civilising the natives

Civilizing the natives and educating the nation exercise questions

Q1 Why did William Jones  feel the need to study Indian history, Philosophy and Law?

Ans; William Jones felt the need to study Indian history, philosophy and law  because it will    help the British learn from Indian culture.

  it would also help Indian to rediscover their own heritage and understand the lost glories of their past. 

This would establish the British as guardians of Indian culture and gain total control.

Q2. Why did James Mill and Thomas Macaulay think that European education was essential in India?

Ans;  Macaulay felt that knowledge of English would allow Indians to read some of the finest literature the world had produced. 

It would make them aware of the developments in Western Science and philosophy.  .

It would supply the civil servents to british govt .

Introducing European ways of life would change their tastes and desires and create a demand for British goods, because Indians would begin to buy things that were produced in Europe.

Q3. Why mahatma Gandhi wanted to teach children handicrafts?

Ans  Mahatma Gandhi thought that practical knowledge is important then textual knowledge.

Ganhi believed that people had to work with hands learn craft and know how different things operated.

It would develop their mind and capacity to understand.

Q4. Why mahatma Gandhi think that English education had enslaved Indians/

Ans; mahatma Gandhi felt that colonial education created a sense of inferiority in the minds of Indians.

It made them see western civilization as superior and destroyed the pride of their own culture .

It is poison and sinful and enslaved them.

It crippled Indians and made them strangers in their own country.

Q5. What was Madrasa and when  first madrasa  was set up?

Ans; Madrasa is an Arabic word for a place of learning .  first Madrasa was set up in Calcutta in 1781 to promote the study of  Arabic , Persian and Islamic laws.

Q6. Where was first hindu college set up?

The Hindu College was set up in Benaras in 1791.

     Q6.  Which institutions known as ‘temples of darkness’?

Ans;  Oriental  institutions like Calcutta madrasa and the  hindu  college were known as temple of darkness.

Q7. Who introduced  Woods dispatch?

Charles wood in 1854 introduced woods dispatch.  According to it  education department  of the govt were set up to extend control over  education.

In 1857 university like Bombay madras and Calcutta were setup.