Cluster · Indian Social Reformers and Reform Movements
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In which of the following years was the Satya Shodhak Samaj founded ? [RPF SI 2024] pipeline-1179438
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gk | — | intermediate | |
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Who among the following founded the Widow Re-Marriage Association? [SSC MTS 2022] pipeline-1179402
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gk | — | intermediate | |
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Who among the following social reformers of British India was known as Lokhitwadi? [CONSTABLE EXE 2023] pipeline-1179403
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gk | — | intermediate | |
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RG Bhandarkar was a popular leader of which reformed society ? [SSC CGL 2023] pipeline-1179404
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gk | — | intermediate | |
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Who among the following reformers initially set up a school for girls in Calcutta ? [SSC MTS 2023] pipeline-1179407
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gk | — | intermediate | |
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Which social reformer founded the 'Brahmo Samaj" in 1828 and became famous for his pioneering role in advocating education and opposing practices like Sati, child marriage and social division? [RRC GROUP D] pipeline-1179408
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gk | — | intermediate | |
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Who among the following wrote Gulamgiri ? [SSC CPO 2024] pipeline-1179411
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gk | — | intermediate | |
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Who among the following reinterpreted verses from the Koran to argue for women’s education ? [RPF SI 2024] pipeline-1179412
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gk | — | intermediate | |
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Select the correct combination of personality and his/her associated organisation. [RRC GROUP D] pipeline-1179414
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gk | — | intermediate | |
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Who of the following founded the Atmiya Samaj? [SSC MTS ] pipeline-1179415
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gk | — | intermediate | |
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________ was founded by Dadoba Pandurang and his brother Atmaram Pandurang in 1867. [SSC MTS 2022] pipeline-1179417
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gk | — | intermediate | |
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Annie Besant founded the Central Hindu College at Banaras which she later handed over to ________. [RRC GROUP D] pipeline-1179418
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gk | — | intermediate | |
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The Young Bengal Movement was started by _________, who had come to Calcutta in 1826 and was appointed in the Hindu College as a teacher of English literature and History. [RRC GROUP D] pipeline-1179421
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gk | — | intermediate | |
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Who suggested the law that the British Government passed in 1856 to support widow remarriage? [SSC CGL 2024] pipeline-1179423
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gk | — | intermediate | |
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Who among the following established the Arya Samaj and in which year? [CONSTABLE EXE 2023] pipeline-1179425
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gk | — | intermediate | |
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Who among the following started the Satnami movement for the betterment of leather workers in Central India? [CONSTABLE EXE 2023] pipeline-1179429
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gk | — | intermediate | |
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Name the Bengali reformer and book writer who supported widow remarriage. [SSC GD 2022] pipeline-1179431
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gk | — | intermediate | |
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The Ramakrishna Mission stressed the ideal of____________ through social service and of selfless action. [SSC CGL 2022] pipeline-1179434
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gk | — | intermediate | |
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Who among the following was the pioneer of widow remarriages in Maharashtra and also started a girls' school in Poona along with his wife ? [SSC CPO 2024] pipeline-1179435
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gk | — | intermediate | |
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Maharshi Dayanand Saraswati founded the Arya Samaj organization in 1875 at which of the following places ? [SSC CHSL 2023] pipeline-1179437
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gk | — | intermediate | |
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Who among the following formed the Tattvabodhini Sabha in 1839? [SSC MTS ] pipeline-1179441
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gk | — | intermediate | |
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The founder of Brahmo Sabha was _________ . [SSC MTS 2022] pipeline-1179442
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gk | — | intermediate | |
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Veteran freedom fighter, social reformer and feminist Savithribai Phule hailed from which of the following states of India? [SSC CGL 2019] pipeline-1179443
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gk | — | intermediate | |
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Who among the following was a British reformer, a campaigner for women’s rights and a supporter of Indian nationalism? [NTPC CBT 2] pipeline-1179445
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gk | — | intermediate | |
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The Young Bengal Movement was founded by _____ . [SSC CHSL 2022] pipeline-1179446
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gk | — | intermediate | |
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Which of the following organisations is credited with writing literary pieces for the abolition of Sati Pratha? [SSC CGL 2023] pipeline-1179447
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gk | — | intermediate | |
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Samata Sainik Dal was formed in 1927 by whom among the following personalities? [SSC CGL 2024] pipeline-1179462
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gk | — | intermediate | |
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Which of the following institutes was founded by MG Ranade and GV Joshi ? [SSC MTS 2023] pipeline-1179463
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gk | — | intermediate | |
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Who among the following was NOT associated with ‘Servants of India Society' ? [RPF SI 2024] pipeline-1179464
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gk | — | intermediate | |
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Which of the following was established in Bombay in 1875? [SSC CGL 2023] pipeline-1179466
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gk | — | intermediate | |
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Gadadhar Chattopadhyay was the name of ________. [RRB NTPC CBT] pipeline-1179468
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gk | — | intermediate | |
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Who among the following is primarily connected to the World's Parliament of Religions convened in Chicago, 1893? [SSC CGL 2024] pipeline-1179470
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gk | — | intermediate | |
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Which of the following reforming societies believed Vedas to be the fountain of all the knowledge? [SSC CGL 2023] pipeline-1179472
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gk | — | intermediate | |
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As a reaction to the Muslim fundamentalism, the Hindu Mahasabha was founded in which of the following years ? [RPF SI 2024] pipeline-1179475
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gk | — | intermediate | |
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Swami Dayanand Saraswati founded the _____________, an organisation that attempted to reform Hinduism. [SSC GD 2022] pipeline-1179476
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gk | — | intermediate | |
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Annie Besant was associated with which of the following socio-religious movement? [SSC MTS 2022] pipeline-1179477
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gk | — | intermediate | |
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Which of the following statements about Swami Dayanand Saraswati is INCORRECT? [SSC CGL 2020] pipeline-1179479
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gk | — | intermediate | |
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Who founded the Arya Samaj and pleaded for the right of individuals to interpret Vedas and free themselves from the tyranny of priests? [SSC CHSL 2023] pipeline-1179481
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gk | — | intermediate | |
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Shuddhi movement was initiated by which of the following organisations? [SSC MTS 2024] pipeline-1179485
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gk | — | intermediate | |
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Ramakrishna Gopal Bhandarkar and Mahadev Govind Ranade carried out their work of religious reforms in Maharashtra through which of the following organisations? [SSC CGL 2023] pipeline-1179487
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gk | — | intermediate | |
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Which of the following organizations founded in 1875 opposes idol worship and supports the infallibility of the Vedas ? [CONSTABLE EXE 2023] pipeline-1179488
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gk | — | intermediate | |
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'The service of mankind is a means to salvation'. This slogan was propounded by Gangadhar Chattopadhyay. He was associated with _______ [RPF SI 2024] pipeline-1179489
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gk | — | intermediate | |
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In the year ______the Parmahansa Mandali was founded in Poona, Satara and other towns of Maharashtra. [NTPC CBT 2] pipeline-1179490
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gk | — | intermediate | |
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Who founded the Prarthana Samaj in Mumbai in 1867? [SSC CGL 2024] pipeline-1179492
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gk | — | intermediate | |
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The Paramhans Mandali was founded in 1840 at_________ to work for the abolition of caste . [SSC CGL 2022] pipeline-1179493
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gk | — | intermediate | |
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The ______________ was started by the Sikh reformers to purify their religious places by removing the evil social practices that had slowly crept into them. [SSC MTS 2022] pipeline-1179494
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gk | — | intermediate | |
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Who among the following emphasised and propagated that the ‘Vedanta was the religion of all and NOT of the Hindus alone’? [RPF SI 2024] pipeline-1179495
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gk | — | intermediate | |
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Which of the following movements was founded in Bengal ? [SSC MTS 2023] pipeline-1179501
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gk | — | intermediate | |
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Who founded the Theosophical Society in New York in 1875? [SSC CGL 2024] pipeline-1179496
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gk | — | intermediate | |
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___________ played a major role in the revival of Hinduism and the spread of his interpretation of Advaita Vedanta Known as ‘Neo-Vedanta’ in the West. [RRC GROUP D] pipeline-1179497
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gk | — | intermediate |