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English In India Flashcards

1
Q

The discovery of the sea-route
to India by Vasco da Gama in the year

A

1498

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2
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The East India Company was formed. Queen
Elizabeth signed the Charter.in ?

A

1600 31 December—

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The East India Company was formed. Queen
Elizabeth signed the Charter.in ?

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1600 31 December—

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4
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William Carey, an English missionary,
started the first school in Bengal where the medium of instruction was Bengali.

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1794

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5
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Savitribai Phule (and Jyotirao Phule) opened a school for
girls in Pune and she became the first female teacher in India

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1848

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East India Company was formed

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1600

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7
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Hickey’s Bengal Gazette started

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1780

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8
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Censorship of newspapers introduced in Madras

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1795

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9
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Charles Grant persuaded the EIC to
start English education in India

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1797

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10
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Charter Act or East India Company Act

A

1813

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11
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English Education Act

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1835

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12
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Wood’s Despatch

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1854

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13
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Hunter Commission

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1882

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14
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Hunter Commission officially called

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Indian Education commission

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15
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the first book ever written and published by an Indian in English

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• 1794: The Travels of Dean Mahomet

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16
Q

The first study of Anglo-Indian literature was

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A Sketch of Anglo-Indian Literature
(1908) by Edward Fairley Oaten

17
Q

Article “English Textbook, Indian Publisher” by

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Urvashi Butalia

18
Q

First vernacular printing press established in

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in 1778 at Calcutta

19
Q

who is Charles Grant?

A

Chairman of the British East India Company and MP

20
Q

Father of Modern Education in India is ?

A

Charles Grant

21
Q

The first man to address the issue of education in India is

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Charles Grant

22
Q

missionary friends of Charles Grant is

A

William Wilberforce and
Henry Thornton

23
Q

who is the father of British Abolitionist movement?

A

William Wilburforce

24
Q

5 Charter Acts?

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1784, 1793,1813, 1833, 1853

25
Q

The English Education Act

A

1835

26
Q

who Recommended withdrawal of support to Sanskrit and Arabic books, and reduce support for traditional education

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Thomas Babington Macaulay in English Education Act

27
Q

Who developed downward filtration theory?

A

Macaulay

28
Q

Which act promoted scientific education in India.

A

Charter Act

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