UPSC Prelims 2018 – Question 76

Q76. Which of the following led to the introduction of English Education in India?

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:
(a) 1 and 2 only
(b) 2 only
(c) 1 and 3 only
(d) 1, 2 and 3

Answer: D

• The introduction of English Education in India was first put forward by the Charter Act of 1813 and the Orientalist and Anglicist Controversy. Then in 1823, the Governor General-in Council appointed a “General Committee of Public Instruction”, which had the responsibility to grant one lakh of rupees for education. That Committee consisted of ten European members of which Lord Macaulay was the President.

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