Social quiz

Orientalists like ______ and also many Company officials argued that the British should promote Indian rather than Western learning.

• William Jones

• Nathaniel Halhed

• Henry Thomas Colebrooke

• James Mill

• Warren Hastings

In 1783 a person named William Jones arrived in____________

(Name the Place)

The Hindu college was established in _______ in 1791 (NAME THE PLACE)

With the object in view a Madrasa was set up in Calcutta in 1781 to promote ______________

• Dutch, Islamic and Indian rules

• American ,Dutch and French laws

• Arabic, Persian and Islamic Law.

• Arabic, Persian and British Law.

A person who knows and studies several languages is

known as___________.

• Orientalist

• Linguist

• Qazi

• Judge

_______ was the president of the Board of

Control of the company.

• Robert Clive

• Charles Twist

• Cornwallis

• Charles Wood .

An Arabic word for a place of learning like any school or

college is called ________________

In 1830s, ___________ a Scottish

missionary was appointed by the East India company to report on the progress of education in Vernacular schools.

After 1854 the company decided to improve the system of

• Diwani rights

• Faujdari Adalat

• Vernacular system

• regular inspections

A term generally used to refer to a local language or dialect

as distinct from what is seen as a standard language.

• Vernacular language

• Sanskrit language

• Hindi language

• None of the above