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v English education changed the indigenous system of education completely.
v It was on the recommendations of Lord Macaulay that English was selected as the medium of instruction in
India.
v Several factors worked to introduce English education in India.

v Sir Charles Wood’s despatch of 1854 worked as the basis for expansion of education in India.
v English education had its impacts, both favourable and unfavourable for the Indians.
v Indian leaders and social reformers started national education to counter the ill-effects of English
education.
v Education has a link with power as well as cultural identity.

A. Tick (3) the right option :
1. The DAV schools were opened by ______________ .
(a) Vivekananda (b) Dayananda Saraswati (c) Gandhiji
2. The ______________ was an educational institution for the Muslims.

(a) pathshalas (b) tools (c) maktabs
3. Warren Hastings set up a madrasa at ______________ .
(a) Calcutta (b) Banaras (c) Kanpur
4. ______________ was chosen as the medium of instruction.
(a) Urdu (b) English (c) Hindi
5. ______________ was set up to promote education among Muslims.

(a) Aligarh Muslim University (b) Jamia Millia Islamia (c) both of these
6. Vishwa Bharati at Shantiniketan was established by ______________ .
(a) Mahatma Gandhi (b) Raja Ram Mohan Roy (c) Rabindranath Tagore
7. The Aligarh Muslim University was founded by ______________ .

(a) Sir Syed Ahmad Khan (b) Swami Dayananda (c) Raja Ram Mohan Roy
8. A Sanskrit college was established by Jonathan Duncan in the year of ______________ .
(a) 1790 (b) 1791 (c) 1792

B. Who are we talking about?
1. He started a Sanskrit college at Banaras in 1791. ______________
2. He recommended English as the medium of instruction. ______________
3. He was the President of the Board of Control in 1854. ______________

4. He introduced the Nai Talim scheme. ______________
5. He established the Baroda College in 1881. ______________
6. He set up a Madrasa at Calcutta in 1781. ______________

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