Social and Religious Reform Movement MCQs with Answers Set 3

Question 1. What was the minimum marriageable age fixed under Sharda Act for boys and girls?

(A) 16 and 22

(B) 15 and 21

(C) 14 and 18

(D) 12 and 16

Question 2. Sharda Act related to_______.

(A) Prevention of tribal marriage

(B) Prevention of widow marriage

(C) Prevention of intercaste marriage

(D) Prevention of child marriage

Question 3. Who founded the ‘Theosophical Society’?

(A) Swami Vivekananda

(B) Mahatma Gandhi

(C) Raja Ram Mohan Roy

(D) Madame H.P. Blavatsky

Question 4. The success of the Theosophical Society in India was mainly due to__________.

(A) M.M. Malviya

(B) Sir William Crook

(C) Colonel H.S. Alcott

(D)Annie Besant

Question 5. Which one of the following pairs is not correctly matched?

(A) Mahadev Govind Ranade – Theosophical Society

(B) Swami Vivekananda – Ram Krishna Mission

(C) Swami Dayanand Saraswati – Arya Samaj

(D) Raja Ram Mohan Roy – Brahma Samaj

Question 6. Which of the following pairs is not correctly matched?

(A) Arya Samaj – Dayanand Saraswati

(B) Brahmo Samaj – Raja Ram Mohan Roy

(C) Ram Krishna Mission – Ram Krishna Paramhansa

(D) Theosophical Society – Annie Besant

Question 7. Which one of the following is not correctly matched?

(A) Radhaswami Satsang – Tulsi Ram

(B) Brahmo Samaj of India – Keshab Chandra Sen

(C) Atmiya Sabha – Debendra Nath Tagore

(D) Prarthana Samaj – Dr. Atmaram Pandurang

Question 8. Which one of the following is correctly matched?

(A) The Servants of India Society – Gopal Krishna Gokhale

(B) The Satya Shodhak Samaj – Devendra Nath Tagore

(C) Tattvabodhini Sabha – Keshav Chandra Sen

(D) Brahmo Samaj of India – Raja Ram Mohan Roy

Question 9. M.C. Setalvad, B.N. Rao and Alladi Krishnaswamy Iyer were distinguished members of the________.

(A)  Servants of India Society

(B) Madras Labour Union

(C) All India National Liberal Federation

(D) Swaraj Party

Question 10. ‘Servants of India Society’ was founded by_________.

(A) Lala Lajpat Rai

(B) Dadabhai Naoroji

(C) Gopal Krishna Gokhale

(D) Ishwar Chandra Vidyasagar

Question 11. Who was the founder of Bahujan Samaj?

(A) B.R. Shinde

(B) Dr. B.R. Ambedkar

(C) Mukund Rao Patil

(D) Sri Narayan Guru

Question 12. Which of the following statements is/are correct regarding Brahmo Samaj?

1. It opposed idolatry.
2. It denied the need for a priestly class for interpreting the religious texts.
3. It popularized the doctrine that the Vedas are infallible.

Select the correct answer using the code given below.

(A) 1, 2 and 3

(B) Only 3

(C) 1 and 2

(D) Only 1

Question 13. Consider the following statements.

1. Arya Samaj was founded in  1835.
2. Lala Lajpat Rai opposed the appeal of Arya Samaj to the authority of Vedas in support of its social reform programme.
3. Under Keshab Chandra Sen, the Brahmo Samaj campaigned for women’s education.
4. Vinoba Bhave founded the Sarvodaya Samaj to work among refugees.

Which of these statements are correct? 

(A) 3 and 4

(B) 2 and 4

(C) 2 and 3

(D) 1 and 2

Question 14. Which of the following Act was passed in 1856?

1. Religious Disabilities Act
2. Sati Prohibition Act
3. Hindu Widow Remarriage Act
4. Principle to grab state

Choose the correct option from the code given below.

(A) 1, 2 and 4

(B) 3 and 4

(C) 1 and 3

(D) 1 and 2

Question 15. Read the following statements carefully.

1. Brahmo Samaj supported monotheism.
2. Arya Samaj contributed for the development of education.
3. Swami Vivekananda founded Ram Krishna Mission.

Answer on the basis of following code. 

(A) 2 and 3 are true

(B) 1 and 3 are true

(C) 1 and 2 are true

(D) 1, 2 and 3 are true

Question 16. Consider the following statements.

• Assertion (A): Socio-religious movements of the 19th century resulted in the modernization of India.
• Reason (R): Rationalism, scientific temper and other such ideas which are the basis of modernization were at the core of the socio-religious movements.

Select the correct answer from the code given below.

(A) Both (A) and (R) are true, but (R) is not the correct explanation of (A)

(B) (A) is true, but (R) is false

(C) Both (A) and (R) are true and (R) is the correct explanation of (A)

(D)  (R) is true, but (A) is false

Question 17. Arrange the following in a chronological order.

1. Tulsidas
2. Raja Ram Mohan Roy
3. Swami Vivekananda
4. Dayanand Saraswati

(A) 2 3 4 1

(B) 2 1 3 4

(C) 1 2 4 3

(D) 1 2 3 4

Question 18. Find the correct matches in List I and II in the alternatives given thereunder. 

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Question 19. Which category of population were primarily attracted by Religious reform movements of the nineteenth century?

1. Intellectuals
2. Urban upper castes
3. Poor ordinariness class
4. Liberal princes

Choose your answer from given code. 

(A) 1, 2 and 4

(B) 1, 2 and 3

(C) 1 and 2

(D) Only 1

Question 20. ‘Hali System’ concerned__________.

(A)Illiteracy

(B) Untouchability

(C) Exploitation of peasants

(D) Bonded labour

Question 21. The Tarkeshwar Movement of 1924 in Bengal was against__________.

(A) Communalism

(B) Arrest of political leaders

(C) Violence

(D) Corruption in temples

Question 22. The Deoband Movement in U.P. (United Province) started in the year_________.

(A) 1866 A.D.

(B) 1885 A.D.

(C) 1888 A.D.

(D) 1900 A.D.

Question 23. ‘Dar-ul-Ulum’ was established by__________.

(A) Maulana Ahmad Riza Khan

(B) Maulavi Abdullah Chakralavi

(C) Maulavi Hussain Ahmad

(D) Maulana Shibli Numani

Question 24. Which of the following statement is not correct? 

(A) Mahatma Gandhi was born in Gandhinagar

(B) Swami Dayanand founded Arya Samaj

(C) The International headquarter of Theosophical society is in Madras

(D) Dr. Annie Besant was a Theosophist

Question 25. Which was common among Brahmo Samaj, Ram Krishna Mission and Arya Samaj?

(A) Founder of all the three took active part in politics

(B) Founder of all the three was educated in England

(C) All the three originated from Bengal

(D) None of these three had a political mission, but they helped to develop a spirit of patriotism

Question 26. The women’s movement in India started largely under inspiration of__________.

(A) Jyotiba Phule

(B) Sarojini Naidu

(C) Annie Besant

(D) Padmabai Ranaday

Question 27. Who among the following social reformers was known for proficiency in the Sanskrit language?

(A)Dayanand Saraswati

(B) Raja Ram Mohan Roy

(C) Iswar Chandra Vidyasagar

(D) All of the above

Question 28. Which one of the following is not correctly matched?

(A) Vivekananda – Ram Krishna Mission

(B) Raja Ram Mohan Roy – Adi Brahma Samaj

(C) Dayanand Saraswati – Arya Samaj

(D) A. Pandurang – Prarthana Samaj

Question 29. Who said that ‘If God were to tolerate untouchability, I would not recognize him as God at all’?

(A) Mahatma Gandhi

(B) Lala Lajpat Rai

(C) Bal Gangadhar Tilak

(D) B.R. Ambedkar

Question 30. Who put the demand of right to enter into the temples that caused a terrible riot in Tirunevali in 1899?

(A) Pali

(B) Mahar

(C) Nadars

(D) Okalinga