Practice Set For Social Reform Movements

This article is based on the social and religious movements that shaped Indian civilization in the nineteenth and twentieth centuries. Many social and religious reform movements arose in India as a result of the British’s advances, such as modern education. Various socio-religious organisations in British India not only reformed Indians, but also fueled the emergence of Indian nationalism.

The revolt of 1857 made a huge impact on Indian history. After this revolt, the role of the company was ended and the crown came into possession. The major reason for the revolts was the Doctrine of lapse policy of Dalhousie and the subsidiary alliance policy of Wellesley. There were several factors that surge this revolt – Military, commercial, social and religious causes, and administrative and political reasons. The immediate cause was the use of enfields rifle.

1: Which of the following samaj was founded by Ram Mohan Roy?
A. Atmiya Sabha
B. Prarthana Samaj
C. Paramhansa Sabha
D. Poona Sarvajanik Sabha
Ans: A
Raja Ram Mohan Roy founded Atmiya Sabha- Calcutta (1814).
Brahmo Sabha was founded in August 1828 and renamed Brahmo Samaj afterwards.
He also set up the Calcutta Unitarian Society.
David Hare builds a Hindu College with help of Ram Mohan (1817).
Vedanta College 1825.

2: Sambad Kaumudi is a famous magazine written by?
A. Ram Mohan Roy
B. Lajpat Rai
C. Anand Mohan Ghosh
D. Girish Chandra Chaturvedi
Ans: A
Books are written by Ram Mohan Roy- Gift to Monotheists (1809), Precepts of Jesus (1820). Newspapers like Mirat-ul-Akhbar , Sambad Kaumudi, Brahmanical.

3. Who among the following was associated with Tattvabodhini Sabha?
A. Radhakant dev
B. Debendranath Tagore
C. Keshub Chandra sen
D. Tilka Majhi
Ans: B
Debendranath Tagore became the Tattvabodhini Sabha’s chief after joining the Brahmo Samaj in 1842. (founded in 1839). Debendranath Tagore’s Samaj was renamed Adi Brahmo Samaj when Keshab was banished in 1865.

4. Which of the following was a reformist movement within Hinduism?
A. Brahmo Samaj
B. Pledge movement
C. Ramakrishna Movement
D. Prarthana Sabha
Ans: A
Brahmo Samaj was a reformist movement within Hinduism. He put great emphasis on widow remarriage, women’s education, the eradication of polygamy, and better ryot conditions.

5. By whose efforts was 1872, the Special Marriage Act was passed?
A. Keshub Chandra sen
B. Henry Vivian Derozio
C. Dayanand Saraswati
D. Swami Shraddhanand
Ans: A
Keshub Chandra Sen’s efforts made the passage of the ‘Special Marriage Act’ in 1872, which legalised civil marriage and marriage between different castes.

6. Which of the following leader start the Young Bengal Movement?
A. Keshub Chandra sen
B. Henry Vivian Derozio
C. Dayanand Saraswati
D. Moolshankar
Ans: B
Young Bengal Movement – the late 1820s and early 1830s started by Henry Vivian Derozio.

7. Who did publish the Indian Gazette Newspaper?
A. Ram Krishna Paramhansa
B. Henry Vivian Derozio
C. Dayanand Saraswati
D. Moolshankar
Ans: B
Young Bengal Movement – the late 1820s and early 1830s started by Henry Vivian Derozio. He also started the Indian Gazette newspaper.

8. With which of the following personality famous work Satyarth Prakash is related?
A. Ram Krishna Paramhansa
B. Henry Vivian Derozio
C. Dayanand Saraswati
D. Moolshankar
Ans: C
Satyarth Prakash (The True Exposition), Vedanga Prakash, Ratnamala, Sankarvidhi, Bharatinivarna, and many other works were written by Dayanand Saraswati. Back to the Vedas was his slogan.

9. Who started Prabhuddha Bharat Newspaper?
A. Ram Krishna Paramhansa
B. Henry Vivian Derozio
C. Dayanand Saraswati
D. Moolshankar
Ans: A
Ramkrishna Mission’s English newspaper was called Prabuddha Bharata, or Awakened India.

10. Who started a weekly publication Udbodhan?
A. Keshab Chandra sen
B. Henry Vivian Derozio
C. Dayanand Saraswati
D. Vivekanand
Ans: D
Udbodhan, Bengali Monthly was started by Vivekananda in 1899. 
Vedanta Kesari, English magazine in 1914. 
Sri Ramakrishna Vijayam — Tamil monthly in 1921.

11. Who founded Bombay Native general library?
A. Keshab Chandra sen
B. Henry Vivian Derozio
C. Jyotiba Phule
D. BalShastri Jambhekar
Ans: D
BalShastri Jambhekar founded Bombay Native General  Library.  He started the Native Improvement Society.

12. Which of the following work was done by Balshastri Jambhekar who published Scientific and historical papers?
A. Digdarshan
B. Bengprathnaal Gazette
C. Keshari
D. Young India
Ans. A
In 1840, Balshastri Jambhekar founded Digdarshan, which published scientific and historical papers.

13. Who was the first professor of Hindi at Elphinstone College?
A. Keshab Chandra sen
B. Henry Vivian Derozio
C. Jyotiba Phule
D. BalShastri Jambhekar
Ans: D
In 1840, Balshastri Jambhekar founded Digdarshan, which published scientific and historical papers. He was the first professor at Elphinstonecollege.

14. At which place, Prarthana Samaj was created?
A. Madras
B. Bombay
C. Kerala
D. West Bengal
Ans. B
Atmaram Pandurang with the help of Keshab Chandra Sen, the Prarthana Samaj was created in Bombay in 1867.

15. Which of the famous personality got the title of Vidyasagar?
A. Keshab Chandra Sen
B. Ishwar Chandra Vidyasagar
C. Raja Ram Mohan Roy
D. Vivekananda
Ans. B
Ishwar Chandra Vidyasagar became the principal of Sanskrit College in 1850 and was given the title of ‘Vidyasagar’ by Sanskrit College.

16. Who started “Borno Parichay”, an elementary book for learning Bengali Alphabet?
A. Keshab Chandra Sen
B. Ishwar Chandra Vidyasagar
C. Raja Ram Mohan Roy
D. Vivekananda
Ans. B
Borno Parichay— Letter Introduction (elementary book for learning Bengali alphabets) was published by Ishwar Chandra Vidyasagar.

17. MG Ranade was the Guru of which of the following personalities?
A. Ishwar Chandra Vidyasagar
B. Raja Ram Mohan Roy
C. Vivekananda
D. Gopal Krishna Gokhale
Ans. D
Tilak and Gokhale regarded MG Ranade as their guru.

18. In which of the following organisation the food was prepared by the lower caste at gatherings?
A. Brahmo Samaj
B. Pledge movement
C. Paramhansha Mandali
D. Prarthana Sabha
Ans: C
Paramahansa Mandali in Maharashtra 1849 was founded by Dadoba Pandurang, Bal Shastri Jambhekar, Mehtaji Durgaram etc.

19. Who started Darpan, a Marathi newspaper?
A. Ishwar Chandra Vidyasagar
B. Raja Ram Mohan Roy
C. Vivekananda
D. Balshastri Jambhekar
Ans. D
Darpan, the first Marathi newspaper, was founded in 1832 by Balshastri Jambhekar.

20. Vedanta Kesari magazine was published in which language?
A. Hindi
B. English
C. Marathi
D. Tamil
Ans. B
Vedanta Kesari, an English magazine 1914 started by Vivekanand.