Which of the following is / are characteristic (s) of the debate betwe

Which of the following is / are characteristic (s) of the debate between “Anglicists” and “Orientalists” in the 1830s ?

1. The Anglicists wanted to cut the money being spent on printing Sanskrit and Arabic texts
2. The Anglicists wanted to cut the money spent on printing Sanskrit texts, but wished to continue to print in Persian
3. The Orientalists wanted stipend for the students of Arabic and Sanskrit
4. The Orientalists started a new Sanskrit College in Delhi

Select the correct answer using the code given below :

1 only

1, 3 and 4

1 and 3 only

2, 3 and 4

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UPSC CAPF – 2016

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The correct answer is C, which states that statements 1 and 3 are correct.

The Anglicists favoured Western education through the medium of English and sought to cease government funding for traditional Oriental institutions and the printing of Sanskrit, Arabic, and Persian texts. The Orientalists, conversely, advocated for the promotion of traditional Indian learning in these languages and supported measures like providing stipends to students studying them.

The debate culminated in Macaulay’s Minute of 1835, which strongly advocated for the Anglicist viewpoint, leading to a shift in government policy towards promoting Western education through English. Statement 2 is incorrect because Anglicists opposed funding for all Oriental languages, including Persian. Statement 4 is not a characteristic defining the core debate itself, which was about funding and the medium/content of education rather than the establishment of new specific institutions by Orientalists during the peak of this debate (existing institutions were the focus of funding cuts proposals).

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