4M) Development of Modern Education System in Modern India (Prelims PYQs)

2021 Prelims PYQs

1] Who among the following was associated as Secretary with Hindu Female Schools which later came to be known as Bethune Female School? [2021]

a) Annie Besant
b) Debendranath Tagore
c) Ishwar Chandra Vidyasagar
d) Sarojini Naidu

2020 Prelims PYQs

1] Wellesley established the Fort William College Calcutta because: [2020]

a) He was asked by the Board of Directors at London to do so
b) He wanted to revive interest in oriental learning in India
c) He wanted to provide William Carey and his associates with employment
d) He wanted to train British civilians for administrative purpose in India

2018 Prelims PYQs

1] Regarding Wood’s Dispatch, which of the following statements are true: [2018]
1. Grants-in-Aid system was introduced
2. Establishment of universities was recommended
3. English as a medium of instruction at all levels of education was recommended
Select the correct answer using the code given below:

a) 1 and 2 only
b) 2 and 3 only
c) 1 and 3 only
d) 1, 2 and 3

2]  Which of the following led to the introduction of English Education in India? [2018]
1. Charter Act of 1813
2. General Committee of Public Instruction, 1823
3. Orientalist and Anglicist Controversy
Select the correct answer using the code given below:

a) 1 and 2 only
b) 2 only
c) 1 and 3 only
d) 1, 2 and 3

3]With the reference to educational institutions during rule in India, consider the following pairs: [2018]

Which of the pairs given above is/are correct?

a) 1 and 2
b) 2 only
c) 1 and 3
d) 3 only

2009-1996 Prelims PYQs

1] In collaboration with David Hare and Alexander Duff, who of the following established Hindu College at Calcutta? [2009]

a) Henry Louis Vivian Derozio
b) Ishwar Chandra Vidyasagar
c) Keshab Chandra Sen
d) Raja Rammohan Roy

2] The aim of education as stated by the Wood’s Dispatch of 1854 was: [2003]

a) The creation of employment opportunities for native Indians
b) The spread of western culture in India
c) The promotion of literacy among the people using English medium of language
d) The introduction of scientific research and rationalism in the traditional Indian education

3] Assertion (A): The first ever Bill to make primary education compulsory in India was rejected in 1911.: [1998]

Reason (R): Discontent would have increased if every cultivator could read.
a) Both A and R are true, and R is the correct explanation of A
b) Both A and R are true, but R is NOT a correct explanation of A
c) A is true, but R is false
d) A is false, but R is true

4] What is the correct chronological sequence of the following? [1997]

I. Wood’s Education Despatch
II. Macaulay’s Minute on Education
III. The Sargeant Education Report
IV. Indian Education (Hunter Commission)

a) II, I, IV, III                             b) II, I, III, IV
c) I, II, IV, III                             d) IV, III, I, II

5] Consider the following landmarks in Indian education: [1996]

I) Hindu College, Calcutta
II) University of Calcutta
III) Adam’s Report
IV) Wood’s Despatch

The correct chronological order of these landmarks is

a) I, III, IV, II                             b) I, IV, III, II
c) III, I, IV, II                             d) III, II, IV, I

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