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Topic Colonial education policy
Asked 9 times across 4 UPSC exams over 4 years (2016–2020), peaking in 2020.
Key insights
- Most tested in CSE — 6 of 9 PYQs
- Most asked in 2020
- Recurs across 2 years (2016–2020)
How it travelled across exams
First appearance in each exam — the same idea, reframed.
CAPF 2016 → CDS 2020 → EPFO 2020
How the concept evolved
Long-running — most appearances (6 of 9) predate 2016, and it still returns.
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Sample questions
You've seen the pattern — here are a few of the actual PYQs.
CDS2020
The Hunter Commission (1882) appointed to survey the state of education in India
- A deprecated University education
- B overruled the Despatch of 1854
- C endorsed the Despatch of 1854 with greater emphasis on primary education ✓
- D criticised the grants-in-aid system of schooling
✓ Correct answer: (C)
History › Freedom Struggle (1857–1947)
EPFO2020
Which one of the following was not recommended in Macaulay's 1835 Minute on Education ?
- A Teaching in English medium
- B 'Liberal' literary training
- C Teaching of Western texts alone at higher levels of education
- D Teaching of both Western and Oriental texts at higher levels of education ✓
✓ Correct answer: (D)
History › Modern India (1757–1857)
CAPF2016
Which of the following is / are characteristic (s) of the debate between 'Anglicists' and 'Orientalists' in the 1830s?
- The Anglicists wanted to cut the money being spent on printing Sanskrit and Arabic texts
- The Anglicists wanted to cut the money spent on printing Sanskrit texts, but wished to continue to print in Persian
- The Orientalists wanted stipend for the students of Arabic and Sanskrit
- The Orientalists started a new Sanskrit College in Delhi
Select the correct answer using the code given below:
- A 1 only
- B 1, 3 and 4
- C 1 and 3 only ✓
- D 2, 3 and 4
✓ Correct answer: (C)
History › Modern India (1757–1857)
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