Regarding Wood’s Dispatch, which of the following statements are true ?
- 1.Grants-in-Aid system was introduced.
- 2.Establishment of universities was recommended.
- 3.English as a medium of instruction at all levels of education was recommended.
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Answer: A. Statement 1 is correct: Wood's Dispatch (1854) introduced grants-in-aid to private schools. Statement 2 is correct: it recommended universities at Calcutta, Bombay and Madras (set up in 1857). Statement 3 is wrong: it suggested English for higher education and vernacular languages at the school level. So 1 and 2 only.
Watch for: Wood's Dispatch is linked with spreading English, so students assume it wanted English everywhere.
Why the other options are wrong
- B. Wrong because the Dispatch did not want English at all levels.
- C. Wrong because statement 3 is false and statement 2 is missing.
- D. Wrong because English was not recommended for all levels.
Source to check: NCERT Class 8 History 'Our Pasts III', Chapter 'Civilising the Native, Educating the Nation'; Spectrum, 'A Brief History of Modern India', Development of Education
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