Religious and Social Reforms Movements - MCQs with answers - Part I
1. Which amongst the following is/are correct?1. Indian society during nineteenth century was marred by religious superstitions and social obscurantism.
2. Social conditions of women were good but some vices like sati, child marriage prevailed in the society
3. Raja Ram Mohan said “Sati is murder according to every shastra”.
4. People at lower ladder of the society were called untouchables, who formed about 20 percent of population.
1. Only A and C are correct
2. A, B, C are correct
3. All are correct
4. Only B is incorrect
View Answer / Hide AnswerANSWER: iv Only B is incorrect
There were many vices in the society, the overall conditions of the women was bad.
1. He was a defender of the basic and universal principles of all religions.
2. He believed in monotheism of the Vedas and unitarianism of Christianity.
3. He founded Brahmo Sabha in 1828 and Atmiya Sabha in 1814.
4. He wrote a book “gift to monotheists” (1809).
1. Only A and C are correct
2. A, B, C are correct
3. All are correct
4. Only D is incorrect
View Answer / Hide AnswerANSWER: iii. All are correct
1. Akshay Kumar Dutt
2. Jyotibha Phule
3. Haji Shariat Allah
4. Syed Ahmed Khan
View Answer / Hide AnswerANSWER: A. Akshay Kumar Dutt
He was a rationalist and cited logical reasons for various beliefs. This sentence was said in religious context. He held that all socio and religious phenomena can be analysed and understood by purely mechanical process.
1. The social reform movements had two point agenda mainly, removal of untouchability and betterment of status of women.
2. Polygamy was prevalent among Muslims as well as Hindus.
3. Sati was applicable in the first instance in the Bengal Presidency in 1830.
4. Bengal regulation of 1795 and1804, declared infanticide illegal and equivalent to murder.
1. Only A and C are correct
2. A, B, C are correct
3. All are correct
4. A,B and D are correct
View Answer / Hide AnswerANSWER: iv A,B and D are correct
Sati was applicable in the first instance in the Bengal Presidency in 1829. It was extended to other parts in 1830.
1. The Hindu Widow Remarriage Act came in 1856.
2. Vishnu Shastri Pandit founded Widow Remarriage Association in the 1850s.
3. Indian Women University was set up in 1916 at Bombay by Professor Karve.
4. Child Marriage Prohibition( Civil Marriage) Act came in 1872.
1. Only A and C are correct
2. A, B, C are correct
3. All are correct
4. Only A,B and D are correct
View Answer / Hide AnswerANSWER: iii All are correct
A. Karsondas Mulji started Satya Prakash in 1852 to advocate widow remarriage.
B. Age of consent Act came in 1891 which forbade the marriage of girls below age of 12.
C. Sarda Act and the Child Marriage Restraint Act further increased the marriageable age of both boys and girls.
D. Bethune school was a fruit of powerful women’s education movement.
1. Only A and C are correct
2. A, B, C are correct
3. All are correct
4. Only B is correct
View Answer / Hide AnswerANSWER: iii All are correct
1. Pandit Ishwar Chandra Vidyasagar was associated with women’s education.
2. Arya Samaj crusaded for disintegration of Hindu society in to myriad sub castes aimed at four- fold division and upholding the rights of even the lowest castes.
3. Initiatives to open temples for lower castes was done by rulers of Indore, Devas and Travancore.
4. Ambedkar founded All India Harijan Sangh in 1932.
1. Only A and C are correct
2. A, B, C are correct
3. All are correct
4. Only D is incorrect
View Answer / Hide AnswerANSWER: iv. Only D is incorrect
Gandhi founded All India Harijan Sangh in 1932. Ambedkar founded All India Schedule Caste Federation.
1. Theosophical Society was founded in United States in 1875.
2. It was led by Blavatsky and Olcott.
3. In India, the movement was popularised by Annie Besant.
4. As religious revivalists, Theosophists brought many reforms in Hindu religion.
View Answer / Hide AnswerANSWER: D. As religious revivalists, Theosophists brought many reforms in Hindu religion.
As religious revivalists, Theosophists did not attain much success.
1. Raja Ram Mohan Roy
2. David Hare
3. Ishwar Chandra Vidyasagar
4. Rabindra Nath Tagore
View Answer / Hide AnswerANSWER: A. Raja Ram Mohan Roy
1. Hindu College: David Hare
2. Vedanta College: Ram Mohan Roy
3. Sanskrit College: Ishwar Chandra Vidyasagar
4. All are correct matches
View Answer / Hide AnswerANSWER: D. All are correct matches
