18th Century Revolts and Reform MCQs

Question 1

The "Arya Samaj" was founded by

Accepted Answer

Swami Dayananda Saraswati

Answer

Swami Vivekananda

Answer

Keshav Chandra Sen

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Ishwar Chandra VidyaSagar

Question 2

Dayananda was born on February 12 in 1824, in the town of Tankara, near Morvi (Morbi) in the Kathiawar region of the princely state of__________

Accepted Answer

Gujarat

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Assam

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Uttar Pradesh

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Bihar

Question 3

Which of the following act was the revision of Vernacular Act?

Accepted Answer

Indian Press act, 1910

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Newspaper Act, 1908

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Both A & B

Answer

None of the above

Question 4

Who established Prarthana Samaj?

Accepted Answer

Athmaram Panduranga with the help of Keshav Chandra Sen

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Ishwar Chandra Vidya Sagar

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Derozio

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David Hare

Question 5

The Servants of Indian Society started by Gopal Krishna Gokhale was set up with which of the following objectives?

Accepted Answer

Both the above statement

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Prepare masses for selfless cause of country and devote their lives if needed

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Train national missionaries for the service of country

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Reorganization of Indian society on rational principles

Question 6

Who is called the "Lokhitwadi"?

Accepted Answer

Gopal Hari Deshmukh

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Dayanand saraswati

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Mahadev Govend Ranade

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Mul Sankara

Question 7

Raja Rammohan Roy organised a historic agitation against the

Accepted Answer

Evil custom of sati

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Caste system

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Degrading position of women in society

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Practice of superfluous religious rituals

Question 8

What did Jyotiba Phule's Satyashodhak Samaj attempt in the last century?

Accepted Answer

Saving the lower castes from hypocritical Brahmans and their opportunistic scriptures

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Attacking the caste system

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Led an antilandlord and antimahajan upsurge in Satara

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Seperate representation for untouchables

Question 9

The Arya Samaj Movement had been started by

Accepted Answer

Swami Dayanand

Answer

Devendranath Tagore

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Swami Vivekananda

Answer

Keshub Chandra Sen