Match each document or person in Column I with its associated proposal or…
2024
Match each document or person in Column I with its associated proposal or policy position in Column II.
Column I: Document or person | Column II: Proposal or policy position |
|---|---|
A. Macaulay’s Minute (1835) | I. Diffusion of European arts, science, philosophy, and literature |
B. Wood’s Despatch (1854) | II. Opposition to the proposed Sanskrit College at Calcutta in favour of modern scientific education |
C. Raja Rammohan Roy’s Memorandum (1823) | III. Proposal to establish a Sanskrit college at Nadia |
D. Lord Minto’s Minute (1811) | IV. Ending new public support for Oriental institutions and redirecting funds to English education |
Answer: D. A–IV, B–I, C–II, D–III — ConceptHistorical policy documents can be matched through three anchors: the author and date, the institutional proposal involved, and the document’s declared…
- A.
A–I, B–II, C–III, D–IV
- B.
A–II, B–III, C–IV, D–I
- C.
A–III, B–IV, C–I, D–II
- D.
A–IV, B–I, C–II, D–III
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Correct answer: D
Concept
Historical policy documents can be matched through three anchors: the author and date, the institutional proposal involved, and the document’s declared educational objective.
A memorandum written in response to a proposal remains associated with that proposal even when its author opposed it; the author’s actual stance must therefore be read carefully.
Application
Macaulay’s Minute (1835) argued that public funds should support English and European learning rather than expand Sanskrit and Arabic instruction. This gives A–IV.
Wood’s Despatch (1854) identified the diffusion of European arts, science, philosophy, and literature as an educational objective. This gives B–I.
Raja Rammohan Roy’s 1823 memorandum opposed the proposed Sanskrit College at Calcutta and advocated modern scientific learning. This gives C–II.
Lord Minto’s 1811 minute proposed Sanskrit colleges at Nadia and Tirhut. The Nadia proposal gives D–III.
Cross-check and contrast
The chronology independently supports the mapping: Minto’s proposal came in 1811, Roy responded to the Calcutta Sanskrit College proposal in 1823, Macaulay’s Anglicist minute followed in 1835, and Wood’s comprehensive despatch came in 1854.
A–I, B–II, C–III, D–IV assigns Wood’s broad diffusion objective to Macaulay and moves Minto away from the Nadia proposal.
A–II, B–III, C–IV, D–I assigns Roy’s Calcutta-college context to Macaulay and the Nadia proposal to Wood.
A–III, B–IV, C–I, D–II assigns the Nadia proposal to Macaulay and Roy’s modern-science advocacy to the broad diffusion statement.
Result
The consistent matching is A–IV, B–I, C–II, D–III.