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Most Important MCQs on the topic “Educational Development in Modern India”(Ch-8). These questions are very important for
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Q. Who founded First Sanskrit Mahavidyalaya at Varanasi?
(A) Jonathan Duncan
(B) Warren Hastings
(C) Lorel Macaulay
(D) Bankim Chandra
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Q. Who among the following was offered membership of the Royal Asiatic Society of Paris?
(A) Dadabhai Naoroji
(B) Michael Madhusudan Dutta
(C) Raja Ram Mohan Roy
(D) Vivekanand
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Ans:- (B) Michael Madhusudan Dutta
Q. Where was the first Madarsa set up by British in India?
(A) Madras
(B) Bombay
(C) Aligarh
(D) Calcutta
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Ans:- (D) Calcutta
Q. The Asiatic Society of Bengal was founded by ______.
(A) Sir William Jones
(B) Wilkins
(C) Maz Muller
(D) James Prinsep
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Ans:- (A) Sir William Jones Polity
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Q. Who amongst the following Englishmen, first translated BhagavadGita into English? [IAS (Pre) 2001] History
(A) William Jones Geography
(B) Charles Wilkins General
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(C) Alexander Cunningham
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(D) John Marshall
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Ans:- (B) Charles Wilkins
Q. Who among the following was the first to translate Kalidasa’s famous work ‘Shakuntala’ into English?
(A) Charles Wilkins
(B) Henry Colebrooke
(C) Johana Wolfgang von Goethe
(D) Sir William Jones
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Ans:- (D) Sir William Jones
Q. The main reason for the British Government to spread modern education in India during preindependence period was______.
(A) The need for educated Indians in minor administrative posts
(B) To promote Indian culture
(C) To modernize the Indian people so that they could share their political responsibilities
(D) None of the above
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Ans:- (A) The need for educated Indians in minor administrative posts
Q. Which Act of British Government granted rupees One lakh for education in India for the first time?
(A) Wood’s Dispatch, 1854
(B) Charter Act, 1813
(C) Charter Act, 1853
(D) Indian Council Act, 1892
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Ans:- (B) Charter Act, 1813
Q. Charles Wood’s Despatch was related with which of the following?
(A) Education
(B) Trade
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(C) Administrative Reforms Home
(D) Military Reforms Indian
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Ans:- (A) Education History
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Q. In the Hunter Commission report, special emphasis was laid on the development of _______. General
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(C) Primary education
(D) Technical education
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Ans:- (C) Primary education
Q. When was the National Council of Education established?
(A) 15th August, 1903
(B) 15th August, 1904
(C) 15th August, 1905
(D) 15th August, 1906
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Ans:- (D) 15th August, 1906
Q. Sadler Commission was related to______.
(A) Judiciary
(B) Revenue Administration
(C) Education
(D) Police Administration
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Ans:- (C) Education
Q. When did the British Government appoint Sadler University Commission for reforms in education?
(A) 1919
(B) 1917
(C) 1921
(D) 1896
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Ans:- (B) 1917
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Q. Lord Macaulay was related to_______. Home
(A) Military reforms Indian
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(B) Abolishment of Sati
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(C) English education Economy
(D) Permanent settlement History
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Q. During India’s colonial period, the theory of downward filtration was related to ______.
(A) Railways
(B) Education
(C) Irrigation
(D) Poverty alleviation
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Ans:- (B) Education
Q. The propounder of ‘Filtration Theory’ in India’s education policy was ______.
(A) Charles Wood
(B) Macaulay
(C) J.S. Mill
(D) Cornwallis
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Ans:- (B) Macaulay
Q. The foundation of modern educational system in India was laid by ______.
(A) The Charter Act of 1813
(B) Macaulay’s Minutes of 1835
(C) The Hunter Commission of 1882
(D) Woods Dispatch of 1854
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Ans:- (B) Macaulay’s Minutes of 1835
Q. In whose reign was English Education introduced in India?
(A) Lord William Cavendish Bentinck
(B) Lord Hardinge
(C) Lord Minto
(D) Lord Dalhousie
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Ans:- (A) Lord William Cavendish Bentinck
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Q. The first three universities in India (Calcutta, Madras and Bombay) were established in which year? Indian
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(A) 1857
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(B) 1881
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(C) 1885 General
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(D) 1905
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Ans:- (A) 1857
Q. The establishment of the first Women’s University in Mumbai was the result of the effort of______.
(A) Dayaram Gindumal
(B) D.K. Karve
(C) M.G. Ranade
(D) Ramabai
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Ans:- (B) D.K. Karve
Q. Who was associated with the formation of the Deccan Educational Society?
(A) Justice Ranade
(B) Firoz Shah Mehta
(C) B.G. Tilak
(D) Dayananda Saraswati
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Ans:- (C) B.G. Tilak
Q. Which of the following was established first?
(A) Hindu College, Calcutta
(B) Delhi College
(C) Mayo College
(D) Muslim-Anglo Oriented College
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Ans:- (A) Hindu College, Calcutta
Q. In collaboration with David Hare and Alexander Duff, who of the following established Hindu College at Calcutta?
(A) Henry Louis Vivian Derozio
(B) Ishwar Chandra Vidyasagar
(C) Keshab Chandra Sen
(D) Raja Ram Mohan Roy
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Q. Who one of the following had vigorously advocated for religious education in the Indian Universities? Indian
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(A) Bal Gangadhar Tilak
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(B) Swami Vivekanand Economy
(C) Mahatma Gandhi History
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(D) Madan Mohan Malviya
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Q. Who was the following laid the foundation stone of Banaras Hindu University?
(A) Madan Mohan Malviya
(B) Maharaja Vibhuti Narain Singh
(C) Lord Hardinge
(D) Annie Besant
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Ans:- (C) Lord Hardinge
Q. Which one of the following was the first to be declared as Central University?
(A) Aligarh Muslim University, Aligarh
(B) Dr. Bhimrao Ambedkar University, Lucknow
(C) Banaras Hindu University of Varanasi
(D) University of Allahabad
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Ans:- (C) Banaras Hindu University of Varanasi
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