Paper 1 · Higher Education
UGC NET December 2021 June 2022 (23.09.2022) Shift-II
During British rule, who among the following said, 'our system of higher education in India is a failure; that it has sacrificed the formation of character upon the altar of cram'?
AAnnie Besant
BDalhousie
CCurzon ✓ Correct
DMacaulay
Correct answer: (C) Curzon — The answer is Curzon.
Explanation
★The answer is Curzon.
★Lord Curzon came to India as Viceroy in 1899.
★During his time the state of education was reviewed very critically.
★He said the system of higher education had sacrificed character on the altar of cram.
★So this remark was made by Curzon.
★The other figures did not make this statement.
★So the answer is Curzon.
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