Socio-Religious Reform Movements MCQs

While Statement 1 is correct, Statement 2 is also correct. Roy championed rationalism and social equality alongside his respect for Eastern traditions.

While Statement 2 is correct, Statement 1 is also correct. Roy deeply studied and respected Vedantic philosophy, the Upanishads, and other Eastern thought systems.

Both statements are well-established facts about Raja Ram Mohan Roy's intellectual and reformist outlook.

Dr. B. R. Ambedkar led the Dalit movement and founded several political organisations, but the Self-Respect Movement was specifically launched by Periyar in Tamil Nadu.

Bhaskarrao Jadhav was a social reformer associated with the non-Brahmin movement in Maharashtra but did not found the Self-Respect Movement.

Dinkarrao Javalkar was not the founder of the Self-Respect Movement. Periyar is universally credited with launching this movement.

Annie Besant was associated with the Theosophical Society and the Home Rule Movement. She was not connected with the Bethune Female School.

Debendranath Tagore was a leader of the Brahmo Samaj and father of Rabindranath Tagore, but he was not secretary of the Bethune Female School.

Sarojini Naidu was a freedom fighter and poet active in the early twentieth century. She had no connection with the Bethune Female School established in the mid-nineteenth century.

Jyotiba Phule was a major social reformer who founded the Satya Shodhak Samaj and wrote Gulamgiri, but he did not publish Vital-Vidhwansak.

Gandhi published the journal Harijan starting in 1933, not Vital-Vidhwansak. His engagement with untouchability came later than Walangkar's efforts.

Ambedkar published the newspaper Mook Nayak (1920) and Bahishkrut Bharat, but Vital-Vidhwansak was published by Walangkar, who preceded Ambedkar in anti-caste activism.

While Pair 1 is correct, Pairs 2 and 3 are also correctly matched, making this answer incomplete.

While Pairs 1 and 2 are correct, Pair 3 is also correct. Periyar E.V. Ramaswami did found the Self-Respect Movement.

While Pairs 2 and 3 are correct, Pair 1 is also correct. Gandhi founded the All India Anti-Untouchability League (later Harijan Sevak Sangh) in 1932.

The Calcutta Unitarian Committee was established by Raja Rammohan Roy and William Adam, not by Keshab Chandra Sen.

While Keshab Chandra Sen did establish the Indian Reform Association, he was also associated with the Tabernacle of New Dispensation, making this answer incomplete.

The Calcutta Unitarian Committee was founded by Raja Rammohan Roy in association with William Adam around 1821, before Keshab Chandra Sen was born (1838).

The Satya Shodhak Samaj was not active in Bihar and was not focused specifically on tribal upliftment.

The Satya Shodhak Samaj was not based in Gujarat and did not primarily organise temple-entry movements.

The Satya Shodhak Samaj operated in Maharashtra, not Punjab, and its focus was caste reform rather than peasant agitation.

The National Social Conference was not a Bengal-specific body nor was it formed by uniting regional organizations. It operated at a national level alongside the Congress.

While M.G. Ranade was a key figure in the National Social Conference, Behramji Malabari was more associated with the Age of Consent agitation. The reason for formation was the Congress's deliberate exclusion of social reform from its agenda.

Statement (b) is correct. The Congress's decision to avoid social reform topics necessitated the creation of a separate body.

The Peasants and Workers Party of India was not founded by Ambedkar. It was established by other socialist leaders in Maharashtra.

While Statement 3 is correct, Statement 1 is wrong. The Peasants and Workers Party was not Ambedkar's creation.

Statement 1 is incorrect. The Peasants and Workers Party of India was not founded by Ambedkar.

This is incomplete. Statement 2 is also correct as the Brahmo Samaj rejected the necessity of priestly intermediaries for accessing religious truth.

Statement 3 is incorrect. The Brahmo Samaj under Rammohan Roy drew from the Upanishads but did not propagate Vedic infallibility. The Arya Samaj under Dayanand Saraswati championed that position.

Statement 3 is false. The Brahmo Samaj's rationalist approach actually questioned scriptural infallibility rather than promoting it.

Derozio was a young teacher at Hindu College who inspired the Young Bengal Movement, but he did not establish the college. He joined as a lecturer after its founding.

Vidyasagar was associated with Sanskrit College and later Bethune School for women's education. He was not involved in founding Hindu College.

Keshab Chandra Sen was a leader of the Brahmo Samaj movement and was born in 1838, well after Hindu College was established in 1817.

This is incomplete. Statement 2 is also correct as Bankim Chandra Chattopadhyay was indeed among the first graduates of Calcutta University in 1858.

Statement 3 is incorrect. The anti-Sati campaign was led by Raja Rammohan Roy, not Keshab Chandra Sen. Keshab Chandra Sen was born in 1838, well after Sati was banned in 1829.

Statement 3 is false. Keshab Chandra Sen had no role in the campaign against Sati. That was Raja Rammohan Roy's achievement.