Class 8th Social Science MCQ

Q1. ______ was one of the first Company officials to study Sanskrit.
1. Esther Hills.
2. John Mills.
3. William Jones.
4. Robert Clive.

Ans: 3. William Jones.
Q2. Who set up Asiatic Society of Bengal?
1. William Jones.
2. Henry Thomas Colebrooke.
3. Nathaniel Halhed.
4. All of the above.

Ans: 4. All of the above.
Q3. To promote Islamic law, a madarasa was set up at ______ in 1861.
1. Bombay
2. Calcutta
3. Benaras
4. Lucknow

Ans: 3. Benaras
Q4. To promote study of English texts, the company set up a Hindu College in _____.
1. Benaras
2. Madras
3. Surat
4. Lucknow

Ans: 1. Benaras
Q5. _____ toured Bihar and Bengal in the 1830s to prepare a report on Education in vernacular schools.
1. William Woods.
2. William Adams.
3. Robert Clive.
4. Thomas Bell.

Ans: 2. William Adams.
Q6. _____ city is situated on the banks of river Hooghly.
1. Madras
2. Calcutta
3. Delhi
4. Lahore

Ans: 2. Calcutta
Q7. ______ had argued that English education had enslaved Indians.
1. Mahatma Gandhi.
2. Raja Rammohan Roy.
3. Sardar Patel.
4. Rasbehari Bose.

Ans: 1. Mahatma Gandhi.
Q8. Until 1813, East India Company was opposed to the _______ in India.
1. Missionary activities.
2. Religious function.
3. Education.
4. Trade.

Ans: 1. Missionary activities.
Q9. How did the European learning improve the moral character of Indians?
1. It would expand the trade and commerce.
2. It would make them truthful and honest.
3. It would make the Indians realize the importance of developing resources of the country.
4. It would make them change their tastes and desires and create a demand for British goods.

Ans: 4. It would make them change their tastes and desires and create a demand for British goods.
Q10. The Education Act was introduced in the year:
1. 1850
2. 1835
3. 1910
4. 1900

Ans: 2. 1835
Q11. Name the important scholar who studied Sanskrit and found it to be the most scientific language of the world. He
also translated the important works Shakuntala and Manusmriti into English.
1. Charles Wood.
2. William Jones.
3. Nathaniel Halhed.
4. Max Muller.

Ans: 2. William Jones.
Q12. William Jones was a linguist because.
1. He had studied Greek and Latin.
2. He knew French and English.
3. He had learnt Persian.
4. All of the above.

Ans: 4. All of the above.
Q13. Which year was the English education Act introduced in India?
1. 1800.
2. 1900.
3. 1835.
4. 1880.

Ans: 3. 1835.
Q14. Name the President of the Board of Control in England who sent a dispatch.
1. Lord Dalhousie.
2. Lord Macaulay.
3. Charles Wood.
4. James Mill.

Ans: 3. Charles Wood.
Q15. The name associated with the establishment of Serampore Mission:
1. Thomas Macaulay.
2. Henry Thomas Colebrooke.
3. William Carey.
4. William Jones.

Ans: 3. William Carey.
Q16. Those who have scholarly knowledge of Asiatic language and culture are called _____.
1. Linguistic
2. Orientalists
3. Vernacularists
4. Munshis

Ans: 2. Orientalists
Q17. Which year did the Court of Directors of the East India Company in London sent an educational dispatch to the
Governor General in India?
1. 1800.
2. 1854.
3. 1880.
4. 1890.

Ans: 2. 1854.
Q18. The _______ established the University of Bombay.
1. British
2. French
3. Dutch
4. German

Ans: 1. British
Q19. ___ was a Scottish Missionary who helped to establish Serampore Mission.
1. William Carey.
2. Thomas Woods.
3. Paul Derik.
4. James Watt.

Ans: 1. William Carey.
Q20. Rural _____ which accepted new rules were supported through government grants by the Company.
1. Pathshalas
2. Shops
3. Temples
4. Colleges

Ans: 1. Pathshalas
Q21. Wood’s Dispatch was introduced in _____.
1. 1854
2. 1855
3. 1845
4. 1839

Ans: 1. 1854
Q22. _______ was an English official who had deep respect for the Indian culture.
1. Henry Colebrook.
2. James Warren.
3. Bruce Jones.
4. Paul Henry.

Ans: 1. Henry Colebrook.
Q23. According to Aurbindo Ghosh, education should awaken the spirit of ___ among students of India.
1. Religion
2. Nationality
3. Thoughtfulness
4. Integration

Ans: 2. Nationality
Q24. Lord Macaulay emphasized the need to teach this language. Which language did he insist to teach?
1. Arabic.
2. Sanskrit.
3. English.
4. Hindi.

Ans: 3. English.
Q25. Tagore wanted to combine the elements of _____ with traditional Indian Education.
1. Eastern Education.
2. Western Education.
3. Religious education.
4. Local education.

Ans: 2. Western Education.
Q26. Asiatick Researches (Journal) was not started by:
1. William jones.
2. Henry Thomas Colebrooke.
3. Nathaniel Halhed.
4. William Carey.

Ans: 4. William Carey.
Q27. _______ started Shantiniketan in 1901.
1. Rabindranath Tagore.
2. Subhash Chandra Bose.
3. Aurbindo Ghosh.
4. R C Mukherjee.

Ans: 1. Rabindranath Tagore.
Q28. A person who can read, write and teach Persian is known as _______.
1. Munshi
2. Maulavi
3. Qazi
4. Brahman

Ans: 1. Munshi
Q29. From the following which one would best describe an Orientalist.
1. Those who study about the birds of Asia.
2. Those who study about the animal behavior of Asia.
3. Those who study about the transport and communication of Asia.
4. Those with a scholarly knowledge of the culture and language of Asia.

Ans: 4. Those with a scholarly knowledge of the culture and language of Asia.
Q30. William Adam toured the districts of:
1. Bihar and Orissa.
2. Bihar and Bengal.
3. Bengal and Rajasthan.
4. Orissa and Madhya Pradesh.

Ans: 2. Bihar and Bengal.
Q31. In 1854, the Company appointed several _______ to look after four to five local schools.
1. Government pandits.
2. Government officials.
3. Government teachers.
4. Government servants.

Ans: 1. Government pandits.
Q32. In the 1830s, no classes were held for rural students once ______ started.
1. Harvest season.
2. Rainy season.
3. Winter season.
4. Summer season.

Ans: 1. Harvest season.
Q33. A person who can read, write and teach Persian is called a _________.
1. Munshi.
2. Biographer.
3. Linguist.
4. Orientalist.

Ans: 1. Munshi.
Q34. _______ was one of the first British officials to attack the views of Orientalists.
1. William Jones.
2. Henry Colebrook.
3. James Mill.
4. Henry Ongle.

Ans: 3. James Mill.
Q35. _______ first started setting up schools exclusively for girls’ education.
1. Christian missionaries.
2. Indian pandits.
3. Company.
4. Local government.

Ans: 1. Christian missionaries.
Q36. The English Education Act was passed:
1. To materialise Macaulay’s thinking.
2. To make the English the medium of instruction for higher education.
3. To stop the promotion of oriental institutions.
4. All of the above.

Ans: 4. All of the above.
Q37. According to Adam’s report, there were over ____ schools in rural Bihar and Bengal in the 1830s.
1. 1 lakh.
2. 50 thousand.
3. 2 lakhs.
4. 5 lakhs.

Ans: 1. 1 lakh.
Q38. A person who knows and studies several languages is known as:
1. Teacher.
2. Multi-talented.
3. Linguist.
4. Learner.

Ans: 3. Linguist.
Q39. The temples of darkness that were falling of themselves into decay. Who said these words about the Calcutta
Madrasa and Benares Sanskrit College?
1. Lord William Bentick.
2. Lord Dalhousie.
3. Lord Ripon.
4. Lord Macaulay.

Ans: 4. Lord Macaulay.
Q40. Wood’s Dispatch for ‘Education for Commerce’ in India was introduced by ____.
1. Charles Wood.
2. William Wood.
3. Henry Wood.
4. Archie Wood.

Ans: 1. Charles Wood.
Q41. ________ college was established in Calcutta on the banks of river Hooghly.
1. Serampore
2. Hindu
3. Islamic
4. Scottish

Ans: 1. Serampore
Q42. William Jones had started a journal which was called.
1. The Times of India.
2. Bengal Gazette.
3. Asiatick Research.
4. Philosphical Research.

Ans: 3. Asiatick Research.
Q43. Some comments about the Orientalist Vision of Learning by the British are given below. Select the one that is not
applicable to this particular style of learning.
1. British argued that the aim of education ought to be to teach what was useful and practical.
2. British argued that it is not advisable to encourage the study of Arabic and Sanskrit language and literature.
3. British said that knowledge of the east was full of errors and unscientific thoughts.
4. British observed that Western literature was non-serious and light hearted.

Ans: 4. British observed that Western literature was non-serious and light hearted.
Q44. According to whom, “English education had enslaved Indians?
1. Rabindranath Tagore.
2. Mahatma Gandhi.
3. Subhas Chandra Bose.
4. Acharya Vinoba Bhave.

Ans: 2. Mahatma Gandhi.
Q45. A Single shelf of a good European library was worth the whole native literature of India and Arabia. Who said
these words?
1. Wlliam Bentick.
2. James Mill.
3. Thomas Carlyle.
4. Thomas Babington Macaulay.

Ans: 4. Thomas Babington Macaulay.
Q46. What would you call a person who knows several languages?
1. Biographer.
2. Linguist.
3. Biolinguist.
4. Translator.

Ans: 2. Linguist.
Q47. Hindu College came up in _____ to promote study of Hindu religious texts.
1. 1791
2. 1795
3. 1799
4. 1792

Ans: 1. 1791
Q48. Three Englishmen were busy discovering the ancient Indian heritage and mastering Indian languages. One was
Willam Jones and another Henry Thomas Colebrooke. Name the third person.
1. Max Muller.
2. Nathaniel Halhed.
3. Warren Hastings.
4. Henry Thomas Colebrooke.

Ans: 2. Nathaniel Halhed.
Q49. Wood’s Dispatch also aimed at clearing _______ of Indian people.
1. Poverty.
2. Moral character.
3. Illiteracy.
4. Sophistication.

Ans: 2. Moral character.
Q50. What does the Arabic word Madrasa refer to?
1. A place of learning, a school or college.
2. A place of worship.
3. A mine.
4. A factory.

Ans: 1. A place of learning, a school or college.
Q51. Who attacked the Orientalists?
1. James Mill.
2. Thomas Macaulay.
3. Both (a) to (b) (c).
4. None of the above.

Ans: 3. Both (a) to (b) (c).
Q52. Name the person who was a part of the Scottish missionary who helped to establish the Serampore Mission.
1. Hudson Taylor.
2. Andrew Fuller.
3. William Carry.
4. William Ward.

Ans: 3. William Carry.
Q53. Warren Hastings took the initiative to set up a Madras at one of the important cities of India and believed that
the ancient customs of the country and Oriental learning ought to be the basis of British rule in India. Which city
is being referred to here?
1. Pondicherry.
2. Madras.
3. Calcutta.
4. Bombay.

Ans: 3. Calcutta.
Q54. Charles Wood despatch was also known as:
1. Wood’s Despatch.
2. Wood’s Commission.
3. Macaulay Committee.
4. Court of Directors.

Ans: 1. Wood’s Despatch.
Q55. Where in India a Madrasa was set up in 1781 to promote the study of Arabic, Persian and Islamic Law?
1. Madras.
2. Bombay.
3. Benares.
4. Calcutta.
Ans: 4. Calcutta.
Q56. Who started the journal Asiatick Researches?
1. Henry Thomas Colebrooke.
2. Warren Hastings.
3. William Jones.
4. Max Muller.

Ans: 3. William Jones.
Q57. Who was Charles Wood?
1. The President of the Board of Control of the Company.
2. The Commissioner of the Board of Control of the Company.
3. An Educationist.
4. None of the above.

Ans: 1. The President of the Board of Control of the Company.
Q58. _______ saw India as an uncivilised society that needed to be civilised.
1. James Mill.
2. Thomas Macaulay.
3. Robert Clive.
4. Warren Hastings.

Ans: 2. Thomas Macaulay.
Q59. A madrasa was set up in Calcutta in 1781 to promote the study of:
1. Urdu.
2. Arabic.
3. Ancient history of India.
4. Muslim religion.

Ans: 2. Arabic.
Q60. The ideas of William Jones were supported by:
1. James mill.
2. Thomas macaulay.
3. Charles wood.
4. Henry thomas colebrooke.

Ans: 4. Henry thomas colebrooke.
Q61. _______ was introduced in India in 1835.
1. English Education Act.
2. Arabic Education Act.
3. Sanskrit Education Act.
4. Civil Services Act.

Ans: 1. English Education Act.
Q62. Name the person who arrived in Calcutta in 1783 and was appointed as junior judge at the Supreme Court.
1. Warren Hastings.
2. Lord Comwalis.
3. William Jones.
4. Henry Thomas.

Ans: 3. William Jones.