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Prelims 2018 · Modern History and the Freedom Struggle · Question 19

Regarding Wood's Dispatch, which of the following statements are true?<br/>1. Grants-in-Aid system was introduced.<br/>2. Establishment of universities was recommended.<br/>3. English as a medium of instruction at all levels of education was recommended.<br/><br/>Select the correct answer using the code given below:

  1. 1 and 2 only
  2. 2 and 3 only
  3. 1 and 3 only
  4. 1, 2 and 3

Answer

1 and 2 only

1. Grants-in-Aid system was introduced — True. Wood's Dispatch of 1854 recommended the Grants-in-Aid system to support private educational institutions.

2. Establishment of universities was recommended — True. It recommended setting up universities at Calcutta, Bombay and Madras, modeled on the University of London.

3. English as a medium of instruction at all levels of education was recommended — False. Wood's Dispatch supported vernacular languages at the primary level, Anglo-vernacular at higher stages, and English mainly for higher education, not at all levels.

Therefore, statements 1 and 2 only are correct.

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