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Press, Education & Culture — UPSC Prelims Modern History previous year questions — page 2

45 solved previous year questions on Press, Education & Culture, papers from 1996 to 2018, drawn from UPPCS, State PCS, UKPSC. Each carries the printed answer key and the explanation from the source compilation.

1. #41Practice set
   Consider the following statements: 1. Raleigh Commission was set up to study the conditions and prospects of universities in India. 2. Hartog Committee was set up to report on the problems of Calcutta University. 3. Radhakrishnan Commission recommended setting up of University Grants Commission.How many of the statements given above are correct?
   • AOnly one
   • BOnly two
   • CAll three
   • DNone
   Answer: (B) Only two
   Explanation

   Option b is the correct 1 is correct. Raleigh Commission was in 1902 to go into the conditions and prospects in India. Based on its recommendations, Universities Act was passed in 2 is incorrect. Hartog Committee was set 1929 to report on the development of education in 3 is correct. Radhakrishnan Commission up to report on university education in the other measures, it proposed setting up a Commission to look after university education country. Important Tips Saddler University Commission was set up in 1917 to report on the problems of Calcutta University

2. #42Practice set
   With reference to development of education in moderll India, consider the following statements: 1. Saddler commission was set up to report on problems of Calcutta University. 2. Hartog Committee advocated for free elementary education for 6-11 years age group. 3. Sergeant plan recommended that average students should be diverted to vocational courses.How many of the statements given above are correct?
   • AOnly one
   • BOnly two
   • CAll three
   • DNone
   Answer: (A) Only one
   Explanation

   Option a is the correct 1 is correct. Saddler commission was set up and report on problems of Calcutta University recommendations were applicable more or less to also. It reviewed the entire field from to university education. It held the view that, improvement of university education, improvement education was a necessary 2 is incorrect. The Hartog Committee was to report on development of 3 is incorrect. The Sergeant Plan was worked the Central Advisory Board of Education in 1944, Important Tips Hartog committee recommendation: Its main recommendations were as follows. Emphasis should be given to primary education but there need be no hasty expansion or compulsion in education. Only deserving students should go in for high school and intermediate stage, while average students should be diverted to vocational courses after VIII standard (so it was Hartog committee recommended for vocati

3. #43Practice set
   Consider the following educational institqtion and their founders: 1. Calcutta Madrasah Lord Cornwallis 2. Sanskrit College Jonathan Duncan 3. Fort William Richard Wellesley CollegeHow many of the above pairs are correctly matched?
   • AOnly one
   • BOnly two
   • CAll three
   • DNone
   Answer: (B) Only two
   Explanation

   Option b is the correct 1 is incorrect. Calcutta Madrasah was founded Hastings. Warren Hastings was the Governor 1773 to 1785. Calcutta Madrasah was established in for the study of Muslim law and related 2 is correct. The Sanskrit College was Jonathan Duncan, the resident, at Benaras in 1791 of Hindu law and philosophy. The Calcutta the Sanskrit College were designed to provide a of qualified Indians to help the administration in the Company's court, and the knowledge of and vernaculars was useful in Indian 3 is correct. Fort William College was set up Wellesley in 1800 for training of civil servants Company in languages and customs of Indians. In college was disapproved by the Court of instead the East India College was set up at England to impart two years' training to the recruits

4. #44Practice set
   Which of the following pairs regarding the commissions for development of education in post-independence India is/are correctly matched? 1. Dr. L. Major focus on Mudaliyar secondary education. Commission (1952) 2. Kothari National Education Education Policy 1986 was based Commission on it. (1964) 3. Radhakrishnan University Grants commission Commission be set up. (1948/49)Select the correct option using the codes given below
   • A1 and 2 only
   • B2 and 3 only
   • C1 and 3 only
   • D1, 2 and 3
   Answer: (C) 1 and 3 only
   Explanation

   Option c is the correct 1 is correct: A separate education commission under the chairmanship of Dr. in 1952 to address the issues related to had recommendations on almost all aspects of 2 is incorrect: On the basis of Kothari Commission, the first National was released in 1968. The Commission suggested ofeducatiori into a uniform pattern of adopted a "manpower approach" to the enrolment issue that the principal purpose of higher education cater to the needs of industrial and other sectors, even acknowledged its role in promoting social 3 is correct: Radhakrishnan Commission up in 1948/49 to report on university education in H country. It recommended for setting up University Grants Commission (UGC) to look after university education in the country. UGC was constituted in 1953 and given autonomous statutory status in 1956. Important Tips Recommendations of Dr. Lakshamanaswami Mudaliyar: T

5. #45Full-length test
   With reference to Behram ji Malabari, consider the followings statements: 1. He founded the Parsi Religious Reform Association. 2. He founded the newspaper called 'The Indian Spectator' to spread his message. 3. He defended Rukhmabai in a legal case involving restitution of conjugal rights. 4. He played an instrumental role in passing the Age of Consent Act.How many of the above given statements are correct?
   • AOnly one
   • BOnly two
   • COnly three
   • DAll four
   Answer: (C) Only three
   Explanation

   Option c is the correct 1 is incorrect: The Parsi Religious was founded in Bombay by Furdunji S.S. Bengalee, in 1851. Behramji M. Malabari founded the Seva Sadan in 1908 along with his Dayaram 2 is correct; Behramji M. Malabari founded the newspaper called Indian Spectator, ah his 3 is correct: Rukhmabai (1864-1955) practising female doctor in colonial India. Rukhmabai in a legal case involving rights. Rukhmabai was married off at age of eleven, while her husbands Dadaji Bhikaji years old. Later, her refusal to go back to him at of 2.5 resulted in her husband moving the Bombay defended Rukhmabai, not only in t,,ut in Britain as 4 is correct:, Malabari was against child is tr that he played an instrumental role in passing of Consent Act in 1891 which prohibited the girls below the age of, 12. Important Tips In 1875, he published 'Nitivinod' (Pleasure of Morality), a compilation of Gujarat

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