Education Developmet

Choose the correct statement :

1. EIC in early years believed in downward filtration theory of education.
2. Due to Modern education, modern ideas percolate to a large entent in mass in British India.
3. They propagated education in English medium because this is the language of the masters as well as the language of the administration.

Consider the following statements about Woods Dispatch of 1854:

1. It is called Magna Carta of English educa-tion in India.
2. English language was made the medium of both primary and higher education in India.
3. Women and vocational education was also recommended.

Which of the above statements are correct?Codes:

With the advent of Britishers the modern education was introduced in India. Consider the following statements related to modern education phases in India:

1. Wood’s Dispatch was considered as the Magna Carta of English Education in India. It laid stress on mass education, female education and improvement of vernaculars and favoured secularism in Education.
2. The professional education was launched during 1813 - 1853 by the establishment of medical, engineering and law colleges.
3. Hartog Committee 1929 recommended universal and compulsory education for all children in the age group 6 - 11.
4. Wardha scheme of Basic Education (1937), worked out by the Zakir Hussain Committee, recommended medium of instruction should be English for expansion of modern education.

Which of the above statements is/are correct?

Which of the following statements regarding Sir Charles Wood’s Despatch on Education, 1854 is/are correct?

1. It asked the Government of India to assume responsibility for education of the masses, thus repudiating the ‘downward filtration theory’.
2. The Despatch emphasized the importance of vocational instruction and the need for establishing technical schools and colleges.

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Consider the following statements related to National Education Policy recommended by Kothari Committee:

1. It stressed on free and compulsory education up to the age of 14.
2. It stressed on improving the status and emoluments of teachers.
3. It laid the foundation for adaptation of three language formulae and development of regional languages.

Which of the above statements are correct?

Consider the following statements regarding Charles Wood’s Dispatch:

1. It advocated the idea of downward filtration theory.
2. It recommended English as the medium of instruction for higher studies and vernaculars at school level.
3. It laid down that the education imparted in government institutions should be secular.

Which of the above statements are TRUE?

In reference to the policy of Orientalism:

1. Warren Hastings adopted this policy to improve governance in India.
2. As a result of this policy, the Asiatic Society of Bengal, the Calcutta Madarsa and Sanskrit at Benaras were set up.
3. The policy aimed at orienting the profit, exclusively towards Britain.

Select the correct answer using the codes given below:

Which of the following is not recommended by Wood’s dispatch of 1854?

Who said “I have no time to think about God, since there is much to be done on earth”?

Consider the following:

1. In 1898 Annie Besant established the Central Hindu College at Benares which later formed the nucleus of the Benares Hindu University.
2. Indulal Kanaiyalal Yagnik was an Indian independence activist who lead Mahagu- jarat Movement.
3. George Arundale was Theosophical follower of Annie Besant.
4. Lokmanya Tilak set up Home Rule league at Bombay Provincial conference in Aril 1916.

Which of the above statements are incorrect?

With reference to Universities Act-1904, consider the following statements:

1. It was based on 1902-Hunter commission.
2. Curzon accepted the recommendation of commission.
3. This brought all the Universities in India under the control of the government.

Which of the statements given above is/are correct?

With reference to Hunter Education Commission (1882-1883), consider the following statements:

1. Objective to look into the complaints of the non-implementation of the Wood’s Despatch of 1854.
2. The contemporary status of university education in the British territories.
3. Suggested means by which this can be extended and improved.

Which of the statements given above is/are correct?

With reference to Wardha Scheme of Basic Education, consider the following statements:

1. It was based on Gandhiji’s article in the daily newspaper Harijan.
2. Free and compulsory education to be provided for 7 years at a nationwide scale.
3. Mother tongue should be the medium of instruction.
4. A committee under Dr. Zakir Hussain was appointed to formulate the scheme of the basic education.

Which of the statements given above is/are correct?

With reference to Hartog Committee (1929), find out incorrect statement.

Arrange the following educational reforms in British India in their chronological order:

1. Chales Wood’s Despatch
2. Sadler University Commission
3. Hartog Committee
4. Wardha Scheme of Basic Education

Choose the correct order:

With reference to Charles Wood Dispatch, find the incorrect statement.

With respect to education system in British India, consider following statements:

1. The Charter Act of 1813 adopted a provision to spend one lakh rupees per annum for the spread of education in India.
2. Macaulay Minute advocated the Anglicist point of view.
3. The Orientalists, advocated the promotion of oriental subjects through Indian languages.

Which of the statements given above is/are correct?

Which amongst the following is not related to British educational reforms in India?

1. The Charter act of 1813
2. Woods Dispatch of 1854
3. Hunter Commission of 1882
4. Saddler Commission

Choose the correct option:

Consider the following statements regarding Charles Wood’s Dispatch:

1. It advocated the idea of downward filtration theory.
2. It recommended English as the medium of instruction for higher studies and vernaculars at school level.
3. It laid down that the education imparted in government institutions should be secular.

Which of the above statements are TRUE?