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Question
Answer the following question:
Why did the English East India Company feel the need for educational; reforms?
Solution
The first objective of education in India was to form a class of interpreters between the British rulers and the millions of Indians they governed. The second objective was to create a class of persons, Indians in blood and colour but British in taste, opinion, morals, and intellect. The third objective was to obtain a cheap supply of clerks for holding subordinate posts in the administration and British business concerns.
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RELATED QUESTIONS
Match the Column:
| Column A | Column B |
| 1. Permanent Settlement | (a) encouraged the education of Indians |
| 2. Shipbuilding industry | (b) Lord Dalhousie |
| 3. Lord Macaulay | (c) Fixed revenue |
| 4. Charter Act of 1813 | (d) Anglicist |
| 5. Transport and communication development | (e) Vishakhapatnam |
Choose the correct answer:
The Charter Act of 1813, directed the Company to spend ________ lakh rupees on the education of Indians.
Answer the following question in one or two words/sentences:
How would the improved transport and communication system benefit the Indian later?
Answer the following question briefly:
The Charter Act of 1813 passed by the British Parliament was the first major step to introduce changes in the Indian system of education. In this context discuss:
The general directives issued to the Company in the Charter Act of 1813 and its inherent weakness
When the Charter Act of 1813 was passed a great controversy arose on the issue of education.
How was it resolved?
Fill in the blank:
________, is known as the founder of British system of education in India.
State whether the following statement is True or False:
The English took interest in education of Indians only because they needed low paid, English speaking clerks.
State whether the following statement is True or False:
The new education policy benefitted only the upper and the middle class.
State whether the following statement is True or False:
The Company promoted education of girls and technical education.
Answer the following question:
Who was Lord Macaulay? Why did he recommend the system of a British education in India?
