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Development of education - Test Set 1

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  1. Question 1

    NET Education 2023
    The National Council of Educational Research and Training (NCERT) was established in:
    1. 1952
    2. 1956
    3. 1961
    4. 1965
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  2. Question 2

    UPSC NDA 2020
    ‘Wardha Scheme’ of basic education is also known as:
    1. New Education Policy
    2. Craft Education
    3. Nai Talim
    4. Pragati Path
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  3. Question 3

    SSC CHSL 2022
    Who founded the Hindu College at Benaras, which later became BHU?
    1. Annie Besant
    2. Madan Mohan Malaviya
    3. Raja Ram Mohan Roy
    4. Ishwar Chandra Vidyasagar
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  4. Question 4

    BPSC 2020
    Charles Wood’s Despatch (1854) is considered the Magna Carta of:
    1. British rule
    2. Primary health
    3. Higher education
    4. English education in India
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  5. Question 5

    BPSC 2022
    The “Three Language Formula” was recommended by which policy?
    1. NEP 1986
    2. NEP 2020
    3. Kothari Commission
    4. Wardha Scheme
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  6. Question 6

    NET Education 2023
    In which year was the UGC established?
    1. 1948
    2. 1953
    3. 1956
    4. 1961
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  7. Question 7

    SSC CHSL 2023
    Who is regarded as the 'Father of Modern Education in India'?
    1. Lord Macaulay
    2. Raja Ram Mohan Roy
    3. William Bentinck
    4. Ishwar Chandra Vidyasagar
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  8. Question 8

    SSC CGL 2021
    Who advocated for the creation of a class of Indians "Indian in blood and colour, but English in taste"?
    1. Lord Wellesley
    2. Lord Macaulay
    3. Lord Ripon
    4. Lord Cornwallis
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  9. Question 9

    UPSC Prelims 2017
    Who established the Calcutta Madrassa in 1781?
    1. Lord Cornwallis
    2. Warren Hastings
    3. Lord Wellesley
    4. Lord Dalhousie
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  10. Question 10

    BPSC Prelims 2019
    The Sanskrit College at Varanasi was started by:
    1. William Carey
    2. Jonathan Duncan
    3. Raja Rammohan Roy
    4. David Hare
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  11. Question 11

    When was the Calcutta Madrasah established by Hastings?
    1. 1781
    2. 1791
    3. 1881
    4. 1854
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  12. Question 12

    When was the Sanskrit college established by Jonathan Duncan?
    1. 1791
    2. 1781
    3. 1854
    4. 1881
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  13. Question 13

    SSC CGL 2021
    The Wardha Scheme emphasized:
    1. English-medium education
    2. Only religious education
    3. Only higher education
    4. Learning through craft and productive work
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  14. Question 14

    SSC CGL 2021
    The first engineering college in India was established at:
    1. Roorkee
    2. Bombay
    3. Calcutta
    4. Madras
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  15. Question 15

    Who was the founder of the Hindu College at Calcutta?
    1. Raja Rammohan Roy
    2. David Hare
    3. Both a and b
    4. Ishwar Chandra Vidyasagar
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  16. Question 16

    UPSC CAPF 2020
    Who was the first Indian member of the Royal Asiatic Society of Paris?
    1. Raja Ram Mohan Roy
    2. Dwarakanath Tagore
    3. Ishwar Chandra Vidyasagar
    4. Rabindranath Tagore
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  17. Question 17

    WBCS Prelims 2016
    The National Council of Education in India was set up in which year?
    1. 1905
    2. 1906
    3. 1911
    4. 1917
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  18. Question 18

    SSC CGL Tier-I 2019
    In which year was the Asiatic Society of Bengal established?
    1. 1775
    2. 1784
    3. 1793
    4. 1800
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  19. Question 19

    The Asiatic Society of Bengal was established for the purpose of—
    1. Spreading Western education in India
    2. Promoting social reforms
    3. Conducting researches on the Post History and antiquities of India
    4. Training civil servants
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  20. Question 20

    In which year was the Calcutta Science College established ?
    1. 1912
    2. 1917
    3. 1914
    4. 1920
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