UPSC Modern Indian History – Chapter 10: Socio-Religious Reform Movements (25 MCQs)

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UPSC Modern Indian History – Chapter 10: Socio-Religious Reform Movements (25 MCQs) – 25 questions, subject: History. Every question has the correct answer with a one-line explanation; tap "Show Answer". Free practice for TNPSC, UPSC, SSC, Bank and RRB exams – Shanmugam IAS Academy, Coimbatore.

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1.  

The Atmiya Sabha (1815) was founded by:

Correct Answer: D [Raja Ram Mohan Roy]

Explanation:

Ram Mohan Roy set up the Atmiya Sabha in Calcutta in 1815 for discussion of monotheism, the forerunner of the Brahmo Sabha.

2.  

Sati was declared illegal in 1829 by:

Correct Answer: C [Lord William Bentinck]

Explanation:

Lord William Bentinck declared sati illegal and punishable in 1829 by Regulation XVII, supported by Raja Ram Mohan Roy's campaign.

3.  

The Tattvabodhini Sabha (1839) was founded by:

Correct Answer: D [Debendranath Tagore]

Explanation:

Debendranath Tagore founded the Tattvabodhini Sabha in 1839 and through it revived Ram Mohan Roy's Brahmo Samaj.

4.  

The Hindu Widows' Remarriage Act (1856) followed the campaign of:

Correct Answer: C [Ishwar Chandra Vidyasagar]

Explanation:

Vidyasagar, principal of the Sanskrit College, led the petition campaign that produced the Hindu Widows' Remarriage Act of 1856.

5.  

Satyarth Prakash was written by:

Correct Answer: D [Swami Dayanand Saraswati]

Explanation:

Dayanand Saraswati wrote Satyarth Prakash, which carried his call 'Back to the Vedas' and the Arya Samaj's ideas.

6.  

The Prarthana Samaj was founded in 1867 at Bombay by:

Correct Answer: B [Atmaram Pandurang]

Explanation:

Atmaram Pandurang founded the Prarthana Samaj at Bombay in 1867; Ranade and Bhandarkar joined and led it later.

7.  

The Ramakrishna Mission was founded in:

Correct Answer: C [1897]

Explanation:

Swami Vivekananda founded the Ramakrishna Mission in 1897, after returning from the West, for social service.

8.  

The Mohammedan Anglo-Oriental College was founded by:

Correct Answer: B [Sir Syed Ahmad Khan]

Explanation:

founded as a school in 1875; it became the MAO College in 1877.

9.  

The Theosophical Society was founded in 1875 in:

Correct Answer: A [New York]

Explanation:

Madame Blavatsky and Colonel Olcott founded the Theosophical Society in New York in 1875.

10.  

Consider the following about the Arya Samaj:

1. It was founded by Swami Dayanand Saraswati in 1875.
2. It supported idol worship and caste by birth.
3. It started the shuddhi movement.

Which of the statements given above are correct?

Correct Answer: B [1 and 3 only]

Explanation:

Dayanand founded the Arya Samaj in 1875 and it started shuddhi; it opposed idolatry and caste by birth, so statement 2 fails.

11.  

Assertion (A): Followers of Keshab Chandra Sen left him and formed the Sadharan Brahmo Samaj in 1878.

Reason (R): Keshab married his under-age daughter to the prince of Cooch Behar, against the reform he had preached.

Correct Answer: A [Both A and R are true, and R is the correct explanation of A]

Explanation:

Both are true, and the Cooch Behar child marriage is exactly why Keshab's followers broke away to form the Sadharan Brahmo Samaj.

12.  

The Age of Consent Act (1891) followed a campaign led by:

Correct Answer: B [B.M. Malabari]

Explanation:

Behramji Malabari campaigned against child marriage; his agitation led to the Age of Consent Act of 1891, raising the age to 12.

13.  

The "Young Bengal" movement was inspired by:

Correct Answer: C [Henry Vivian Derozio]

Explanation:

Derozio, a teacher at Hindu College, inspired his students to question old customs freely; they became the Young Bengal group.

14.  

The Deoband movement was:

Correct Answer: A [a revivalist movement for traditional Islamic learning]

Explanation:

The Deoband school (1866) of Nanautavi and Gangohi was revivalist, promoting traditional Islamic learning and an anti-British outlook.

15.  

The Rahnumai Mazdayasnan Sabha (1851) worked for reform among the:

Correct Answer: D [Parsis]

Explanation:

Founded in 1851 by Naoroji Furdonji, Dadabhai Naoroji and others, it worked for Parsi religious reform and women's education.

16.  

Swami Vivekananda addressed the Parliament of Religions at Chicago in:

Correct Answer: B [1893]

Explanation:

Vivekananda addressed the Parliament of the World's Religions at Chicago in September 1893.

17.  

Arrange the following in chronological order:

1. Arya Samaj
2. Brahmo Sabha
3. Ramakrishna Mission
4. Prarthana Samaj

Select the correct answer:

Correct Answer: C [2-4-1-3]

Explanation:

Order: Brahmo Sabha (1828) → Prarthana Samaj (1867) → Arya Samaj (1875) → Ramakrishna Mission (1897).

18.  

Which of the following were associated with Raja Ram Mohan Roy?

1. Atmiya Sabha
2. Tuhfat-ul-Muwahhidin
3. Satyashodhak Samaj

Select the correct answer using the code given below:

Correct Answer: D [1 and 2 only]

Explanation:

Raja Ram Mohan Roy founded the Atmiya Sabha and wrote Tuhfat-ul-Muwahhidin, but the Satyashodhak Samaj was Jyotiba Phule's.

19.  

The Singh Sabha movement (1873) began at:

Correct Answer: A [Amritsar]

Explanation:

The first Singh Sabha was set up at Amritsar in 1873 to reform Sikh practice and spread education.

20.  

The split in the Arya Samaj after Dayanand's death was mainly over:

Correct Answer: B [the system of education – DAV schools or Gurukul]

Explanation:

After Dayanand's death the Samaj divided between the DAV (Anglo-Vedic) school group and the Gurukul group led by Shraddhanand.

21.  
UPSC Prelims 2025

Consider the following statements about Raja Ram Mohan Roy:

I. He possessed great love and respect for the traditional philosophical systems of the East.

II. He desired his countrymen to accept the rational and scientific approach and the principle of human dignity and social equality of all men and women.

Which of the statements given above is/are correct?

Correct Answer: C [Both I and II]

Explanation:

he combined respect for Eastern thought with a rational, modern outlook.

22.  
UPSC Prelims 2021

With reference to Madanapalle of Andhra Pradesh, which one of the following statements is correct?

Correct Answer: C [Rabindranath Tagore translated the National Anthem from Bengali to English here.]

Explanation:

Tagore translated Jana Gana Mana into English as 'The Morning Song of India' at Besant Theosophical College, Madanapalle, in 1919.

23.  
UPSC Prelims 2018

Which among the following events happened earliest?

Correct Answer: B [Dinabandhu Mitra wrote Neel Darpan.]

Explanation:

Neel Darpan (1858–59) came earliest, before Satyendranath Tagore's ICS success (1863), the Arya Samaj (1875) and Anandmath (1882).

24.  
UPSC Prelims 2016

Consider the following:

1. Calcutta Unitarian Committee
2. Tabernacle of New Dispensation
3. Indian Reform Association

Keshab Chandra Sen is associated with the establishment of which of the above?

Correct Answer: B [2 and 3 only]

Explanation:

Keshab founded the Indian Reform Association (1870) and the Church of the New Dispensation (1880); the Unitarian Committee was Roy's.

25.  
UPSC Prelims 2013

Annie Besant was:

1. Responsible for starting the Home Rule Movement.
2. The founder of the Theosophical Society.
3. Once the President of the Indian National Congress.

Select the correct statement/statements using the code given below:

Correct Answer: C [1 and 3 only]

Explanation:

Besant started the Home Rule League (1916) and presided over the 1917 Calcutta Congress, but did not found the Theosophical Society.

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