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Who had founded the Deccan Educational Society?

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  1. Dadabhai Naoroji

  2. CR Das

  3. Swami Vivekananda

  4. Mahadeva Govind Ranade

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Correct Option: D

The process of the introduction of English education was initiated in India by Lord ___________.

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  1. Curzon

  2. Bentick

  3. Hasings

  4. Macaulay

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Correct Option: D
Explanation:

Lord Macaulay, in 1835, westernized education in India. English was made the official language for the government and courts and was adopted as the official medium of instruction.

What had the Sir Charles Wood Despatch of $1854$ primarily dealt with?

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  1. Social reforms

  2. Administrative reforms

  3. Educational reforms

  4. Political consolidation

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Correct Option: C
Explanation:

In 1854 Charles Wood, a British Liberal politician sent the “Wood’s despatch” to the Governor General Lord Dalhousie. It primarily dealt with educational reforms. It recommended that the existing Board of Control for Education be abolished and the office of the Director of Public Instructions should be established in the states.  The result was Education Departments were established in every province and universities were opened at Calcutta, Bombay and Madras.

Who had passed the Vernacular Press Act into law?

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  1. Lord Mayo

  2. Lord Hardinge

  3. Lord Dalhousie

  4. Lord Lytton

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Correct Option: D
Explanation:

Lord Lytton was the viceroy of India between 1876 and 1880. During his tenure, the vernacular press act was passed in 1878 which empowered a magistrate to call upon the printer and publisher of any vernacular newspaper to enter into an undertaking not to publish anything likely to create disaffection against the government.

The Woods Despatch of $1854$ resulted in the _______.

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  1. Founding of several Indian universities

  2. Introduction of the postal system

  3. Establishment of the education system

  4. Abolition of child marriage

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Correct Option: C
Explanation:

In 1854 Charles Wood, a British Liberal politician sent the “Wood’s despatch” to the Governor General Lord Dalhousie. It recommended that the existing Board of Control for Education be abolished and the office of the Director of Public Instructions should be established in the states.  The result was Education Departments were established in every province and universities were opened at Calcutta, Bombay and Madras.