Question

Lord Macaulay was associated with the ------?
a. Reform in army
b. Abolition of Sati pratha
c. Introduction of English as a medium of instruction
d. Permanent settlement

Answer 1

Hint:
After the passage of the Charter Act of 1833, Lord Macaulay was appointed as the first law member of the Governor-General in Council of India. He served from 1834 to 1838 and ensured that English flourished in India.

Complete solution:
In 1835, Lord Macaulay's education policy was published under the title "Minutes on Indian Education" in which he advocated educating Indians through English and enriched the Indian languages ​​so that they could be used for European scientific, historical and literary expression To become a vehicle.

A decade before Lord Macaulay came to India, the General Institute of Public Instruction was formed in 1823 to guide the company in terms of education. It was the predecessor of the Union Public Service Commission. However, please note that the first Public Service Commission was established on 1 October 1926 in response to the demands of Indian politicians that the best civil service is made Indian.

  The General Committee of Public Instruction had two groups. Orientalists and Anglists on the issue of development of education in India. The group of Orientalists was led by HT Princep, who promoted the teaching of "Oriental Subjects" in the language of India. In 1828, English was introduced for the first time in a college in Delhi.

 Since the General Institute of Public Instruction has an equal number of Orientalists as well as Anglicists, the issue was referred to the Governor-General in Council. As a result, he asked Lord Macaulay to refer to the matter.

  In 1835, Lord Macaulay's education policy was published under the title "Minutes on Indian Education" in which he advocated educating Indians through English and enriched the Indian languages ​​so that they could be used for European scientific, historical and literary expression To become a vehicle. English was introduced as a medium of instruction from class VI.

Hence, the correct answer is option C.

Note:
 Lord Macaulay expressed that it was impossible for the British East India Company to attempt to educate the public through its limited means. His idea was to create a class that could be interpreters between the British and the millions who ruled the British. It was a class of individuals, Indian in blood and colour, but English in taste, in opinion, in morality and intelligence. His idea was to get that class to refine the supernatural dialects of the country, to refine those dialects, to enrich the terms of science borrowed from the Western nomenclature, and to impart knowledge to the great masses of the population. They were to be presented by vehicles.