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William Adam toured the districts of:
ABombay and Surat
BBengal and Bihar
CPunjab and Sindh
DMadras and Mysore
Answer & Solution
Correct answer: B. Bengal and Bihar
1. Adam was a Scottish missionary asked to report on schools.
2. He toured in the 1830s and counted the vernacular schools.
3. He travelled through the districts of Bengal and Bihar.
4. So the answer is Bengal and Bihar.
_Source: NCERT Class 8 History Our Pasts III, Ch 6 'Civilising the Native, Educating the Nation'_
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