Arrange the following in the correct sequence:
- i. Charles Wood's Dispatch
- ii. Macaulay's Minute
- iii. Wardha Scheme of Basic Education
- iv. Sadler University Commission
Choose the correct answer from the code given below:
- Aiv, iii, ii, i
- Bii, i, iv, iii
- Ci, ii, iii, iv
- Di, ii, iv, iii
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Correct answer: (b) ii, i, iv, iii
Explanation
The correct order is ii, i, iv, iii:
- ii. Macaulay's Minute (1835), which led to English education;
- i. Wood's Despatch (1854), the "Magna Carta of English education in India";
- iv. Sadler University Commission (1917–1919), on Calcutta University;
- iii. Wardha Scheme of Basic Education (1937), Gandhi's scheme of education through work in the mother tongue.