More Questions on 18th Century Revolts And Reform
- Q. Tipu was defeated in the __________ Anglo-Maratha war by the British
A)Second
B)First
C)Third
D)Fourth
Answer: Third
- 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. Shree Narayana Guru was a great socio-religious reformer of
A)Tamil Nadu
B)Kerala
C)Andhra Pradesh
D)Karnataka
Answer: Kerala
- Q. Which of the following statement is not correct?
A)Brahmo Sabha forbade idol-worship and discarded meaningless rites and rituals
B)Rajaram Mohan Rai set up Brahmo Sabha in 1828
C)Rajaram Mohan Rai worked to abolish child marriage
D)Sati Pratha was abolished in 1829
Answer: Rajaram Mohan Rai worked to abolish child marriage
- 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. The first lawful Hindu widow remarriage among upper castes in our country was celebrated under which of the following reformer
A)Keshub Chandra Sen
B)Raja Rammohan Roy
C)Ishwar Chandra Vidyasagar
D)Gopal Krishna Gokhale
Answer: Ishwar Chandra Vidyasagar
- Q. Raja Ram Mohan Roy was the founder of the__________
A)Arya Samaj
B)Brahmo Samaj
C)Ramakrishna Mission
D)Theosophical society
Answer: Brahmo Samaj
- Q. Year of the Battle of Buxar is__________
A)1767
B)1764
C)1784
D)1864
Answer: 1764
- Q. Swami Dayanand Saraswati established the Arya Samaj in 1875 at
A)Lahore
B)Bombay
C)Nagpur
D)Ahmadnagar
Answer: Bombay
- 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. Henry Vivian Derozio started young Bengal movement with the inspiration of which revolutionary ideas?
A)French revolution
B)Industrial revolution
C)American Revolution
D)Marxian theory
Answer: French revolution
- Q. Raja Rammohan Roy organised a historic agitation against the
A)Evil custom of sati
B)Caste system
C)Degrading position of women in society
D)Practice of superfluous religious rituals
Answer: Evil custom of sati
- Q. Which of the following were the ideas popularized through theosophical society I. Doctrine of trans-migration of souls II. Universal brotherhood of man III. Reincarnation and Karma, and drew inspiration from philosophy of Upanishads and samkhya, yoga and Vedanta school IV. Against foreign rule
A)Only I and III
B)Only III
C)Only I, II and III
D)All the four are correct
Answer: Only I, II and III
- Q. What was the contribution of Sayyid Ahmad Khan towards education of Muslims? I. Brought translation of books to Urdu II. Founded Aligarh Muhammedan Anglo-Oriental College for spreading western sciences III. Encouraged people to send their children to schools
A)Only I and II
B)Only II
C)Only I and III
D)All the above
Answer: All the above
- Q. Satyashodhak Samaj was founded by whom?
A)Jyotibha Phule
B)Mahatma Gandhi
C)Dr. B. R. Ambedkar
D)Swami Vivekanand
Answer: Jyotibha Phule
- Q. Sir Huge Rose described whom as ‘the best and bravest military leader of the rebel’?
A)Rani Laxmi Bai
B)Begum Hazrat Mahal
C)Kunwar Singh
D)Bahadur Shah Zafar
Answer: Rani Laxmi Bai
- 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. Who among the following is the head of theosophical society in India
A)Madan Mohan Malaviya
B)Annie Besant
C)Blavatsky
D)Did not come to india
Answer: Annie Besant
- 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 reformer was associated with Prarthana Samaj?
A)Bhandarkar
B)M. G. Ranade
C)Atmaram Pandurang
D)Chandavarkar
Answer: Atmaram Pandurang
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