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Education Policy, Press & Modernisation: 47 previous year questions

UPSC has asked 47 questions on Education Policy, Press & Modernisation between 1980 and 2026: CSE 19 · CDS 10 · CAPF 4 · CISF (LDCE) 4 · Geo-Scientist 3 · EPFO (APFC) 3 · NDA 2 · EPFO (AO/EO) 2. 29 of them came after 2015, so this is a live topic examiners keep returning to. 19 were set in Civil Services Prelims; the rest come from UPSC's other papers, which draw on the same question bank.

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Geo-Scientist2024Education Policy, Press & ModernisationOn card MOD 5·1

Which one of the following propositions from the book „History of British India‟ by James Mill is correct ?

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Answer C (official UPSC key)James Mill's 'History of British India' → State as landlord; each peasant its direct tenant
EPFO (APFC)2023Education Policy, Press & ModernisationOn card MOD 5·1

Which one among the following observations pertaining to the works of Nineteenth- Twentieth Century archaeologists is not correct?

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Answer A (official UPSC key)NOT correct → Cunningham held that Indian history began with the Indus Valley Civilization
CSE2023Education Policy, Press & ModernisationOn card MOD 5·1

With reference to the Indian History, Alexander Rea, A. H. Longhurst, Robert Sewell, James Burgess and Walter Elliot were associated with

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Answer A (official UPSC key)Alexander Rea, A. H. Longhurst, Robert Sewell, James Burgess, Walter Elliot → archaeological excavations
CSE2020Education Policy, Press & ModernisationOn card MOD 5·1

Wellesley established the Fort William College at Calcutta because [2020-I]

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Answer D (official UPSC key)Wellesley's Fort William College → to train British civilians for administration in India
CSE2018Education Policy, Press & ModernisationOn card MOD 5·2

Which of the following led to the introduction of English Education in India? [2018] 1. Charter Act of 1813 2. General Committee of Public Instruction, 1823 3. Orientalist and Anglicist Controversy Select the correct answer using the code given below

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Answer D (official UPSC key)Led to English Education → Charter Act of 1813; General Committee of Public Instruction (1823); Orientalist-Anglicist Controversy
CSE2018Education Policy, Press & ModernisationOn card MOD 5·2

Regarding Wood's Dispatch, which of the following statements are true? [2018-I] 1. Grants-in-Aid system was introduce 2. Establishment of universities was recommended 3. English as a medium of instruction at all levels of education was recommended Select the correct answer using the code given below:

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Answer A (official UPSC key)Wood's Despatch → introduced Grants-in-Aid; recommended universities | NOT: English medium at all levels
CSE2018Education Policy, Press & ModernisationOn card MOD 5·1

With reference to educational institutes during colonial rule in India, consider the following pairs of Institution vs Founder: 1. Sanskrit College at Benaras: William Jones 2. Calcutta Madarsa: Warren Hastings 3. Fort William College: Arthur Wellesley Which of the pairs given above is/are correct?

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Answer B (official UPSC key)Calcutta Madarsa → Warren Hastings | Sanskrit College, Benaras → not William Jones | Fort William College → not Arthur Wellesley
CAPF2016Education Policy, Press & ModernisationOn card MOD 5·2

Which of the following is / are characteristic (s) of the debate between “Anglicists” and “Orientalists” in the 1830s ? 1. The Anglicists wanted to cut the money being spent on printing Sanskrit and Arabic texts 2. The Anglicists wanted to cut the money spent on printing Sanskrit texts, but wished to continue to print in Persian 3. The Orientalists wanted stipend for the students of Arabic and Sanskrit 4. The Orientalists started a new' Sanskrit College in Delhi Select the correct answer using the code given below :

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Answer C (official UPSC key)Anglicists → cut money on printing Sanskrit and Arabic texts | Orientalists → stipends for Arabic and Sanskrit students
EPFO (APFC)2015Education Policy, Press & ModernisationOn card MOD 5·1

A branch of scholarship that flourished in Europe, particularly from the fifteenth to the eighteenth centuries, and was devoted to the appreciation, chronicling and classification of historic and non-organic relics, monuments and old texts refers to

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Answer D (official UPSC key)Scholarship on historic relics, monuments and old texts (15th-18th centuries, Europe) → Antiquarianism
CAPF2014Education Policy, Press & ModernisationOn card MOD 5·1

William James, Henry Colebrooke and Nathaniel Halhed had which of the following common among them ?

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Answer D (official UPSC key)William Jones, Henry Colebrooke, Nathaniel Halhed → linguists interpreting South Asian culture for the Company
CDS2012 · 2Education Policy, Press & ModernisationOn card MOD 5·2

The suppression of Indian language newspapers under the Vernacular Press Act of 1878 was caused by the criticism of

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Answer C (official UPSC key)Vernacular Press Act 1878 provoked by criticism of → officials' inhuman approach to the 1876-77 famine victims
EPFO (APFC)2012Education Policy, Press & ModernisationOn card MOD 5·1

Consider the following statements : 1. By the early nineteenth century British carried out detailed surveys. 2. The effort was to know the topography the soil quality the flora, the fauna, the logical histories and the cropping pattern. Which of these statements is/are correct ?

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Answer C (official UPSC key)By the early nineteenth century → British carried out detailed surveys of topography, soil, flora, fauna, histories and cropping
CAPF2009Education Policy, Press & ModernisationOn card MOD 5·2

Consider the following statements about the press and literature in Colonial India : 1. The print media enabled the nationalists living in different parts of the country to exchange views with one another. 2. The British rulers were prepared to tolerate the nationalist criticism of their rule. 3. The Vernacular Press Act (1878) evoked a nationwide protest against the encroachment on freedom of expression. Which of the statements given above is/ are correct ?

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Answer A (official UPSC key)Print media → nationalists across the country exchanged views | Vernacular Press Act (1878) → nationwide protest | NOT: British tolerated nationalist criticism
CSE1998Education Policy, Press & ModernisationOn card MOD 5·2

Assertion (A): The first-ever Bill to make primary education compulsory in India was rejected in 1911. Reason (R): Discontent would have increased if every cultivator could read.

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Answer D (official UPSC key)First compulsory primary education Bill rejected in 1911 → false (per key) | Discontent if every cultivator could read → true (per key)
CSE1997Education Policy, Press & ModernisationOn card MOD 5·2

What is the correct chronological sequence of the following? [1997] 1. Wood's Education Despatch 2. Macaulay's minute on education 3. The Sargent Education Report 4. Indian Education (Hunter Commission) Select the correct answer using the code given below:

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Answer A (official UPSC key)In order → Macaulay's Minute (1835) → Wood's Despatch → Hunter Commission → Sargent Report
CSE1986Education Policy, Press & ModernisationOn card MOD 5·1

Consider the following pairs 1. Sir John Marshall = History of Indian Culture 2. H. T. Prinsep = Culture Writer during the time of Lord Hasting 3. K. Coomara = Glory of Indian Art Select the correct answer from the codes given below:

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Answer D (official UPSC key)Sir John Marshall : History of Indian Culture; H. T. Prinsep : culture writer under Lord Hastings; K. Coomara : Glory of Indian Art → all (per key)
CSE1983Education Policy, Press & ModernisationOn card MOD 5·2

Which of the following is/are correct regarding Newspaper: Publisher/Editor A. Leader = Annie Besant B. Yugantar = C. Y. Chintamani C. Young India = Aurobindo Ghosh Codes A is correct B and C are correct A and C are correct D. None is correct

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Answer D (official UPSC key)None correct | Leader → not Annie Besant | Yugantar → not C. Y. Chintamani | Young India → not Aurobindo Ghosh

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