Please keep at least one language enabled. / కనీసం ఒక భాషను ఎంచుకోండి.
Question 1
ప్రశ్న 1
What was the central issue in the Orientalist–Anglicist controversy in colonial India?
Select an option first. / ముందుగా ఒక సమాధానాన్ని ఎంచుకోండి.
Explanation:
• The controversy concerned the educational policy of the colonial government and the use of public funds.
• Orientalists generally supported Sanskrit, Arabic and Persian learning through established institutions.
• Anglicists favoured English as a medium for transmitting Western literature, philosophy and science.
• The dispute involved curriculum, medium of instruction and the political objectives of colonial education.
• Orientalists generally supported Sanskrit, Arabic and Persian learning through established institutions.
• Anglicists favoured English as a medium for transmitting Western literature, philosophy and science.
• The dispute involved curriculum, medium of instruction and the political objectives of colonial education.
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Question 2
ప్రశ్న 2
Which institution was founded by Sir William Jones in 1784?
Select an option first. / ముందుగా ఒక సమాధానాన్ని ఎంచుకోండి.
Explanation:
• Sir William Jones founded the Asiatic Society of Bengal in Calcutta in 1784.
• The society promoted research into Indian languages, laws, histories, literatures and antiquities.
• Jones became an important representative of British Orientalist scholarship.
• Fort William College and Hindu College were founded later for different educational purposes.
• The society promoted research into Indian languages, laws, histories, literatures and antiquities.
• Jones became an important representative of British Orientalist scholarship.
• Fort William College and Hindu College were founded later for different educational purposes.
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Question 3
ప్రశ్న 3
Which position was most closely associated with Henry Thoby Prinsep during the educational controversy?
Select an option first. / ముందుగా ఒక సమాధానాన్ని ఎంచుకోండి.
Explanation:
• Henry Thoby Prinsep was a prominent defender of the Orientalist position.
• He supported government patronage for Sanskrit, Arabic and Persian learning.
• He opposed the exclusive diversion of educational funds toward English education.
• His position brought him into conflict with Macaulay's Anglicist recommendations.
• He supported government patronage for Sanskrit, Arabic and Persian learning.
• He opposed the exclusive diversion of educational funds toward English education.
• His position brought him into conflict with Macaulay's Anglicist recommendations.
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Question 4
ప్రశ్న 4
Which educational objective was strongly associated with Charles Grant?
Select an option first. / ముందుగా ఒక సమాధానాన్ని ఎంచుకోండి.
Explanation:
• Charles Grant advocated the spread of English education among Indians.
• His educational views were connected with evangelical ideas of Christian moral improvement.
• He believed that Western knowledge and Christian values could transform Indian society.
• His position differed from the Orientalist emphasis on state support for classical Indian learning.
• His educational views were connected with evangelical ideas of Christian moral improvement.
• He believed that Western knowledge and Christian values could transform Indian society.
• His position differed from the Orientalist emphasis on state support for classical Indian learning.
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Question 5
ప్రశ్న 5
Why did Raja Rammohan Roy write to Lord Amherst in 1823?
Select an option first. / ముందుగా ఒక సమాధానాన్ని ఎంచుకోండి.
Explanation:
• Raja Rammohan Roy criticised the proposed emphasis on traditional Sanskrit education in his 1823 letter to Lord Amherst.
• He argued that students should gain access to mathematics, natural philosophy, chemistry and other modern subjects.
• He regarded English as an effective means of accessing contemporary European knowledge.
• His support for English education arose from an Indian reformist agenda rather than from Macaulay's later colonial reasoning.
• He argued that students should gain access to mathematics, natural philosophy, chemistry and other modern subjects.
• He regarded English as an effective means of accessing contemporary European knowledge.
• His support for English education arose from an Indian reformist agenda rather than from Macaulay's later colonial reasoning.
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Question 6
ప్రశ్న 6
In which year did Thomas Babington Macaulay write his Minute on Indian Education?
Select an option first. / ముందుగా ఒక సమాధానాన్ని ఎంచుకోండి.
Explanation:
• Macaulay wrote his Minute on Indian Education on 2 February 1835.
• The Minute strongly supported English education and Western knowledge.
• It rejected continued state expenditure on the publication and teaching of Sanskrit and Arabic works.
• The years 1813, 1823 and 1854 are associated respectively with the Charter Act, Rammohan Roy's letter and Wood's Despatch.
• The Minute strongly supported English education and Western knowledge.
• It rejected continued state expenditure on the publication and teaching of Sanskrit and Arabic works.
• The years 1813, 1823 and 1854 are associated respectively with the Charter Act, Rammohan Roy's letter and Wood's Despatch.
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Question 7
ప్రశ్న 7
Which Governor-General approved the Anglicist educational policy recommended in 1835?
Select an option first. / ముందుగా ఒక సమాధానాన్ని ఎంచుకోండి.
Explanation:
• Lord William Bentinck approved the Anglicist policy through his resolution of March 1835.
• The resolution gave official support to the promotion of European literature and science through English.
• Macaulay's Minute supplied the principal argument for this decision.
• The resolution did not instantly abolish every Oriental institution, but it changed the direction of official educational policy.
• The resolution gave official support to the promotion of European literature and science through English.
• Macaulay's Minute supplied the principal argument for this decision.
• The resolution did not instantly abolish every Oriental institution, but it changed the direction of official educational policy.
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Question 8
ప్రశ్న 8
What educational provision was made by the Charter Act of 1813?
Select an option first. / ముందుగా ఒక సమాధానాన్ని ఎంచుకోండి.
Explanation:
• The Charter Act of 1813 allocated one lakh rupees annually for education in British India.
• Its wording referred both to the revival of learned literature and to the introduction of scientific knowledge.
• The ambiguity encouraged disagreement over whether the money should support Oriental or English education.
• The delayed and disputed use of this grant helped generate the Orientalist–Anglicist controversy.
• Its wording referred both to the revival of learned literature and to the introduction of scientific knowledge.
• The ambiguity encouraged disagreement over whether the money should support Oriental or English education.
• The delayed and disputed use of this grant helped generate the Orientalist–Anglicist controversy.
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Question 9
ప్రశ్న 9
Which group of languages received particular support from the Orientalists?
Select an option first. / ముందుగా ఒక సమాధానాన్ని ఎంచుకోండి.
Explanation:
• Orientalists promoted the study of Sanskrit, Arabic and Persian.
• These languages were connected with established literary, legal, religious and administrative traditions in India.
• Oriental institutions trained scholars and sometimes supported the colonial administration's need to understand Indian laws and customs.
• Anglicists criticised the use of public money for classical-language education.
• These languages were connected with established literary, legal, religious and administrative traditions in India.
• Oriental institutions trained scholars and sometimes supported the colonial administration's need to understand Indian laws and customs.
• Anglicists criticised the use of public money for classical-language education.
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Question 10
ప్రశ్న 10
Which principle of utilitarian thought most directly influenced Anglicist educational arguments?
Select an option first. / ముందుగా ఒక సమాధానాన్ని ఎంచుకోండి.
Explanation:
• Utilitarianism emphasised usefulness, practical benefit and efficient administration.
• Anglicists presented Western science and English education as more useful than state-supported classical learning.
• Colonial administrators also viewed English education as a means of producing trained subordinate officials.
• This utilitarian approach treated education as an instrument of governance and social transformation.
• Anglicists presented Western science and English education as more useful than state-supported classical learning.
• Colonial administrators also viewed English education as a means of producing trained subordinate officials.
• This utilitarian approach treated education as an instrument of governance and social transformation.
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Question 11
ప్రశ్న 11
Why did some early colonial administrators support Oriental learning?
Select an option first. / ముందుగా ఒక సమాధానాన్ని ఎంచుకోండి.
Explanation:
• Oriental learning helped colonial officials gain knowledge of Indian legal, religious and cultural traditions.
• Sanskrit, Arabic and Persian texts were important sources for the administration of Hindu and Islamic law.
• Orientalist projects often depended on pandits, munshis and other Indian scholars.
• Orientalism could therefore serve both scholarly interests and practical colonial governance.
• Sanskrit, Arabic and Persian texts were important sources for the administration of Hindu and Islamic law.
• Orientalist projects often depended on pandits, munshis and other Indian scholars.
• Orientalism could therefore serve both scholarly interests and practical colonial governance.
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Question 12
ప్రశ్న 12
Which contrast most accurately represents the debate over the medium of instruction?
Select an option first. / ముందుగా ఒక సమాధానాన్ని ఎంచుకోండి.
Explanation:
• Anglicists advocated English as the principal medium for advanced education in Western knowledge.
• Orientalists defended instruction through Sanskrit, Arabic and Persian institutions.
• The dispute also involved the kinds of knowledge that the colonial government should finance.
• Indian vernaculars were part of the broader educational environment, but the principal official controversy centred on English and classical Oriental learning.
• Orientalists defended instruction through Sanskrit, Arabic and Persian institutions.
• The dispute also involved the kinds of knowledge that the colonial government should finance.
• Indian vernaculars were part of the broader educational environment, but the principal official controversy centred on English and classical Oriental learning.
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Question 13
ప్రశ్న 13
Which body became the principal institutional arena of the Orientalist–Anglicist dispute before Macaulay's Minute?
Select an option first. / ముందుగా ఒక సమాధానాన్ని ఎంచుకోండి.
Explanation:
• The General Committee of Public Instruction was established in 1823 to supervise educational expenditure in Bengal.
• Its members became divided between supporters of Oriental learning and advocates of English education.
• The division created a policy deadlock over the use of public funds.
• Macaulay joined the committee as its president and wrote his 1835 Minute to resolve the dispute in favour of the Anglicists.
• Its members became divided between supporters of Oriental learning and advocates of English education.
• The division created a policy deadlock over the use of public funds.
• Macaulay joined the committee as its president and wrote his 1835 Minute to resolve the dispute in favour of the Anglicists.
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Question 14
ప్రశ్న 14
Which of the following pairs is incorrectly matched?
Select an option first. / ముందుగా ఒక సమాధానాన్ని ఎంచుకోండి.
Explanation:
• The Calcutta Madrasa supported Arabic, Persian and Islamic legal learning.
• Benares Sanskrit College promoted Sanskrit scholarship and Hindu legal traditions.
• Calcutta Sanskrit College was established in 1824, more than a decade before Macaulay's Minute of 1835.
• Hindu College, founded in 1817, became an important centre of Western education in Bengal.
• Therefore, the third pair is incorrectly matched.
• Benares Sanskrit College promoted Sanskrit scholarship and Hindu legal traditions.
• Calcutta Sanskrit College was established in 1824, more than a decade before Macaulay's Minute of 1835.
• Hindu College, founded in 1817, became an important centre of Western education in Bengal.
• Therefore, the third pair is incorrectly matched.
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Question 15
ప్రశ్న 15
Arrange the following institutions in chronological order of their establishment: 1. Calcutta Madrasa 2. Benares Sanskrit College 3. Fort William College 4. Hindu College
Select an option first. / ముందుగా ఒక సమాధానాన్ని ఎంచుకోండి.
Explanation:
• The Calcutta Madrasa was established in 1781.
• Benares Sanskrit College was founded in 1791.
• Fort William College was established in 1800.
• Hindu College was founded in Calcutta in 1817.
• The complete chronological sequence is therefore 1, 2, 3, 4.
• Benares Sanskrit College was founded in 1791.
• Fort William College was established in 1800.
• Hindu College was founded in Calcutta in 1817.
• The complete chronological sequence is therefore 1, 2, 3, 4.
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Question 16
ప్రశ్న 16
Match List I with List II.
List I: 1. Orientalism 2. Anglicism 3. Utilitarianism 4. Evangelicalism
List II: a. Christian moral reform b. Practical usefulness and administrative efficiency c. Promotion of English and Western knowledge d. Support for classical Indian learning
List I: 1. Orientalism 2. Anglicism 3. Utilitarianism 4. Evangelicalism
List II: a. Christian moral reform b. Practical usefulness and administrative efficiency c. Promotion of English and Western knowledge d. Support for classical Indian learning
Select an option first. / ముందుగా ఒక సమాధానాన్ని ఎంచుకోండి.
Explanation:
• Orientalism supported classical Indian learning and is matched with d.
• Anglicism promoted English and Western knowledge and is matched with c.
• Utilitarianism emphasised practical usefulness and administrative efficiency and is matched with b.
• Evangelicalism connected education with Christian moral reform and is matched with a.
• Therefore, the correct code is 1-d, 2-c, 3-b, 4-a.
• Anglicism promoted English and Western knowledge and is matched with c.
• Utilitarianism emphasised practical usefulness and administrative efficiency and is matched with b.
• Evangelicalism connected education with Christian moral reform and is matched with a.
• Therefore, the correct code is 1-d, 2-c, 3-b, 4-a.
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Question 17
ప్రశ్న 17
Consider the following statements.
Statement I: Both Orientalist and Anglicist educational projects operated within the framework of colonial rule.
Statement II: Their disagreement concerned methods and priorities of colonial education rather than the legitimacy of colonial power itself.
Statement I: Both Orientalist and Anglicist educational projects operated within the framework of colonial rule.
Statement II: Their disagreement concerned methods and priorities of colonial education rather than the legitimacy of colonial power itself.
Select an option first. / ముందుగా ఒక సమాధానాన్ని ఎంచుకోండి.
Explanation:
• Statement I is correct because both educational positions were debated and implemented through colonial institutions.
• Statement II is also correct because the principal dispute concerned language, curriculum and the allocation of funds.
• Most British participants did not challenge the existence of colonial rule itself.
• Therefore, both statements are correct.
• Statement II is also correct because the principal dispute concerned language, curriculum and the allocation of funds.
• Most British participants did not challenge the existence of colonial rule itself.
• Therefore, both statements are correct.
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Question 18
ప్రశ్న 18
Assertion: The Orientalist–Anglicist controversy involved both curriculum and the allocation of educational funds.
Reason: Raja Rammohan Roy submitted a letter on education to Lord Amherst in 1823.
Reason: Raja Rammohan Roy submitted a letter on education to Lord Amherst in 1823.
Select an option first. / ముందుగా ఒక సమాధానాన్ని ఎంచుకోండి.
Explanation:
• The Assertion is correct because the controversy concerned what should be taught, through which language and with which public funds.
• The Reason is also correct because Rammohan Roy addressed Lord Amherst on educational policy in 1823.
• However, the existence of Roy's letter does not itself explain why the controversy involved curriculum and funding.
• Both statements are correct, but the Reason is not the correct explanation of the Assertion.
• The Reason is also correct because Rammohan Roy addressed Lord Amherst on educational policy in 1823.
• However, the existence of Roy's letter does not itself explain why the controversy involved curriculum and funding.
• Both statements are correct, but the Reason is not the correct explanation of the Assertion.
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Question 19
ప్రశ్న 19
Which of the following statements are correct?
1. William Jones contributed to Orientalist scholarship.
2. Henry Thoby Prinsep defended government support for Oriental institutions.
3. Charles Grant rejected English education as morally dangerous.
4. Raja Rammohan Roy supported access to modern European science.
1. William Jones contributed to Orientalist scholarship.
2. Henry Thoby Prinsep defended government support for Oriental institutions.
3. Charles Grant rejected English education as morally dangerous.
4. Raja Rammohan Roy supported access to modern European science.
Select an option first. / ముందుగా ఒక సమాధానాన్ని ఎంచుకోండి.
Explanation:
• Statement 1 is correct because William Jones promoted the scholarly study of Indian languages and texts.
• Statement 2 is correct because Henry Thoby Prinsep defended Oriental education against exclusive Anglicist funding.
• Statement 3 is incorrect because Charles Grant actively supported English education.
• Statement 4 is correct because Rammohan Roy advocated modern scientific learning through English.
• Hence, the correct combination is 1, 2 and 4 only.
• Statement 2 is correct because Henry Thoby Prinsep defended Oriental education against exclusive Anglicist funding.
• Statement 3 is incorrect because Charles Grant actively supported English education.
• Statement 4 is correct because Rammohan Roy advocated modern scientific learning through English.
• Hence, the correct combination is 1, 2 and 4 only.
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Question 20
ప్రశ్న 20
Which comparison between Raja Rammohan Roy and Thomas Macaulay is most accurate?
Select an option first. / ముందుగా ఒక సమాధానాన్ని ఎంచుకోండి.
Explanation:
• Raja Rammohan Roy supported English as a means of accessing modern science and intellectual reform.
• Macaulay promoted English within a colonial policy designed to disseminate Western knowledge and train an intermediary class.
• Their support for English therefore emerged from different political and intellectual positions.
• Roy wrote his educational letter in 1823, whereas Macaulay wrote his Minute in 1835.
• Macaulay promoted English within a colonial policy designed to disseminate Western knowledge and train an intermediary class.
• Their support for English therefore emerged from different political and intellectual positions.
• Roy wrote his educational letter in 1823, whereas Macaulay wrote his Minute in 1835.
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Question 21
ప్రశ్న 21
The following were commonly associated with Anglicist educational arguments except:
Select an option first. / ముందుగా ఒక సమాధానాన్ని ఎంచుకోండి.
Explanation:
• Anglicists argued that English provided access to European science and literature.
• They also viewed English education as useful for producing administrative personnel.
• Macaulay recommended concentrating limited educational funds on English education.
• The preservation of Sanskrit and Arabic as the principal state-funded objective belonged to the Orientalist position.
• Therefore, the second option is the exception.
• They also viewed English education as useful for producing administrative personnel.
• Macaulay recommended concentrating limited educational funds on English education.
• The preservation of Sanskrit and Arabic as the principal state-funded objective belonged to the Orientalist position.
• Therefore, the second option is the exception.
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Question 22
ప్రశ్న 22
A colonial education committee has limited funds and decides to teach Western science to a small group through English rather than finance classical-language colleges. Which position does this policy most closely represent?
Select an option first. / ముందుగా ఒక సమాధానాన్ని ఎంచుకోండి.
Explanation:
• The policy gives priority to English as the medium for Western knowledge.
• It also concentrates limited funds on the education of a relatively small group.
• These features are characteristic of the Anglicist approach associated with Macaulay.
• Orientalists would have defended continued support for Sanskrit, Arabic and Persian institutions.
• It also concentrates limited funds on the education of a relatively small group.
• These features are characteristic of the Anglicist approach associated with Macaulay.
• Orientalists would have defended continued support for Sanskrit, Arabic and Persian institutions.
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Question 23
ప్రశ్న 23
Which objective most closely reflects Macaulay's proposed social function of English education?
Select an option first. / ముందుగా ఒక సమాధానాన్ని ఎంచుకోండి.
Explanation:
• Macaulay sought to educate a limited group that could mediate between British rulers and the Indian population.
• This group was expected to assist in administration and transmit Western knowledge more widely.
• The policy did not propose immediate English education for the entire population.
• This elite-centred strategy later became associated with the idea of downward filtration.
• This group was expected to assist in administration and transmit Western knowledge more widely.
• The policy did not propose immediate English education for the entire population.
• This elite-centred strategy later became associated with the idea of downward filtration.
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Question 24
ప్రశ్న 24
Which of the following statements about the effects of the 1835 Anglicist decision are correct?
1. English received greater priority in government-supported higher education.
2. Every Oriental institution was immediately closed.
3. Sanskrit, Arabic and Persian learning disappeared from India.
4. English education became increasingly connected with administration and elite employment.
1. English received greater priority in government-supported higher education.
2. Every Oriental institution was immediately closed.
3. Sanskrit, Arabic and Persian learning disappeared from India.
4. English education became increasingly connected with administration and elite employment.
Select an option first. / ముందుగా ఒక సమాధానాన్ని ఎంచుకోండి.
Explanation:
• Statement 1 is correct because the 1835 decision redirected official policy toward English and Western knowledge.
• Statement 2 is incorrect because Oriental institutions were not all immediately abolished.
• Statement 3 is incorrect because Sanskrit, Arabic and Persian scholarship continued in many institutional and social settings.
• Statement 4 is correct because English education became increasingly valuable for administration and elite employment.
• Hence, the correct combination is 1 and 4 only.
• Statement 2 is incorrect because Oriental institutions were not all immediately abolished.
• Statement 3 is incorrect because Sanskrit, Arabic and Persian scholarship continued in many institutional and social settings.
• Statement 4 is correct because English education became increasingly valuable for administration and elite employment.
• Hence, the correct combination is 1 and 4 only.
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Question 25
ప్రశ్న 25
Which interpretation provides the most balanced understanding of the Orientalist–Anglicist controversy?
Select an option first. / ముందుగా ఒక సమాధానాన్ని ఎంచుకోండి.
Explanation:
• The controversy concerned the language and content of education as well as the allocation of colonial resources.
• It was connected with administrative needs, cultural authority and competing ideas of useful knowledge.
• Indian thinkers such as Raja Rammohan Roy participated actively and pursued objectives distinct from those of British Anglicists.
• The debate did not produce immediate linguistic replacement or complete agreement among its participants.
• It was connected with administrative needs, cultural authority and competing ideas of useful knowledge.
• Indian thinkers such as Raja Rammohan Roy participated actively and pursued objectives distinct from those of British Anglicists.
• The debate did not produce immediate linguistic replacement or complete agreement among its participants.
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Answer Key సమాధానాల పట్టిక
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Question 1 ప్రశ్న 1Answer: B. Whether public funds should support classical Indian learning or English and Western education సమాధానం: B.
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Question 2 ప్రశ్న 2Answer: A. The Asiatic Society of Bengal సమాధానం: A.
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Question 3 ప్రశ్న 3Answer: C. The defence of Oriental learning and existing classical institutions సమాధానం: C.
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Question 4 ప్రశ్న 4Answer: D. The spread of English education combined with Christian moral reform సమాధానం: D.
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Question 5 ప్రశ్న 5Answer: B. To advocate modern scientific education through English rather than an exclusively Sanskrit curriculum సమాధానం: B.
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Question 6 ప్రశ్న 6Answer: C. 1835 సమాధానం: C.
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Question 7 ప్రశ్న 7Answer: A. Lord William Bentinck సమాధానం: A.
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Question 8 ప్రశ్న 8Answer: D. It allocated one lakh rupees annually for educational and scholarly purposes సమాధానం: D.
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Question 9 ప్రశ్న 9Answer: B. Sanskrit, Arabic and Persian సమాధానం: B.
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Question 10 ప్రశ్న 10Answer: C. Education should promote useful knowledge and administrative efficiency సమాధానం: C.
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Question 11 ప్రశ్న 11Answer: A. It helped them understand Indian laws, customs and administrative traditions సమాధానం: A.
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Question 12 ప్రశ్న 12Answer: D. English versus classical Oriental languages సమాధానం: D.
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Question 13 ప్రశ్న 13Answer: B. The General Committee of Public Instruction సమాధానం: B.
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Question 14 ప్రశ్న 14Answer: C. Calcutta Sanskrit College — Institution founded as a result of Macaulay's Minute సమాధానం: C.
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Question 15 ప్రశ్న 15Answer: A. 1, 2, 3, 4 సమాధానం: A.
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Question 16 ప్రశ్న 16Answer: D. 1-d, 2-c, 3-b, 4-a సమాధానం: D.
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Question 17 ప్రశ్న 17Answer: A. Both Statement I and Statement II are correct సమాధానం: A.
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Question 18 ప్రశ్న 18Answer: B. Both Assertion and Reason are correct, but Reason is not the correct explanation of Assertion సమాధానం: B.
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Question 19 ప్రశ్న 19Answer: C. 1, 2 and 4 only సమాధానం: C.
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Question 20 ప్రశ్న 20Answer: D. Both supported English education, but Roy's reformist objectives differed from Macaulay's colonial administrative objectives సమాధానం: D.
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Question 21 ప్రశ్న 21Answer: B. The preservation of Sanskrit and Arabic as the principal objective of state-funded higher education సమాధానం: B.
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Question 22 ప్రశ్న 22Answer: A. The Anglicist position సమాధానం: A.
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Question 23 ప్రశ్న 23Answer: D. To create an educated intermediary group between the colonial government and the wider population సమాధానం: D.
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Question 24 ప్రశ్న 24Answer: C. 1 and 4 only సమాధానం: C.
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Question 25 ప్రశ్న 25Answer: B. It was a struggle over language, knowledge and colonial governance in which Indian reformers also intervened సమాధానం: B.