More Questions on 18th Century Revolts And Reform
- Q. Who advocated the concept of one caste, one religion and one God for all?
A)Narayan Guru
B)Mahatma Gandhi
C)Periyar
D)Swami Vivekananda
Answer: Narayan Guru
- Q. What did Jyotiba Phule’s Satyashodhak Samaj attempt in the last century?
A)Attacking the caste system
B)Saving the lower castes from hypocritical Brahmans and their opportunistic scriptures
C)Led an antilandlord and antimahajan upsurge in Satara
D)Seperate representation for untouchables
Answer: Saving the lower castes from hypocritical Brahmans and their opportunistic scriptures
- Q. Where was the Devadasi System prevailed in India?
A)Northern India
B)Southern India
C)East India
D)West India
Answer: Southern India
- Q. Sathya Shodak Samaj also called truth seekers society was started by which of the following reformers?
A)Jyotiba Phule
B)Gopal Krishna Gokhale
C)Dayananda Saraswathi
D)Shiv Narain Agnihotri
Answer: Jyotiba Phule
- Q. In 1883 Dayananda was invited by the Maharaja of __________ to stay at his palace
A)Kashmir
B)Uttar Pradesh
C)Gujarat
D)Jodhpur
Answer: Jodhpur
- Q. Which of the following is considered as the main reason for division of Brahmo Samaj?
A)Internal conflicts among Debendranath Tagore and Keshub Chandra Sen for including teachings of all religions
B)Resolutely opposing Christian missionaries and their work against Hinduism
C)Lack of strong propagator of views
D)Opposition by people for disturbing traditional caste practices like abolition of sati, widow remarriage and women education
Answer: Internal conflicts among Debendranath Tagore and Keshub Chandra Sen for including teachings of all religions
- Q. Temple entry movement started mainly in Kerala aimed at which of the following
A)Keeping the monopoly of temples to Brahmin class
B)Allowing untouchables to Hindu temples and roads
C)Allowing women to enter temple
D)Sanskrit lessons to be imparted only to Brahmin family members and others to be devoid of it in order to preserve its purity
Answer: Allowing untouchables to Hindu temples and roads
- Q. The Servants of Indian Society started by Gopal Krishna Gokhale was set up with which of the following objectives?
A)Train national missionaries for the service of country
B)Prepare masses for selfless cause of country and devote their lives if needed
C)Both the above statement
D)Reorganization of Indian society on rational principles
Answer: Both the above statement
- Q. Who was the founder of Satyashodhak Samaj?
A)Gopal Hari Deshmukh
B)Jyotiba Phule
C)Mahadew Govind Ranade
D)Ramakrishna Bhandarkar
Answer: Jyotiba Phule
- Q. Theosophical society was started by whom and where, initially?
A)Blavatsky and Olcott in united states
B)A.O Hume in India
C)M.G Ranade in India
D)Mahatma Gandhi in South Africa
Answer: Blavatsky and Olcott in united states
- Q. Which of the following is one of the social reasons for 1857 revolt?
A)The racial arrogance of the British created a difference between the rulers and the ruled
B)The English could not establish any social relationship with the Indians
C)Both A & B
D)The company's trade policy destroyed Indian handicrafts
Answer: Both A & B
- Q. Which of the following act was the revision of Vernacular Act?
A)Newspaper Act, 1908
B)Indian Press act, 1910
C)Both A & B
D)None of the above
Answer: Indian Press act, 1910
- Q. Swami Dayanand Saraswati established the Arya Samaj in 1875 at
A)Lahore
B)Bombay
C)Nagpur
D)Ahmadnagar
Answer: Bombay
- Q. The Arya Samaj Movement had been started by
A)Devendranath Tagore
B)Swami Dayanand
C)Swami Vivekananda
D)Keshub Chandra Sen
Answer: Swami Dayanand
- Q. Who was the governor-general during the Revolt of 1857?
A)Lord Irwin
B)Lord Canning
C)Lord Lytton
D)Lord Willington
Answer: Lord Canning
- Q. Sri Narayana Guru Swamy initiated a programme of action called Sri Narayana Guru Dharma Paripalana yogam which took up issues regarding depressed classes, contains which of the issues? I. Encouraging inter caste marriages II. Right of admission to public schools III. Recruitment to government schools IV. Access to temples and roads
A)I, II and III
B)Only II and III
C)I, II and IV
D)All four are correct
Answer: All four are correct
- Q. Raja Ram Mohan Roy was the founder of
A)Ram Krishna Mission
B)Arya Samaj
C)Brahmo Samaj
D)Prathna Samaj
Answer: Brahmo Samaj
- Q. Who is the author of the book “Satyarth Prakash”?
A)Rajaram Mohan Ray
B)Dayanand Saraswati
C)Mahadev Govind Ranade
D)Ramakrishna Bhandarkar
Answer: Dayanand Saraswati
- Q. Which of the following is called “Magna Carta of English Education in India”?
A)Macaulay Commission
B)Wood's Dispatch
C)Vernacular Act
D)Both A & B
Answer: Wood's Dispatch
- Q. __________formed the Arya Mahila Samaj in Pune?
A)Swarnakumari Devi
B)Ramabai Saraswati
C)Lord Chelmsford
D)Annie Besant
Answer: Ramabai Saraswati
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