PYQ - Social Reofrm Movements

Question 1

A. Prarthana Samaj
B. Samsara Vedha Sammarga Sangam
C. Brahmo Samaj
D. Arya Samaj

1875
1867
1828
1865

Answer 1

A. Prarthana Samaj - 1867
B. Samsara Vedha Sammarga Sangam - 1865
C. Brahmo Samaj - 1828
D. Arya Samaj - 1875

Question 2

The Sharda Act raised the minimum age for the girls for marriage to:

Answer 2

c) 14 years

Question 3

Iswar Chandra Gupta’s remarkable journal which was the training ground of many distinguished writers is

Answer 3

c) Samvad Prabhakar

Question 4

(A): Akbar became the forerunner of ‘Sardha Act.’
(B): He imposed the minimum age bar 18 years for boy and 14 years for girls in order to discourage the child marriage.

a) A is true but B is false
b) Both A and B true
c) A is false and B is true
d) Both A and B are false

Answer 4

b) Both A and B true

Question 5

Father of Indian Renaissance is

Answer 5

a) Raja ram mohan roy

Question 6

The Social reformer who represented a synthesis of the thought of the East and West

Answer 6

a) Rajaram Mohan Roy

Question 7

Muhammadan Literary and Scientific Society of Calcutta was organised by

Answer 7

c) Abdul Latif

Question 8

Who was the first to give the call for ‘Swaraj’ as ‘India for Indians’?

Answer 8

b) Swami Dayanand Saraswathi

Question 9

The practice of Sati was declared “illegal and punishable” by

Answer 9

a) Lord William Bentinck

Question 10

Sri Narayana Guru Swamy initiated a programme of action called Sri Narayana Guru Dharma Paripalana Yogam which took up issues regarding

Encouraging inter-caste marriages
Right of admission to public schools
Recruitment to government schools
Access to temples and roads
a) 1,2 and 3
b) 2,3 and 4
c) 1,2 and 3

Answer 10

d) 1,2,3 and 4

Question 11

Abolition of Sati

Answer 11

Raja Ram Mohan Roy

Question 12

Temple Entry - Dalits

Answer 12

Ishwar Chandra Vidyasagar

Question 13

Widow Remarriage Act

Answer 13

Ambedkar

Question 14

Self Respect MOvement

Answer 14

THanthai Periyaar

Question 15

Mula Sankara was later called as

Answer 15

b) Dayananda Saraswathi

Question 16

In the year A.D. 1817 Raja Ram Mohan Roy, Radhakanta dev and others founded Mahapatsala at _______.

Answer 16

Kolkatta

Question 17

Choose the right matches:

1.The Prophet of Indian Nationalism - Raja Ram Mohan Roy
2.To rouse pride of people in their rich heritage gave a call “Back to Vedas” - Swami Vivekananda
3.R.G. Pradhan called him the father of Indian Nationalism - Swami Dayanand Saraswati
4. “Swaraj is my birth right” is a statement of Bala Gangadhar Tilak

Answer 17

1 & 4 are correct

Question 18

Who favoured the permanent settlement but urged that the government should fix the minimum rent to be paid by each cultivator

Answer 18

Raja Ram Mohan Roy

Question 19

Who is known as the Reforming Luther of Hinduism?

Answer 19

c) Swami Dayananda Saraswati

Question 20

THe National Social Conference was organised by

Answer 20

M.G Ranade

Question 21

Name the person who was associated with the news paper ‘Sambadh Kaumudi’.

Answer 21

Raja Ram Mohan Roy

Question 22

Which of these legislations banned Sati and made it illegal?

a) Bengal Regulation XXI of 1975
b) Act of 1870
c) Sharda Act 1930
d) Regulation Act XVII of December 1829

Answer 22

d) Regulation Act XVII of December 1829

Question 23

The Akali Movement was an offshoot of the

a) National Movement
b) Reform Movement
c) Singh Sabha Movement
d) Revolutionary Movement

Answer 23

c) Singh Sabha Movement

Question 24

Which of the following statements about Brahmo Samaj is not True?

a) The purpose of Brahmo Samaj was to reform Hinduism.
b) It preached the belief in one God.
c) It was based on reason.
d) It did not incorporate the teachings of other religions

Answer 24

d) It did not incorporate the teachings of other religions

Question 25

Why did the social reformers of the first half of the 18th century fail to create a movement?

a) Social conditions were not suitable.
b) There was no other class supported them.
c) They criticised idolatry.

Answer 25

1 and 2

Question 26

______ is a type of social movement that aims to gradually change or improve certain aspects of society such as education or health care.

Answer 26

a) Reform Movement

Question 27

Who was the Founder of Deva Samaj in 1887?

Answer 27

b) Shiva Narain Agnihotri

Question 28

The Arya Mahila Samaj at Poona in 1882, was founded by

Answer 28

Pandit Ramabai

Question 29

Who opened Sarada Sadan (Home of learning) for Hindu widows in Bombay?

Answer 29

Pandita Ramabai

Question 30

The talented Maratha lady who gave much help in founding ‘Arya Mahila Sabha’ was

Answer 30

a) Pandita Ramabai

Question 31

Shuddhi movement was started by

Answer 31

a) Dayananda Saraswati

Question 32

Whose voice was Rast Goftar?

Answer 32

Parsi movement