Given below are two statements. In the light of the above statements, choose the correct answer from the options given below.

Statement I:The earliest part of the British policy on education was to withdraw from higher education.

Statement II:The British policy completely supported the idea of the mother tongue as the medium of instruction as against English.

ABoth Statement I and Statement II are true

BBoth Statement I and Statement II are false

CStatement I is true but Statement II is false ✓ Correct

DStatement I is false but Statement II is true

Correct answer: (C) Statement I is true but Statement II is false

Explanation

Early British policy leaned toward staying out of higher education, and it did not fully back the mother tongue over English.

Statement 1 is correct, as the early stance favoured withdrawal from higher education.

Statement 2 is wrong, since British policy did not wholly support the mother tongue against English as the medium.

Much early instruction was left to missionaries and private effort.

Macaulay's 1835 Minute in fact tilted policy firmly toward English.

Wood's Despatch of 1854 later shaped a fuller education framework.

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