Socio - Religious Movements in 19th-20th Centuries MCQ: MCQ Test (25 questions)

Question 1 of 25

During Indian freedom struggle, the National Social Conference was formed. What was the reason for its formation ?

ADifferent social reform group or organizations of Bengal region united to form a single body to discuss the issues of larger interest and to prepare appropriate petitions/representations to the government
BIndia National Congress did not want to include social reforms in its deliberations and decided to form a separate body for such a purpose
CBehramji Malabari and M.G. Ranade decided to bring together all the social reform groups of the country under one organization
Done of the statement 'a', 'b' and 'c' given above is correct in this context

Question 2 of 25

Raja Ram Mohan Roy established Brahmo Samaj in-

A1816 AD.
B1820 AD.
C1828 AD.
D1830 AD.

Question 3 of 25

Who among the following wrote the book 'Bahuvivah' ?

ARaja Ram Mohan Roy
BPandita Ramabai
CIshwar Chandra Vidyasagar
DRabindranath Tagore

Question 4 of 25

Which of the following reform movements was the first to be started in the 19th century ?

APrarthana Samaj
BBrahmo Samaj
CArya Samaj
DRam Krishna Mission

Question 5 of 25

Lord Macaulay is associated with-

AReforms in Army
BAbolition of Sati System
CEnglish Education
DPermanent Settlement

Question 6 of 25

Who is known as the 'Father of Modern India ?

ARam Mohan Roy
BJawahar Lal Nehru
CMahatma Gandhi
DW. C. Bannerjee

Question 7 of 25

Where was first Madarasa set up by the British in lndia?

AMadras
BBombay
CAligarh
DCalcutta

Question 8 of 25

Which was common among Brahmo Samaj, Ram Krishna Mission and Arya Samaj ?

ANone of these three had a political mission, but they helped to develop a spirit of patriotism
BAll the three originated from Bengal
CFounders of all three were educated in England
DFounders of all the three took active part politics

Question 9 of 25

Which Governor General had abolished slavery ?

ASir John Shore
BLord William Bentick
CLord Ellenborough
DLord Cornwallis

Question 10 of 25

Who was the founder of the Radha Swami Satsang?

AHaridas Swami
BSiva Dayal Sahed
CSiva Narayan Agnihotri
DSwami Sraddhananda

Question 11 of 25

Which religious reformer of Western India was known as 'Lokhitwadi' ?

AGopal Hari Deshmukh
BR.G. Bhandarkar
CMahadev Govind Ranade
DB.G. Tilak

Question 12 of 25

Satiwas declared illegal and punishable by the Regulation XVII during the Governor Generalship of-

ALord William Bentick
BLord Canning
CLord Ripon
DLord Dalhousie

Question 13 of 25

The Arya Samaj eas founded by-

ASwami Dayananda Saraswati
BSwami Vivekanand
CKeshav Chandra Sen
DIshwar Chandra Vidyasagar

Question 14 of 25

Who among the following founded the Theosophical Society in lndia in 1879?

AMadam Blavatsky and H.S Olcott
BMadam Blavatsky and Annie Besand
CH.S Olcott and Annie Besand
DA.O Hume and Annie Besand

Question 15 of 25

From which area the social and religioys reform movements started?

ABihar
BBengal
COrissa
DMadras

Question 16 of 25

Satyartha Prakash ' was written by-

ARaja Ram Mohan Roy
BMahatma Gandhi
CSwami Vivekananda
DSwami Dyanand Saraswati

Question 17 of 25

Who among the following Pioneered the social and religious movement of the 19th Century in lndia?

ARam Mohan Roy
BDayanand Saraswati
CVivekanand
DAurobindo Ghosh

Question 18 of 25

The Mohemmadan Anglo-Oriental College of Aligarh was founded by-

AMd. Ali Jinnah
BMohammad Ali
CShaukat Ali
DSir Syed Ahmed Khan

Question 19 of 25

Who was Shardamani?

AWife of Raja Rammohan Roy
BWife of Ramakrishna Paramahansa
CMother of Vivekanand
DDaughter of Keshab Chandra Sen

Question 20 of 25

Who was Titu Mir ?

ALeader of Wahabi Movement
BLeader of Faraji Movement
CLeader of Sepoy Mutiny
DLeader of the Indigo Revolt

Question 21 of 25

ln which year did Swami Vivekanand Participate the World Parliament of Religions at Chicago?

A1893
B1895
C1897
D1899

Question 22 of 25

Who of the following said Good Government is no substitute for self-Government?

ALokmanya Tilak
BSwami Vivekanand
CSwami Dayanand
DRabindra Nath Tagore

Question 23 of 25

Who was the inspirator behind the Young Bengal Movement ?

AMadhusudan Dutt
BHenry Vivian Derozio
CKrishna Mohan Banerjee
DRam Gopal Ghosh

Question 24 of 25

The original name of Swami Dayanand Saraswati was-

AMula Shankar
BAbhi Shankar
CGauri Shankar
DDaya Shankar

Question 25 of 25

Kuka Movement was organised by-

AGuru Ram Das
BGuru Nanak
CGuru Ram Singh
DGuru Gobind Singh