Socio Religious Reform Movements Questions and Answers

1. Who was the first professor of Hindi at Elphinstone College?
  1. Keshab Chandra sen
  2. Henry Vivian Derozio
  3. Jyotiba Phule
  4. BalShastri Jambhekar

Answer: BalShastri Jambhekar

2. ‘Satya Shodhak Samaj’ was established by ?
  1. Keshub Chandra Sen
  2. Debendranath Tagore
  3. Jyotiba Phule
  4. Raja Rammohan Roy

Answer: Jyotiba Phule

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3. Who among the following gave the title of ‘Raja’ to Ram Mohan Roy ?
  1. Mahatma Gandhi
  2. Akbar
  3. Akbar II
  4. Jahangir

Answer: Akbar II

4. Which prominent social reformer was also known as Mulshankar?
  1. Swami Vivekananda
  2. Ramakishna Paramhansa
  3. Swami Dayananda Saraswati
  4. More than one of the above

Answer: Swami Dayananda Saraswati

5. Who among the following was associated with Tattvabodhini Sabha?
  1. Radhakant dev
  2. Debendranath Tagore
  3. Keshub Chandra sen
  4. Tilka Majhi

Answer: Debendranath Tagore

6. Who among the following started the Aligarh Movement ?
  1. Rashid Ahamad Gangohi
  2. Sayyid Ahmed Khan
  3. Muhammad Qasim Wanotavi
  4. Henry Louis Vivian Derozio

Answer: Sayyid Ahmed Khan

7. ‘Gulamgiri’ was written by which among the following social reformers ?
  1. Keshub Chandra Sen
  2. Dayananda Saraswati
  3. Jyotiba Phule
  4. Raja Rammohan Roy

Answer: Jyotiba Phule

8. Who among the following started the ‘Young Bengal Movement’ ?
  1. Keshub Chandra Sen
  2. Dayananda Saraswati
  3. Swami Vivekananda
  4. Henry Louis Vivian Derozio

Answer: Henry Louis Vivian Derozio

9. Raja Ram Mohan Roy founded a reform association known as Brahmo Sabha which was later known as ______.
  1. Dev Samaj
  2. Arya Samaj
  3. Brahmo School
  4. Brahmo Samaj

Answer: Brahmo Samaj

10. The slogan of “Back to the Vedas” was given by which of the following social reformers ?
  1. Keshub Chandra Sen
  2. Dayananda Saraswati
  3. Jyotiba Phule
  4. Raja Rammohan Roy

Answer: Dayananda Saraswati

11. In which year the practice of sati pratha was banned?
  1. 1826
  2. 1835
  3. 1829
  4. More than one of the above

Answer: 1829

12. Which of the following leader start the Young Bengal Movement?
  1. Keshub Chandra sen
  2. Henry Vivian Derozio
  3. Dayanand Saraswati
  4. Moolshankar

Answer: Henry Vivian Derozio

13. When was the Hindu College, Calcutta established?
  1. 1829
  2. 1817
  3. 1858
  4. 1853

Answer: 1817

14. Sambad Kaumudi is a famous magazine written by?
  1. Ram Mohan Roy
  2. Lajpat Rai
  3. Anand Mohan Ghosh
  4. Girish Chandra Chaturvedi

Answer: Ram Mohan Roy

15. ‘Adi Brahmo Samaj’ was established by ?
  1. Keshub Chandra Sen
  2. Debendranath Tagore
  3. Rabindranath Tagore
  4. Raja Rammohan Roy

Answer: Debendranath Tagore

16. Who was the founder of the Shree Narayana Dharma Paripalana (SNDP) Movement?
  1. Ayyankali
  2. Dr. B.R. Ambedkar
  3. Sree Narayana Guru
  4. More than one of the above

Answer: Sree Narayana Guru

17. Who wrote the book’ A Gift to monotheists’?
  1. David Hare
  2. Raja Ram Mohan Roy
  3. Mahadev Govind Ranade
  4. Ramkrishna Bhandarkar

Answer: Raja Ram Mohan Roy

18. When was Brahmo Samaj split?
  1. 1866
  2. 1826
  3. 1843
  4. 1857

Answer: 1866

19. ‘Satyarth Prakash’ is a famous literary work by ?
  1. Keshub Chandra Sen
  2. Dayananda Saraswati
  3. Jyotiba Phule
  4. Raja Rammohan Roy

Answer: Dayananda Saraswati

20. Which of the following was a reformist movement within Hinduism?
  1. Brahmo Samaj
  2. Pledge movement
  3. Ramakrishna Movement
  4. Prarthana Sabha

Answer: Brahmo Samaj

21. Who was the founder of 'Atmiya Sabha'?
  1. Motilal Nehru
  2. Raja Ram Mohan Roy
  3. Prince Dwarkanath Tagore
  4. None of the above

Answer: Raja Ram Mohan Roy

22. Who started a weekly publication Udbodhan?
  1. Keshab Chandra sen
  2. Henry Vivian Derozio
  3. Dayanand Saraswati
  4. Vivekanand

Answer: Vivekanand

23. What was the greatest contribution of Ishwar Chand Vidyasagar in the social reforms in India?
  1. He ensured the widow’s marriage and girl’s education.
  2. Help in the abolition of Sati Pratha.
  3. Established the Brahma Samaj
  4. He adopted 100 villages to relocate them from Andhra Pradesh to Bengal for better life.

Answer: He ensured the widow’s marriage and girl’s education.

24. With which of the following personality famous work Satyarth Prakash is related?
  1. Ram Krishna Paramhansa
  2. Henry Vivian Derozio
  3. Dayanand Saraswati
  4. Moolshankar

Answer: Dayanand Saraswati

25. Which of the famous personality got the title of Vidyasagar?
  1. Keshab Chandra Sen
  2. Ishwar Chandra Vidyasagar
  3. Raja Ram Mohan Roy
  4. Vivekananda

Answer: Ishwar Chandra Vidyasagar

26. Who started Darpan, a Marathi newspaper?
  1. Ishwar Chandra Vidyasagar
  2. Raja Ram Mohan Roy
  3. Vivekananda
  4. Balshastri Jambhekar

Answer: Balshastri Jambhekar

27. Who of the following leaders is not associated with the Brahma Samaj?
  1. Debendranath Tagore
  2. Keshab Chandra Sen
  3. Raaja ram Mohan Rai
  4. Atma Ram Pandurang

Answer: Atma Ram Pandurang

28. Who were the founders of the Darul Uloom Deoband, the institution at the heart of the Deoband Movement?
  1. Rashid Ahmad Gangohi
  2. Muhammad Iqbal
  3. Muhammad Qasim Nanautavi
  4. More than one of the above

Answer: More than one of the above

29. At which place, Prarthana Samaj was created?
  1. Madras
  2. Bombay
  3. Kerala
  4. West Bengal

Answer: Bombay

30. Who founded Bombay Native general library?
  1. Keshab Chandra sen
  2. Henry Vivian Derozio
  3. Jyotiba Phule
  4. BalShastri Jambhekar

Answer: BalShastri Jambhekar

31. Vedanta Kesari magazine was published in which language?
  1. Hindi
  2. English
  3. Marathi
  4. Tamil

Answer: English

32. Who is called the “Lokhitwadi”?
  1. Dayanand saraswati
  2. Gopal Hari Deshmukh
  3. Mahadev Govend Ranade
  4. Mul Sankara

Answer: Gopal Hari Deshmukh

33. Raja Ram Mohan Roy was associated with which of the following ?
  1. Atmiya Sabha
  2. The Calcutta Unitarian Committee
  3. Brahma Sabha
  4. All of the above

Answer: All of the above

34. Who started Prabhuddha Bharat Newspaper?
  1. Ram Krishna Paramhansa
  2. Henry Vivian Derozio
  3. Dayanand Saraswati
  4. Moolshankar

Answer: Ram Krishna Paramhansa

35. Which of the following statement is not correct about Raja Ram Mohan Roy?
  1. Raja Ram Mohan Roy was born in a well-to-do family in Bengal, probably in 1772.
  2. He died in Indian in 1833.
  3. He was given the title of Raja by the Mughal Emperor.
  4. He started the newspaper named “Sambad Kaumudi”

Answer: He died in Indian in 1833.

36. Who started “Borno Parichay”, an elementary book for learning Bengali Alphabet?
  1. Keshab Chandra Sen
  2. Ishwar Chandra Vidyasagar
  3. Raja Ram Mohan Roy
  4. Vivekananda

Answer: Ishwar Chandra Vidyasagar

37. Who established Prarthna Samaj?
  1. Ishwar Chandra Vidya Sagar
  2. Derozio
  3. David Hare
  4. Athmaram Panduranga with the help of Keshav Chandra Sen

Answer: Athmaram Panduranga with the help of Keshav Chandra Sen

38. Who did publish the Indian Gazette Newspaper?
  1. Ram Krishna Paramhansa
  2. Henry Vivian Derozio
  3. Dayanand Saraswati
  4. Moolshankar

Answer: Henry Vivian Derozio

39. Which of the following work was done by Balshastri Jambhekar who published Scientific and historical papers?
  1. Digdarshan
  2. Bengprathnaal Gazette
  3. Keshari
  4. Young India

Answer: Digdarshan

40. By whose efforts was 1872, the Special Marriage Act was passed?
  1. Keshub Chandra sen
  2. Henry Vivian Derozio
  3. Dayanand Saraswati
  4. Swami Shraddhanand

Answer: Keshub Chandra sen

41. MG Ranade was the Guru of which of the following personalities?
  1. Ishwar Chandra Vidyasagar
  2. Raja Ram Mohan Roy
  3. Vivekananda
  4. Gopal Krishna Gokhale

Answer: Gopal Krishna Gokhale

42. In which of the following organisation the food was prepared by the lower caste at gatherings?
  1. Brahmo Samaj
  2. Pledge movement
  3. Paramhansha Mandali
  4. Prarthana Sabha

Answer: Paramhansha Mandali

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