Paper 1 · Higher Education
UGC NET June 2023 (19.06.2023) Shift-I
Given below are two statements. 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. 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 — Statement I is true and Statement II is false, so the answer is Statement I is true but Statement II is false.
Explanation
★Statement I is true and Statement II is false, so the answer is Statement I is true but Statement II is false.
★In its earliest phase British policy did tend to stay away from actively promoting higher education.
★So statement I is true about the early withdrawal from higher education.
★British policy did not fully back the mother tongue as the medium of instruction.
★After Macaulay's Minute of 1835, English was promoted as the medium for higher education.
★So the claim of complete support for the mother tongue against English is false.
★Therefore statement II is false.
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