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Development of education - Test Set 3

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  1. Question 1

    WBCS Prelims 2003
    Hindu Female School was founded by
    1. Madanmohan Taralarkar
    2. Bethune
    3. De Rozio
    4. Parry Chand Mitra
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  2. Question 2

    WBCS Prelims 2001
    Who among others founded the National Council of Education?
    1. Raja S. C. Mallik
    2. Satish Chandra Mukherjee
    3. Aurobindo Ghosh
    4. Rabindranath Tagore
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  3. Question 3

    WBCS Prelims 1999
    The Mohammadan Literacy Society was founded at the initiative of
    1. Sayed Amir Ali
    2. Sir Syed Ahmed Khan
    3. Abdul Latif
    4. Alom Khan
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  4. Question 4

    WBCS Prelims 1999
    The English Language was adopted as medium of instruction in higher education during the Governor Generalship of
    1. Lord Wellesly
    2. Lord Minto
    3. Lord William Bentinck
    4. Lord Dalhouse
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  5. Question 5

    WBCS Prelims 1999
    Ramkrishna Mission was founded by
    1. Ramkrishna
    2. Devendranath
    3. Vevekananda
    4. Rabindranath
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  6. Question 6

    WBPSC Prelims 2019/ UPPCS Mains 2007
    Who among the following was offered membership of the Royal Asiatic Society of Paris?
    1. Dadabhai Naoroji
    2. Michael Madhusudan Dutta
    3. Raja Ram Mohan Roy
    4. Vivekanda
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  7. Question 7

    MPPCS Prelims 2015
    Charles Wood's Despatch was related with which of the following?
    1. Education
    2. Trade
    3. Adminisrative Reforms
    4. Military Reforms
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  8. Question 8

    UP Lower Sub Pre 2013
    The propounder of 'Filtration Theory' in India's education policy was
    1. Charles Wood
    2. Macaulay
    3. J.S. Mill
    4. Cornwallis
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  9. Question 9

    Uttarakhand PCS Mains 2006
    Who founded First Sanskrit Mahavidyalaya at Varanasi?
    1. Jonathan Duncan
    2. Warren Hastings
    3. Lorel Macaulay
    4. Bankim Chandra
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  10. Question 10

    UPPCS Pre 2006
    Where was the first Madarsa set up by British in India?
    1. Madras
    2. Bombay
    3. Aligarh
    4. Calcutta
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  11. Question 11

    SSC CHSL 2022
    Which was the first Indian university to admit women?
    1. Madras University
    2. Bombay University
    3. Allahabad University
    4. Calcutta University
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  12. Question 12

    UPSC CAPF 2018
    The Charter Act of 1813 allocated ₹1 lakh annually for the promotion of education in India. This provision was made under which Governor-General?
    1. Lord Wellesley
    2. Lord Hastings
    3. Lord Minto I
    4. Lord Cornwallis
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  13. Question 13

    BPSC Prelims 2019
    The General Committee of Public Instruction was established in 1823 to oversee educational matters. Who was its first president?
    1. Lord Macaulay
    2. Sir Charles Metcalfe
    3. Lord Amherst
    4. William Bentinck
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  14. Question 14

    The Orientalist-Anglicist controversy in the 1830s was primarily about:
    1. The medium of instruction in Indian education
    2. The role of missionaries in education
    3. The funding of educational institutions
    4. The curriculum for technical education
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  15. Question 15

    UPSC NDA 2017
    Who authored the 'Minute on Indian Education' in 1835, advocating for English as the medium of instruction?
    1. Charles Wood
    2. Thomas Babington Macaulay
    3. William Bentinck
    4. Lord Dalhousie
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  16. Question 16

    SSC CGL 2019
    The Wood's Dispatch of 1854 is often referred to as the 'Magna Carta of English Education in India' because it:
    1. Introduced compulsory education
    2. Established universities in India
    3. Laid the foundation for the modern education system
    4. Promoted vernacular languages
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  17. Question 17

    UPSC CDS 2016
    The first three universities in India were established in 1857 in which cities?
    1. Calcutta, Bombay, and Madras
    2. Delhi, Madras, and Bombay
    3. Calcutta, Delhi, and Bombay
    4. Madras, Calcutta, and Delhi
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  18. Question 18

    BPSC Prelims 2020
    The Hunter Commission of 1882 was appointed to:
    1. Review the progress of primary education
    2. Reform university education
    3. Introduce technical education
    4. Promote women's education
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  19. Question 19

    UPSC CAPF 2017
    The Indian Universities Act of 1904 was enacted during the tenure of which Viceroy?
    1. Lord Minto
    2. Lord Ripon
    3. Lord Hardinge
    4. Lord Curzon
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  20. Question 20

    The Sadler Commission (1917-19) was primarily concerned with:
    1. Primary education reforms
    2. Secondary education curriculum
    3. University education and its problems
    4. Technical education development
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