The Servants of Indian Society started by Gopal Krishna Gokhale was set up with which of the following objectives?
A. Prepare masses for selfless cause of country and devote their lives if needed
B. Train national missionaries for the service of country
C. Both the above statement
D. Reorganization of Indian society on rational principles
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Who is called the "Lokhitwadi"?
A. Dayanand saraswati
B. Gopal Hari Deshmukh
C. Mahadev Govend Ranade
D. Mul Sankara
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Raja Rammohan Roy organised a historic agitation against the
A. Caste system
B. Evil custom of sati
C. Degrading position of women in society
D. Practice of superfluous religious rituals
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What did Jyotiba Phule's Satyashodhak Samaj attempt in the last century?
A. Saving the lower castes from hypocritical
Brahmans and their opportunistic scriptures
B. Attacking the caste system
C. Led an antilandlord and antimahajan upsurge
in Satara
D. Seperate representation for untouchables
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The Arya Samaj Movement had been started by
A. Swami Dayanand
B. Devendranath Tagore
C. Swami Vivekananda
D. Keshub Chandra Sen
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Which of the following are the reasons for which Wahabi / Walliullah movement was started?
A. Spreading education among Muslim women
B. Encouraging to give up puradh system
C. Reviving Muslim principles in response to western influences
D. Propagating Quran as the only source
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What was the original name of Dayananda Saraswati?
A. Malku das
B. Mul Shankara
C. Narendra
D. Dadu
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Which of the following is/are the main aim/s of Young Bengal Movement?
A. Inspire pupil to think freely and rationally
B. Question all authority and oppose decadent customs and traditions
C. Love liberty, equality and freedom
D. All the above
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Temple entry movement started mainly in Kerala aimed at which of the following
A. Allowing untouchables to Hindu temples and roads
B. Keeping the monopoly of temples to Brahmin class
C. Allowing women to enter temple
D. Sanskrit lessons to be imparted only to Brahmin family members and others to be devoid of it in order to preserve its purity
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Sir Huge Rose described whom as 'the best and bravest military leader of the rebel'?
A. Begum Hazrat Mahal
B. Rani Laxmi Bai
C. Kunwar Singh
D. Bahadur Shah Zafar
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Raja Ram Mohan Roy was the founder of
A. Arya Samaj
B. Ram Krishna Mission
C. Brahmo Samaj
D. Prathna Samaj
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Who founded the 'All India Harijan Samaj' in 1932?
A. B R Ambedkar
B. Acharya Narendra Dev
C. Mahatma Gandhi
D. Jagjivan Ram
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__________ a notable disciple of Sree Narayana Guru introduced Guru's visions and ideals to the western world
A. Nataraja Guru
B. Kumaranasan
C. Chattambi Swamikal
D. K.Madhavan
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The founder of the 'Brahmo Samaj' was
A. Dayanand Saraswati
B. Ishwar Chandra Vidyasagar
C. Raja Ram Mohan Roy
D. Swami Vivekananda
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Which of the means adopted under Self Respect Movement?
I. Violent protests against upper classes
II. Undermine position of Brahmin priests by formalizing weddings without them
III. Boycott of temples and places of Brahmin residence
A. I and III
B. Only II
C. Only III
D. All the above
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Which of the following are the innovative means used by Ishwar Chandra Vidya Sagar to bring Sanskrit education to all?
A. Devised new Bengali primer
B. Brought new prose style
C. Both A & B
D. Continued the same method without any new innovation
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The sepoy mutiny of 1857 occurred during the Governor Generalship to
A. Break priestly monopoly of scriptural knowledge(Sanskrit) and opening to non- Brahmins
B. Charles wood dispatch on education, influenced it towards female education
C. Lady Hardinge medical college at Delhi
D. Both A and B
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Which of the following is not correct about Arya Samaj?
A. The Arya Samajists opposed child marriages and encouraged remarriage of widows
B. It was founded in 1875
C. Its main motive was to promote faith in one God
D. None of the above is correct
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Which of the following are the main reasons for failure of Young Bengal Movement?
I. Suppression by British new law
II. Did not involve peasant cause
III. Radicalism was bookish in character and did not develop links with masses
A. Only I
B. Only II
C. Both II and III
D. All the above
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Who was the prominent leader in Lucknow during the Revolt of 1857?
A. Begum Hazrat Mahal
B. Rani Laxmi Bai
C. Kuar Singh
D. Bahadur Shah Zafar
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