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__________ emphasised the need to teach science and technology along with art, music and dance.
Rabindranath Tagore
English textbooks began to be produced for schools according to the _______ _________ Act of 1835.
English Education
Tagore’s Santiniketan was established in a rural setting, ______ kilometres away from Calcutta.
100
Classes were not held during ________ time so that rural children could work in the fields.
harvest
Classes were held under a banyan tree or in the corner of a village shop or temple or at the ______ home.
guru's
Children were given _________ education in pathshalas. oral/written
oral
Name the places where the British established universities.
Calcutta, Madras and Bombay
Rabindranath Tagore started …………… in 1901.
Santiniketan
Thomas Macaulay saw India as an ___________ country that needed to be _________.
uncivilised, civilised
William Adam toured the districts of- a. Bihar and Orissa b. Bihar and Bengal c. Bengal and Rajasthan d. Orissa and Haryana
b. Bihar and Bengal
Who attacked the Orientalists? a. James Mill b. Thomas Macaulay c. Both (a) and (b) d. None of the above
c. Both (a) and (b)
A madrasa was set up in Calcutta in 1781 to promote the study of ______. a. Sanskrit b. Arabic c. Ancient History d. Christian Religion
b. Arabic
Mahatma Gandhi thought that the promotion of literacy was the most important aim of education. TRUE/FALSE
FALSE
Rabindranath Tagore felt that children ought to be subjected to strict discipline. TRUE/FALSE
FALSE
The 1854 Despatch on education was in favour of English being introduced as a medium of higher education in India. TRUE/FALSE
TRUE
James Mill was a severe critic of the Orientalists. TRUE/FALSE
TRUE