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William Jones arrived in Calcutta as a junior judge of the Company's Supreme Court in:Read the answer and worked solution →William Jones, with Colebrooke and Halhed, set up the:Read the answer and worked solution →The journal started by the Asiatic Society of Bengal was:Read the answer and worked solution →A madrasa to promote Arabic, Persian and Islamic law was set up in Calcutta in:Read the answer and worked solution →The Hindu College to encourage the study of ancient Sanskrit texts was established in 1791 at:Read the answer and worked solution →Who took the initiative to set up the Calcutta Madrasa?Read the answer and worked solution →Which critic of the Orientalists said a single shelf of a good European library was worth all the native literature of India and Arabia?Read the answer and worked solution →Following Macaulay's minute, English became the medium of higher education under the English Education Act of:Read the answer and worked solution →Wood's Despatch on educational policy was issued in:Read the answer and worked solution →Charles Wood, who issued the 1854 Despatch, was President of the Company's:Read the answer and worked solution →Universities were established in Calcutta, Madras and Bombay in:Read the answer and worked solution →Until which year was the East India Company opposed to missionary activity in India?Read the answer and worked solution →The Serampore mission lay in an area controlled by the:Read the answer and worked solution →Serampore's printing press was set up in 1800 and its college in:Read the answer and worked solution →William Adam, who reported on vernacular schools in Bengal and Bihar in the 1830s, was a:Read the answer and worked solution →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 →

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William Jones arrived in Calcutta as a junior judge of the Company's Supreme Court in:

  1. 1783
  2. 1781
  3. 1791
  4. 1835
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Correct answer: A. 1783

1. He was a linguist who learnt Sanskrit from pandits. 2. Jones arrived in 1783. 3. He set up the Asiatic Society of Bengal. _Source: syllabus Our Pasts III, Chapter 7, Civilising the Native, Educating the Nation._

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William Jones, with Colebrooke and Halhed, set up the:

  1. Serampore Mission press
  2. Asiatic Society of Bengal
  3. Hindu College of Benaras
  4. Calcutta Madrasa school
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Correct answer: B. Asiatic Society of Bengal

1. They translated Sanskrit and Persian works. 2. They founded the Asiatic Society of Bengal. 3. Its journal was Asiatick Researches. _Source: syllabus Our Pasts III, Chapter 7, Civilising the Native, Educating the Nation._

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The journal started by the Asiatic Society of Bengal was:

  1. Asiatick Researches
  2. Indian Mirror weekly
  3. Kesari of Poona
  4. Bengal Gazette paper
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Correct answer: A. Asiatick Researches

1. Orientalists published their findings in it. 2. The journal was Asiatick Researches. 3. They respected ancient Indian culture. _Source: syllabus Our Pasts III, Chapter 7, Civilising the Native, Educating the Nation._

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