UGC NET Colonial education Previous Year Questions
JRFSmart holds 18 previous-year questions on Colonial education from UGC NET Paper 1 (Teaching and Research Aptitude), filed under Unit 10: Higher Education System, drawn from 11 of the 87 exam papers in the bank (2023–2024). Each question can be practised with a full explanation and shows how often NTA has returned to the same idea.
What is asked in Colonial education
The questions in this topic fall under these subtopics, ordered by how many previous-year questions each has.
| Subtopic | Questions |
|---|---|
| Lord Auckland and central colleges | 1 |
| The Shimla conference of 1901 | 1 |
| The Central Hindu College, Banaras | 1 |
| Universities under Lord Curzon | 1 |
| Wood's Despatch of 1854 | 1 |
| Reach of Calcutta University | 1 |
| Pre-Independence colleges and their places | 1 |
| Professional training under Wood's Despatch | 1 |
| Opposition to western education | 1 |
| The Indian Universities Commission of 1902 | 1 |
| The Indian Universities Act, 1904 | 1 |
| The Indian Universities Act | 1 |
NTA repeat analysis
Colonial education appears in 11 of 87 papers (13%), which JRFSmart rates as medium frequency.
Sample previous-year questions
Match the List-I with List-II LIST I (Proponent) A. Lord Dalhousie B. Annie Besant C. Lord Curzan D. Lord Auckland LIST II (Initiative) I. Support to oriental education II. Technical education III. Moral education IV. Reform and control of higher education…
Which of the following were measures initiated by Lord Auckland ? (A) Guaranteed the maintenance of oriental colleges (B) Publication of useful works for instruction in oriental languages (C) Selection of certain places for establishing central colleges for…
Find out the chronological order of the following British Authorities /Persons who took interest in higher education in India. A. Lord Curzon B. Lord Ripon C. Lord Canning D. Lord Dalhousis Choose the most appropriate answer from the options given below:
Lord Auckland supported the idea of establishing _______ in places with a large population.
Which of the following were the recommendations of the first educational conference held at Shimla in 1901? (A) Appointment of only Indians as Vice-Chancellors (B) Importance to teaching and research in Sanskrit (C) A thorough reform of Indian Universities…
The Central Hindu College at Banaras set up by Annie Besant laid emphasis on:
Which one of the following Universities was the largest in the initial years of Lord Curzon's regime?
Which one of the following has been described as the Magna Carta of Indian education?
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