Question

In the pre-British times ___ and ___ imparted education.
 A.Convents, global school
B.Pathshalas, convents
C.Convents, madrassas
D.Pathshalas, madrassas

Answer 1

Hint: The history of education began with teaching of traditional elements such as Indian religions, Indian mathematics, Indian logic at early Hindu and Buddhist centres of learning such as ancient Takshashila (in modern-day Pakistan) and Nalanda (in India) Before Christ. Islamic education became ingrained with the establishment of the Islamic empires in the Indian subcontinent in the Middle Age.

Complete answer:
Before the appearance of the British, the arrangement of instruction in India was entirely adaptable. There were 'pathshalas' and 'madrasas' in which a couple of understudies were instructed by their instructor. They are providing elementary education to people. They are village level schools. Pathshala and madrassas have a flexible education system.
There were no recommended reading materials. All educating was conferred orally, for the most part at the place of the instructor. There was no fixed educational program and the instructor encouraged whatever he esteemed best for his understudies. Sanskrit, Persian and arithmetic were the most famous subjects. There was additionally no arrangement of assessments.

Hence, the correct answer is option (D).

Note: Because of a decentralized social structure, the instruction was granted based on varna and the connected obligations that one needed to proceed as an individual from a particular caste. The Brahmans found out about sacred texts and religion while the Kshatriya were taught in the different parts of warfare. The Vaishya rank scholarly trade and other explicit professional courses. The different caste Shudras, were men of common laborers and they were prepared on aptitudes to complete these positions.