Multiple choice

The English Education Act was passed

  1. (a) to materialise Macaulay’s thinking

  2. (b) to make the English the medium of instruction

  3. (c) to stop the promotion of oriental institutions

  4. (d) all of the above
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D Correct answer
Explanation

The English Education Act of 1835 was designed to implement Macaulay's vision of creating a class of Indians who were English in taste and intellect, thereby displacing oriental institutions.

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