History · Sources of Modern Indian History
UGC NET December 2012 History
Given below are two statements, one labelled as Assertion (A) and the other as Reason (R). Select the correct answer from the codes below.
Assertion (A): The English introduced Western education in India.
Reason (R): They wanted to make Indians aware of scientific and national advancement.
AA is false, but R is true
BBoth A and R are false
CA is true and R is the most correct explanation of A
DBoth A and R are true, but R is not the correct explanation of A ✓ Correct
Correct answer: (D) Both A and R are true, but R is not the correct explanation of A — Both statements are true but the reason does not correctly explain the assertion, so the answer is both true with R not explaining A.
Explanation
★Both statements are true but the reason does not correctly explain the assertion, so the answer is both true with R not explaining A.
★The English did introduce Western education in India through measures like Macaulay's Minute of 1835.
★But their main aim was not to awaken Indians to scientific and national advancement.
★They mainly wanted a class of educated Indians to fill clerical and lower administrative posts cheaply.
★They also hoped Western learning would make English rule and ideas more acceptable.
★So the high-minded reason given does not match the real colonial purpose behind the policy.
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