatma GandhiSubhas Chandra BoseAacharya Vinoba BhaveQuestion 4 of 115. The English Education Act was introduced in the year1850183519101900Question 5 of 116. Asiatick Researches (Journal) was NOT started byWilliam jonesHenry Thomas ColebrookeNathaniel HalhedWilliam CareyQuestion 6 of 117. Which of the following was NOT the purpose of setting up Madrasa in Calcutta in 1781?ArabicIslamic lawsPersianGujaratiQuestion 7 of 118. Who was Charles Wood?The President of the Board of Control of the Companye Commissioner of the Board of Control of the CompanyAn EducationistNone of the aboveQuestion 8 of 119. The English Education Act was passedto materialise Macaulay’s thinkingto make the English the medium of instruction for higher educationto stop the promotion of oriental institutionsall of the aboveQuestion 9 of 1110. What type of school did Tagore want to set up?Where the child was happyWhere he/she could be free and creativeHe/she was able to explore her own thoughts and desireAll of the aboveQuestion 10 of 1111. Who said these “Education means all round drawing out of the best in child and man- body, mind and spirit”?Rabindranath TagoreMahatma GandhiSwami Dayanand SaraswatiNone of theseQuestion 11 of 11 Loading... MCQ’s – Chapter 7 – Civilising the “Native”, Educating the Nation – History – Social Science Class 8
