Q.1. Where were classes held under the system of pathshalas?
In some places classes were held under a banyan tree, in other places in the corner of a village shop or temple, or at the guru’s home.
Q.2. Name the two Indian who reacted against Western education.
Mahatma Gandhi and Rabindranath Tagore
Q.3. Who was William Carey?
William Carey was a Scottish missionary who helped establish the Serampore Mission.
Q.4. Who is a Linguist?
Linguist is someone who knows and studies several languages.
Q.5. Name two individuals who sharply attacked the orientalists.
James Mill and Thomas Babington Macaulay attacked the Orientalists.
Q.4. Who was of the opinion that Colonial education created sense of inferiority in the minds of Indians?
Mahatma Gandhi
Q.6. Which year did the East India Company decide to improve the system of vernacular education?
After 1854 the Company decided to improve the system of vernacular education.
Q.7. By education I mean all round drawing out of the best in child and man- body, mind and spirit. Whose words are these?
Mahatma Gandhi
Q.8. Name the places where universities were first established by the company in India?
Calcutta, Madras and Bombay
Q.9. Who started the journal Asiatick Researches?
Jones set up the Asiatic Society of Bengal, and started a journal called Asiatick Researches.
Q.10. What does madrasa mean?
Madrasa is an Arabic word for a place of learning; any type of school or college.
Q.11. What does munshi mean?
The word munshi was used for a person who can read, write and teach Persian.
Q.12. Name the Scottish missionary who toured the districts of Bengal and Bihar in the 1830s.
In the 1830s, William Adam, a Scottish missionary, toured the districts of Bengal and Bihar.
Q.14. Who were called Orientalists?
Those with a scholarly knowledge of the language and culture of Asia were called Orientalists.
Q.15. Why was madrasa set up in Calcutta in 1781?
Madrasa was set up in Calcutta in 1781 to promote the study of Arabic, Persian and Islamic law.
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