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Adam found how many pathshalas in Bengal and Bihar?Read the answer and worked solution →Aurobindo Ghose spoke on the goal of national education in Bombay on:Read the answer and worked solution →Gandhi wanted a child's education to begin with:Read the answer and worked solution →Rabindranath Tagore started Santiniketan in:Read the answer and worked solution →Tagore set up his school how far from Calcutta?Read the answer and worked solution →In England, widespread government schooling began with the Education Act of:Read the answer and worked solution →Thomas Arnold, who favoured Greek and Roman classics to discipline the mind, was headmaster of:Read the answer and worked solution →Catch the OrientalistsRead the answer and worked solution →Pop the Anglicist wordsRead the answer and worked solution →Run the education datesRead the answer and worked solution →Slice the education wordsRead the answer and worked solution →Oriental or EnglishRead the answer and worked solution →Sort the education thinkersRead the answer and worked solution →Type the numberRead the answer and worked solution →Colonial education bingoRead the answer and worked solution →The eighteenth-century political formations are studied from Aurangzeb's death in 1707 to the third battle of Panipat in:Read the answer and worked solution →Nadir Shah of Iran sacked and plundered Delhi in:Read the answer and worked solution →Ahmad Shah Abdali invaded north India how many times between 1748 and 1761?Read the answer and worked solution →The two rival factions of later Mughal nobles were the Iranis and the:Read the answer and worked solution →Which later Mughal emperor, ruling 1713 to 1719, was assassinated by his nobles?Read the answer and worked solution →Which three states were carved out of old Mughal provinces in the eighteenth century?Read the answer and worked solution →Hyderabad state was founded by:Read the answer and worked solution →Asaf Jah and Murshid Quli Khan each held a zat rank of:Read the answer and worked solution →Hyderabad's ambitions on the Coromandel textile coast were checked by the:Read the answer and worked solution →Burhan-ul-Mulk Sa'adat Khan was appointed subadar of Awadh in:Read the answer and worked solution →Revenue farmers who bought the right to collect tax for a fixed sum were called:Read the answer and worked solution →Murshid Quli Khan transferred all Mughal jagirdars of Bengal to:Read the answer and worked solution →Which banking house became extremely prosperous under Alivardi Khan of Bengal?Read the answer and worked solution →Which Rajput state alone defied Mughal suzerainty?Read the answer and worked solution →Sawai Raja Jai Singh of Amber founded his new capital at:Read the answer and worked solution →

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Adam found how many pathshalas in Bengal and Bihar?

  1. Over 100
  2. Over 1 lakh
  3. Over 20 lakh
  4. Over 1,000
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Correct answer: B. Over 1 lakh

1. Each had no more than 20 students. 2. There were over 1 lakh pathshalas. 3. Over 20 lakh children studied in them. _Source: syllabus Our Pasts III, Chapter 7, Civilising the Native, Educating the Nation._

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Aurobindo Ghose spoke on the goal of national education in Bombay on:

  1. 26 January 1908
  2. 15 January 1901
  3. 15 January 1908
  4. 15 August 1905
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Correct answer: C. 15 January 1908

1. He wanted to awaken the spirit of nationality. 2. The speech was on 15 January 1908. 3. He favoured teaching in the vernacular. _Source: syllabus Our Pasts III, Chapter 7, Civilising the Native, Educating the Nation._

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Gandhi wanted a child's education to begin with:

  1. Reading and writing
  2. English grammar
  3. Textbook lessons
  4. A useful handicraft
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Correct answer: D. A useful handicraft

1. He said literacy in itself is not education. 2. He would start with a useful handicraft. 3. The child should know the why of every process. _Source: syllabus Our Pasts III, Chapter 7, Civilising the Native, Educating the Nation._

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