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SSC Selection Post 2022 PYQ — Question 27

SSC Selection Post - Higher Secondary Level - 3 Aug 2022 - Shift 4 • General Awareness • Q27

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Macaulay’s Minute on Education was passed in:

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Correct answer: A

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The correct answer is option 1 i.e. 1835.

  • Macaulay’s Minute on Education was passed in 1835.
  • On February 2, 1835, British historian and politician Thomas Babington Macaulay presented his famous 'Minute on Indian Education,' advocating for the introduction of English education among Indians.
  • His proposal aimed to create a class of English-educated Indians who could assist in colonial administration and serve as cultural intermediaries between the British and the Indian populace.
  • Lord Macaulay aimed to develop a class of Indians who would serve British colonial interests—individuals who were, in his words, “Indian in blood and colour, but English in taste, in opinions, in morals, and in intellect.”
  • He viewed traditional Indian education as inferior to European learning, particularly in the realms of physical and social sciences, which were more advanced in the West at that time.