More Questions on 18th Century Revolts And Reform
- Q. Social reforms were a major task of the theosophical society. With respect to Indian traditions and culture, which one does not find its occurrence in the societal activities? I. Resistance to child marriage. II. Resistance to widow remarriage. III. Spread of education. IV. Abolition of caste and Untouchability. V. Accommodation of conversion in religious faith.
A)II and IV
B)I and III
C)II, V
D)Only V
Answer: II, V
- Q. The founder of the ‘Brahmo Samaj’ was
A)Ishwar Chandra Vidyasagar
B)Dayanand Saraswati
C)Raja Ram Mohan Roy
D)Swami Vivekananda
Answer: Raja Ram Mohan Roy
- 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. What was the original name of Dayananda Saraswati?
A)Mul Shankara
B)Malku das
C)Narendra
D)Dadu
Answer: Mul Shankara
- Q. The following are the lessons taught to masses i.e. Muslim women in particular
A)Removal of purdah and spread of education
B)Urged the Muslims to give up medieval customs and ways of thought and behavior
C)Both A and B
D)None of the above
Answer: Both A and B
- Q. The main cause for the Instant popularity of the Arya Samaj was that
A)It supported and worded for the cause of western education
B)It represented the purified form of Hinduism
C)It combined the opposition to the evil practices of Hinduism with an aggressive assertion of the superiority of the Vedic religion and Indian thought over all other faiths
D)It gave a call to its followers to go back to the Vedas
Answer: It combined the opposition to the evil practices of Hinduism with an aggressive assertion of the superiority of the Vedic religion and Indian thought over all other faiths
- Q. Which of the following cannot be said to be a cardinal principle of the theosophical society?
A)Aimed Hindu spiritual wisdom through western enlightenment
B)It questioned the ancient philosophies that dominated the Indian thinking
C)It believed in the existence of unique connections between god and every being
D)It believed in the possibility of reincarnation and karma
Answer: It questioned the ancient philosophies that dominated the Indian thinking
- Q. Consider the following statement (s) related to the administrative causes of 1857 revolt. I. Deprivation of the traditional ruling classes of their luxury due to the establishment of the company’s suzerainty over the Indian states. II. Introduction of new and revenue system which snatched the land from cultivator and gave it to the moneylender or traitor. III. Lord Canning’s announcement to that Mughals would lose the title of King and be mere Princess.
A)Only II
B)Only I
C)Both I and II
D)Both I and III
Answer: Both I and II
- Q. Year of the Battle of Buxar is__________
A)1767
B)1764
C)1784
D)1864
Answer: 1764
- Q. The Arya Samaj is against
A)Rituals and idol-worship
B)Existence of God
C)Hinduism
D)Islam
Answer: Rituals and idol-worship
- Q. Which of the following are the paths chosen by Ramakrishna Paramahamsa towards salvation
A)Belief in one single god monotheism
B)Gyana marg
C)Vedas and Upanishads are the only way to salvation
D)Renunciation, meditation and devotion
Answer: Renunciation, meditation and devotion
- 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. Titu mir’s movement considered one of the Muslim reform movement mainly aimed at eradicating which of the following systems?
A)Against Hindu landlords and British indigo planters
B)Polygamy
C)Easy divorce
D)Working against Indian national movement
Answer: Against Hindu landlords and British indigo planters
- 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. Swami Dayanand Saraswati established the Arya Samaj in 1875 at
A)Lahore
B)Bombay
C)Nagpur
D)Ahmadnagar
Answer: Bombay
- Q. Raja Ram Mohan Roy was given the title ‘Raja’ by the__________
A)British
B)Mughals
C)French
D)Dutch
Answer: Mughals
- Q. When Narayana Guru attained the age of sixty, his birthday was observed throughout the west-coast from Mangalore to __________
A)Sri Lanka
B)Varkala
C)Kottayam
D)Calicut
Answer: Sri Lanka
- Q. __________ a notable disciple of Sree Narayana Guru introduced Guru’s visions and ideals to the western world
A)Kumaranasan
B)Nataraja Guru
C)Chattambi Swamikal
D)K.Madhavan
Answer: Nataraja Guru
- Q. Tipu was defeated in the __________ Anglo-Maratha war by the British
A)Second
B)First
C)Third
D)Fourth
Answer: Third
- Q. Which of the following is/are the main aim/s of Young Bengal Movement?
A)Question all authority and oppose decadent customs and traditions
B)Inspire pupil to think freely and rationally
C)Love liberty, equality and freedom
D)All the above
Answer: All the above
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