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Who among the following was associated as Secretary with Hindu Female School which later came to be known as Bethune Female School?
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One common agreement between Gandhism and Marxism is
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Wellesley established the Fort William College at Calcutta because
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In the context of Indian history, the Rakhmabai case of 1884 revolved around: 1. Women’s right to gain education 2. Age of consent 3. Restitution of conjugal rights Select the correct answer using the code given below:
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Regarding Wood’s Dispatch, which of the following statements are true? 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:
- Statement 1 and 2 are correct.
- Statement 3 is incorrect: English as a medium of instruction was introduced only at higher levels of education while at the primary level vernacular languages were to be used.
- The vernacular was an important medium that set the stage for the readily available supply of the labour and thus there was more emphasis on the grants in aid for the education.
- 1854 Wood sent a despatch to Lord Dalhousie, the then Governor-General of India that suggested the primary schools must adopt vernacular languages. The despatch, he also suggested that high schools use anglo-vernacular medium, and that English should be the medium for college-level education.
- The Wood’s Despatch is considered as ‘Magna-Carta’ of English Education in India.
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The staple commodities of export by the English East India Company from Bengal in the middle of the 18th century were
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Economically, one of the results of the British rule in India in the 19th century was the
● The British rule had pronounced and profound economic impact on India. The various economic policies followed by the British led to the rapid transformation of India’s economy into a colonial economy whose nature and structure were determined by needs of the British economy.
● One important aspect of British economic policy was commercialisation of agriculture.
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Which of the following led to the introduction of English Education in India? 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:
- All the three were responsible for introduction of English language in India.
- Charter Act 1813 permitted Christian missionaries to propagate English in India and made financial provisions to encourage education in India.
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With reference to educational institutes during colonial rule in India, consider the following pairs: Institution — Founder 1. Sanskrit College – William Jones at Benaras 2. Calcutta Madarsa – Warren Hastings 3. Fort William College – Arthur Wellesley Which of the pairs given above is/are correct?
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Who of the following was/were economic critic/critics of colonialism in India? 1. Dadabhai Naoroji 2. G. Subramania Iyer 3. R.C. Dutt Select the correct answer using the code given below.
● Dadabhai Naoroji, R. C. Dutt, Ranade, Gokhale, G. Subramania Iyer, GV Joshi, PC Ray were among those who grounded Indian nationalism firmly on the foundation of anti-imperialism by fashioning the world's first economic critique of colonialism, before Hobson and Lenin.
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With reference to the period of colonial rule in India, “Home Charges” formed an important part of drain of wealth from India. Which of the following funds constituted “Home Charges”? 1. Funds used to support the India Office in London. 2. Funds used to pay salaries and pensions of British personnel engaged in India. 3. Funds used for waging wars outside India by the British. Select the correct answer using the codes given below:
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Karl Marx explained the process of class struggle with the help of which one of the following theories?
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The aim of education as stated by the Wood’s dispatch of 1854 was
● Objective of the dispatch
● To impart Western knowledge to the Indian people and also to develop their intellect and moral character.
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Who amongst the following Englishmen first translated Bhagavad-Gita into English?
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Which one of the following Indian leaders was dismissed by the British from the Indian Civil Service?
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The term ‘Imperial Preference’ was applied to the
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Assertion (A): The first ever Bill to make primary education compulsory in India was rejected in 1911. Reason (R): Discontent would have increased if every cultivator could read.
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What is the correct chronological sequence of the following? 1. Wood's Education Despatch 2. Macaulay's minute on education 3. The Sargent Education Report 4. Indian Education (Hunter Commission) Select the correct answer using the code given below:
Chronological order
- Macaulay’s Minute on Education – 1835
- Wood’s Despatch (Magna Carta of English education) – 1854
- Hunter Commission – 1882-83
- Sargent Education Report – 1944
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Consider the following landmarks in Indian education: 1. Hindu College, Calcutta 2. University of Calcutta 3. Adam's Report 4. Wood's Despatch. The correct chronological order of these landmarks is:
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Who among the following leaders did not believe in the drain theory of Dadabhai Naoroji?
- Sir Syed Ahmed Khan did not believe in the drain theory of Dadabhai Naoroji.
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Which one of the following statements does correctly defines the term ‘drain theory’ as propounded by Dadabhai Naoroji?
- The drain of wealth was the portion of India’s wealth and economy that was not available to Indians for consumption.
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The foundation of modern educational system in India was laid by
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The intensity of famine increased in India, under the British rule because
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“Asiatic Society of Bengal” was founded by
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The British rulers introduced a new system of education in India chiefly because they wanted to
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Assertion (A): In the 19th century, India became a victim of colonialism. Reason (R): Industrial Revolution resulted in the need for more and more markets.
- India became the victim of Colonization from 16th century.
- Portuguese established their first factory in India at Calicut in 1500 AD.
- Colonial era in India started with the establishment of this Portuguese trading centre at Quilon (Kollam, Kerala).
- In 1505, King Manuel I of Portugal appointed Francisco de Almeida as the first Portuguese viceroy in India, followed in 1509 by Afonso de Albuquerque.
- In 1510, Albuquerque conquered the city of Goa.
- Thereafter, the Dutch East India Company established trading posts along different parts of the Indian coast.
- Next was English East India Company (EEIC) which was formed in 1600.
- Following the Portuguese, Dutch & English, the French also established trading bases in India.
- Their first establishment was in Pondicherry.
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In what way Indian cotton industry was inferior to that of England during the British rule in India
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What type of trade is being undertaken by India with East European countries?
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Why did India industrialise only gradually in the time of Britishers?
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What was the impact of Western Industrial Revolution on India?