UNIT 4 Chapter 9 A General Survey of Socio-Cultural Reform Movements and previous years Questions

1. With reference to   Raja Rammohan Roy, consider the following statements:

1. Raja Rammohan Roy often called the the father of Indian Renaissance.
2. Rammohan Roy believed in the modern scientific approach.
3. He wrote Gift to Monotheists and translated into Bengali.
4. Raja Rammohan Roy founded the Brahmo Sabha in August 1828.

  Which of the statements given above is/are correct?

2. Consider the following Statement.

1. Rammohan Roy wanted to establish a new religion through reform.
2. Raja Radhakant Deb who organized the Dharma Sabha to counter Brahmo Samaj propaganda.
3. The features of Brahmo Samaj it denounced polytheism and idol worship.
4. Brahmo Samaj criticized the caste system.

  Which of the statements given above is/are correct?

3. Consider the following Statement.

1. the Government Regulation in 1829 which declared the practice of sati a crime.
2. Rammohan knew more than a dozen languages.
3. Rammohan headed the Tattvabodhini Sabha.
4. Keshab Chandra Sen was made the acharya by Debendranath Tagore.

  Which of the statements given above is/are correct?

4. Consider the following Statement.

1. Keshab Chandra Sen his followers founded the Brahmo Samaj of India in 1866.
2. Keshab Chandra Sen helped Atmaram Pandurang found the Prarthana Samaj in Bombay.

  Which of the statements given above is/are correct?

5. Consider the following Statement.

Who belong to Prarthana Samaj ?

1. 1. Keshab Chandra Sen
2. Mahadeo Govind Ranade
3. R.G. Bhandarkar
4. N.G. Chandavarkar

  Which of the statements given above is/are correct?

6. Consider the following Statement.

1. The Derozians had very good linked with the masses.
2. Ishwar Chandra Vidyasagar opened the Sanskrit College to non-brahmins.
3. Balshastri Jambhekar He started the newspaper Darpan in 1832.
4. BR Ambedkar founded the Satyashodhak Samaj.

  Which of the statements given above is/are correct?

7. Consider the following Statement.

1. Phule was awarded the title ‘Mahatma’ for his social reform work.
2. Gopalhari Deshmukh wrote for a weekly Prabhakar under the pen name of Lokahitawadi on social reform issues.
3. Gopal Ganesh Agarkar criticised the blind dependence on tradition and false glorification of the past.

  Which of the statements given above is/are incorrect?

8. Consider the following Statement.

 “If religion does not sanction social reform, then change religion.”

Who said this . ?

Choose the correct answer

9. Consider the following Statement.

1. Gopal Ganesh Agarkar first editor of Kesari, the journal started by Lokmanya Tilak.
2. Gopal Krishna Gokhale founded the Servants of India Society in 1905 with the help of M.G. Ranade.
3. Narayan Malhar Joshi was a follower of Gokhale.
4. Joshi founded the All India Trade Union Congress (1920) .

  Which of the statements given above is/are incorrect?

10. Consider the following Statement.

1. headquarters of the Ramakrishna Math and Mission are at Belur near Calcutta.
2. Swami Vivekananda spread Ramakrishna’s message.
3. Swami Vivekananda emphasis was not personal salvation, but on social good and reform.
4. Vivekananda challenged modern science and promoted vedas.  

  Which of the statements given above is/are correct?

11. Consider the following Statement.

So far as Bengal is concerned Vivekananda may be regarded as the spiritual father of the modern nationalist movement.

Who said this?

Choose the correct answer

12. Consider the following Statement.

1. Dayananda never believed in the theory of karma and reincarnation.
2. Dayananda  gave the slogan “Back to the Vedas”.
3. Dayananda’s views were published in his famous work, Satyarth Prakash.

  Which of the statements given above is/are correct?

13. Consider the following Statement.

1. Dev Samaj Founded in 1887 at Lahore by Shiv Narayan Agnihotri.
2. Shiv Narayan Agnihotri teachings were compiled in a book, Deva Shastra.
3.  Radhakant Deb founded Dharma Sabha in 1830.
4. Madan Mohan Malaviya was a prominent figure in this movement Bharat Dharma Mahamandala.

  Which of the statements given above is/are correct?

14. Consider the following Statement.

1. the Radhaswamis believe in one supreme being, supremacy of the guru, a company of pious people (satsang), and a simple social life.
2. Indian Social Conference Founded by M.G. Ranade and Raghunath Rao.

  Which of the statements given above is/are incorrect?