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Religious reforms movements & association - Test Set 2

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  1. Question 1

    TNPSC Group 2A
    Who among the following established the Madras Hindu Association in 1882?
    1. K.T. Telang
    2. Veeresalingam Pantulu
    3. Subramania Iyer
    4. Annie Besant
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  2. Question 2

    SSC CHSL 2020
    Who introduced the Widow Remarriage Act in British India?
    1. Lord Dalhousie
    2. Lord Canning
    3. Lord Hardinge
    4. Lord Ripon
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  3. Question 3

    SSC CGL 2018
    The Aligarh Muslim University developed out of which institution?
    1. Jamia Millia Islamia
    2. Muhammadan Anglo-Oriental College
    3. Darul Uloom Deoband
    4. Nadwatul Ulama
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  4. Question 4

    MPSC 2020
    Who among the following first used the term "Dalit"?
    1. Mahatma Gandhi
    2. Jyotiba Phule
    3. B.R. Ambedkar
    4. Kanshi Ram
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  5. Question 5

    UPSC CDS 2021
    The Brahmo Samaj was founded in:
    1. 1828
    2. 1830
    3. 1857
    4. 1875
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  6. Question 6

    WBCS Prelims 2020
    What was the Act III, 1872?
    1. Social Reform Act
    2. Jury Act
    3. Revenue Act
    4. Executive Act
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  7. Question 7

    WBCS Prelims 2016
    Which religious reforms movements of the following influenced nationalism in India?
    1. Brahmo Samaj
    2. Arya Samaj
    3. Ramakrishna Mission
    4. All of the above
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  8. Question 8

    WBCS Prelims 2015
    The Arya Samaj at Bombay was founded in
    1. 1870
    2. 1875
    3. 1876
    4. 1880
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  9. Question 9

    WBCS Prelims 2013
    In which year was the Widow-remarriage Act passed?
    1. 1829
    2. 1833
    3. 1856
    4. 1890
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  10. Question 10

    WBCS Prelims 2011
    Who was the main inspiration of the Young Bengal movement?
    1. Raja Rammohan Roy
    2. L. V. Derozio
    3. Debendranath Tagore
    4. David Hare
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  11. Question 11

    WBCS Prelims 2010
    Who is called A Traditional Modernizer?
    1. Vidyasagar
    2. Swami Vivekananda
    3. Rammohan Roy
    4. B. G. Tilak
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  12. Question 12

    WBCS Prelims 2010
    Prohibition of Sati was enacted by Regulation XVII in year
    1. 1829
    2. 1830
    3. 1835
    4. None of the above
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  13. Question 13

    WBCS Prelims 2008
    Who is known as the Father of Modern India?
    1. Rammohan Roy
    2. Jawaharlal Nehru
    3. Mahatma Gandhi
    4. W. C. Bannerjee
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  14. Question 14

    WBCS Prelims 2008
    Who initiated regeneration of Indian Muslims in the 19th century?
    1. Syed Ahmed Khan
    2. Nawab Salim Ullah
    3. Badsha Khan
    4. Abul Kalam Azad
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  15. Question 15

    WBCS Prelims 2007
    When did the Akali Movement start?
    1. 1901
    2. 1911
    3. 1921
    4. 1931
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  16. Question 16

    WBCS Prelims 2006
    When was the 'Parliament of Religious' organised at Chicago?
    1. 1893
    2. 1896
    3. 1897
    4. 1885
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  17. Question 17

    WBCS Prelims 2006
    Who is regarded as one of the greatest spolesman of Hindu Revivalism?
    1. Dayanand Saraswati
    2. Swami Vivekananda
    3. Lala Hansaraj
    4. Rammohan Roy
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  18. Question 18

    WBCS Prelims 2022
    Who was the founder of 'Anushilan Samity' ?
    1. Ashwini Kumar Dutta
    2. Bipin Chandra Pal
    3. Aurobindo Ghosh
    4. Pramathanath Mitra
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  19. Question 19

    WBCS Prelims 2022
    Who was the founder of Tattwabodhini Sabha in Bengal?
    1. Dadoba Pandurang
    2. Debendranath Tagore
    3. Radha Kanta Deb
    4. Keshab Chandra Sen
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  20. Question 20

    WBCS Prelims 2022
    Who was the first president of the All India Kishan Sabha?
    1. Swami Sahajanand Saraswati
    2. N. G. Ranga
    3. Jawaharlal Nehru
    4. Jaya Prakash Narayan
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