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Q1medium

Which of the following statements about the Charter Act of 1813 is/are correct? 1. It allocated Rs. 1 lakh annually for education in India 2. It made English the compulsory medium of instruction 3. It established the first universities in India 4. It ended the East India Company's trade monopoly

Q2easy

The 'downward filtration theory' was associated with:

Q3medium

Which commission recommended the transfer of intermediate education from schools to universities?

Q4hard

Consider the following pairs: 1. Warren Hastings - Calcutta Madrassa 2. William Jones - Asiatic Society of Bengal 3. Max Muller - Sanskrit College, Benares 4. Charles Grant - Serampore Mission Which of the pairs given above are correctly matched?

Q5medium

The Indian Universities Act of 1904 was criticized because it: