Q. The foundation of modern educational system in India was laid by
(a) The Charter Act of 1813
(b) Macaulay’s Minutes of 1835
(c) The Hunter Commission of 1882
(d) Wood’s Despatch of 1854
Ans: (b) Macaulay’s Minutes of 1835
Explanation: The “Minute” was written as a rebuttal to those council members who believed that Indian students should continue to be educated in Sanskrit and Arabic as well as English; Macaulay’s party carried the argument. Macaulay’s “Minute on Indian Education”, He envisaged creating, “a class of persons, Indian in blood and colour, but English in taste, in opinions, in morals, and in intellect”.
