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Curriculum development involves deciding what learners should know, how they should learn it and how achievement will be judged. Coverage includes needs analysis, aims and objectives, content selection and sequencing, learning experiences, curriculum design models, implementation, evaluation and revision. Curriculum is broader than a syllabus because it includes learning experiences and assessment as well as content.
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- A. Bentick Resolution
- B. Magna Carta 1215
- C. Macaulay Report
- D. Sergeant Report
Explanation: The Sergeant Report of 1944 recommended selecting competent students for university education because higher education was to serve…
Correct answer: Sergeant Report- A. 1982
- B. 1882
- C. 1837
- D. 1857
Explanation: The Indian Education Commission, commonly called the Hunter Commission, was appointed in 1882 to review primary and secondary education…
Correct answer: 1882- A. Get Western Education
- B. Compromise with the present British systems
- C. Get benefit from the British Education
- D. All of these
Explanation: Muslim responses to British education were not uniform: some favoured Western education, some advocated adjustment to the new system, and…
Correct answer: All of these- A. 1900
- B. 1944
- C. 1924
- D. 1936
Explanation: The Sergeant Report was presented in 1944 during the closing phase of British rule in India.
Correct answer: 1944- A. 1901
- B. 1902
- C. 1903
- D. 1904
Explanation: Lord Curzon convened the first All-India Educational Conference in 1901 at Simla to discuss the condition and administration of education.
Correct answer: 1901- A. 1900
- B. 1902
- C. 1901
- D. 1903
Explanation: The Indian Universities Commission, appointed under Lord Curzon and chaired by Thomas Raleigh, submitted its report in 1902.
Correct answer: 1902- A. 1920
- B. 1922
- C. 1867
- D. 1790
Explanation: Lucknow University was established in 1920, although its teaching activities began later.
Correct answer: 1920- A. English
- B. Persian
- C. Hindi
- D. Urdu
Explanation: Calcutta's modern college education developed primarily through English, reflecting the colonial policy of promoting Western knowledge…
Correct answer: English- A. 1813 AD
- B. 1854 AD
- C. 1816 AD
- D. 1820 AD
Explanation: The first period of British educational policy is generally dated from 1765, when the Company obtained revenue and administrative…
Correct answer: 1813 AD- A. Banu Abbasi Caliphate
- B. Banu Umaiya Caliphate
- C. European countries
- D. Japan
Explanation: Some European writers claimed that literacy in pre-British Hindustan was comparable with literacy in European countries.
Correct answer: European countries- A. 9%
- B. 10%
- C. 15%
- D. 18%Teaching & Classroom Resources
Explanation: In the early 1860s, Muslims formed roughly one-tenth of the students enrolled in English schools, reflecting their relatively low…
Correct answer: 10%- A. Schools
- B. Maktabs
- C. Madrassas
- D. English schools
Explanation: In the Madras Presidency, a substantial part of the population received elementary education through ordinary schools rather than only…
Correct answer: Schools- A. 1658
- B. 1268
- C. 1757
- D. 1819
Explanation: The Battle of Plassey was fought on 23 June 1757 between the forces of Siraj ud-Daulah and the East India Company.
Correct answer: 1757- A. 1890 AD
- B. 1900 AD
- C. 1905 AD
- D. 1910 AD
Explanation: The third period of British education in the Subcontinent began with Wood’s Dispatch in 1854 and ended with the educational changes…
Correct answer: 1905 AD- A. 1790
- B. 1791
- C. 1792
- D. 1793
Explanation: The Sanskrit College at Benares was established in 1791, complementing the Company’s support for traditional Hindu and Muslim learning.
Correct answer: 1791- A. Bombay
- B. Agra
- C. Madras
- D. Chinai
Explanation: During this period, new colleges were opened in Delhi and Agra as part of the expansion of modern education under British rule.
Correct answer: Agra- A. Secretary of Public Instruction Committee
- B. Minister of education in India
- C. Secretary of state
- D. Secretary to Lord Mountbatten
Explanation: Macaulay came to India as the Secretary of the General Committee of Public Instruction, usually shortened in such accounts to Secretary of…
Correct answer: Secretary of Public Instruction Committee- A. 1820
- B. 1835
- C. 1816
- D. 1815
Explanation: The Bombay Education Society was established in 1815 to promote the education of European and Eurasian children in Bombay.
Correct answer: 1815- A. 1850
- B. 1856
- C. 1857
- D. 1860
Explanation: The Engineering College at Calcutta was established in 1856, reflecting the growing British demand for technically trained personnel.
Correct answer: 1856- A. 1855-1860
- B. 1854-1905
- C. 1864-1905
- D. 1854-1910
Explanation: The third period is conventionally defined as 1854–1905, beginning with Wood’s Dispatch and ending before the next major phase of…
Correct answer: 1854-1905