QUESTION 2
GS1
10 marks
Discuss the impact of Macaulay’s Minute on colonial administration and education in India.
WRITE IN
7 min
150 words
What the examiner wants
Explain how Macaulay’s Minute reshaped both colonial administrative needs and the educational-cultural order.
DiscussExplain the different sides of the issue, use evidence, and finish with a balanced view.
Demand-wise check
- 1Core educational preference and the administrative logic behind it≈35 words
- 2Effects on language, curriculum, institutions and the English-educated intermediary class≈35 words
- 3Longer consequences: exclusions, social mobility and the paradoxical rise of new political/intellectual publics≈35 words
Open in about 20 words and close in about 20.
Answer plan
Minute contextAdministrative effectEducation/social effectContradiction/legacy
Where marks usually go
- Discussing only English education and ignoring administrative utility
- Presenting the Minute as the sole cause of all later educational change
Value addition
- Two-column table: colonial administration / Indian education-society
→ Draw it in the body, next to the point it supports.
Official source anchors
These are authoritative sources selected for this exact PYQ. Where a card is an official-domain anchor rather than a fact-level citation, verify the precise provision, definition or data point on the linked source before using it.
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