Socio-Religious Movements In 19th Century MCQ & Answers
19th Century Multiple Choice Questions & Answers
1. Who founded Atmiya Sabha ?
(A) Raja Ram Mohan Roy
(B) Vivekananda
(C) Dayananda Saraswati
(D) Ram Krushna Paramahansa
ANSWERS : A
2. Who used to say “Back to Vedas”?
(A) Raja Ram Mohan Roy
(B) Vivekananda
(C) Dayananda Saraswati
(D) Ram Krushna Paramhansa
ANSWERS : C
3. Who was the Moming Star of renascent India?
(A) Ram Mohan Roy
(B) Dayananda Saraswati
(C) Vivekananda
(D) Iswar Chandra Vidya Sagar
ANSWERS : A
4. Who was the first reformer advocated about Monotheism (believe in one God)?
(A) Ram Mohan Roy
(B) Vivekananda
(C) Dayananda Saraswati
(D) Annie Besant
ANSWERS : A
5. Which reformer did raise his voice against the practice of sati?
(A) Ram Mohan Roy
(B) Vivekananda
(C) Dayananda Saraswati
(D) Ishwar Chandra Vidyasagar
ANSWERS : A
6. Who published ‘The Sambad Kaumudi’?
(A) Ram Mohan Roy
(B) Vivekananda
(C) Dayananda Saraswati
(D) Ishwar Chandra Vidyasagar
ANSWERS : A
7. Which reformer is popularly known as “The Morning Star’?
(A) Ram Mohan Roy
(B) Vivekananda
(C) Dayananda Saraswati
(D) Iswar Chandra Vidya Sagar
ANSWERS : A
8. Who supported English education in India?
(A) Ram Mohan Roy
(B) Both Ram Mohan Roy and Dayananda
(C) Dayananda Saraswati
(D) Ishwar Chandra & Dayananda
ANSWERS : A
9. Who founded “Tattavabodhini Sabha”?
(A) Debendranath Tagore
(B) Annie Besant
(C) Iswar Chandra Vidyasagar
(D) M.G. Ranade
ANSWERS : A
10. Who founded ‘Sarvajanik Sabha’?
(A) Mahadev Govind Ranade
(B) Hari Deshmukh
(C) Keshab Chandra Sen
(D) Jambhekar
ANSWERS : A
11. Who founded the ‘Paramahansa Sabha’?
(A) Gopal Hari Deshmukh
(B) Jambhekar
(C) Jyotiba Phule
(D) Dadoba
ANSWERS : A
12. Which reformer put forth his views in his book ‘Ghulam-giri’?
(A) Shradhalu Naidu
(B) V.V. Derzio
(C) Atma Ram Pandurang
(D) Jyotiba Phule
ANSWERS : D
13. Which reformer is familiarly known as Socrates of Maharastra ?
(A) M.G. Ranade
(B) Gopal Hari Deshmukh
(C) Keshab Chandra Sen
(D) Jambhakar
ANSWERS : A
14. Who was the pioneer of the Intellectual Movement in Maharastra ?
(A) Jambhekar
(B) Dadoba
(C) M.G. Ranade
(D) Keshab Chandra Sen
ANSWERS : A
15. Which reformer of Maharastra betterly known as Lokahitwadi ?
(A) M.G. Ranade
(B) Jyotiba Phule
(C) Keshab Chandra Sen
(D) Gopal Hari Deshmukh
ANSWERS : D
16. Who advocated for Widow re-marriage?
(A) Ishwar Chandra Bidyasagar
(B) Jyotiba Phule
(C) M.G. Ranade
(D) V.V. Derzio
ANSWERS : A
17. Who advocated for Female emancipation ?
(A) M.G. Ranade
(B) Keshab Chandra Sen
(C) Jyotiba Phule
(D) Gopal Hari Deshmukh
ANSWERS : B
18. Who wrote ‘Satyarth-Prakash’?
(A) Dayananda Saraswati
(B) Vivekananda
(C) Ram Mohan Roy
(D) Devendranath Tagore
ANSWERS : A
19. What is known as Bible of Arya Samaj ?
(A) Vedas
(B) Prarthana Samaj
(C) Satyarth Prakash
(D) Ramkrushna Mission
ANSWERS : C
20. Which one is a Social Reform Movement in the south India?
(A) Veersalingam
(B) Satyath Prakash
(C) Arya Samaj
(D) Dev Samaj
ANSWERS : A
21. Who started ‘Suddhi Movement’?
(A) Ram Mohan Roy
(B) Ram Krushna Paramahansa
(C) Dayananda Saraswati
(D) Mahadev Govind Ranade
ANSWERS : C
22. Who put emphasis upon three stages of worship-Stuti, Prarthana and Upasana?
(A) Ram Mohan Roy
(B) Ramkrushna Paramahansa
(C) Dayananda Saraswati
(D) Vivekananda
ANSWERS : C
23. Arya Samaj was founded first at:
(A) Bombay
(B) Gujrat
(C) Calcutta
(D) Lahore
ANSWERS : A
24. Dayanand Anglo-Vedic school was founded by-e?
(A) Atma Ram Pandurang
(B) Lajpat Roy
(C) Mahatma Hansraj
(D) Keshab Chandra Sen
ANSWERS : C
25. Who was the Guru of Swami Dayananda Saraswati?
(A) Swami Virajananda
(B) Swami Ramananda
(C) Swami Nityananda
(D) Vallabha Charya
ANSWERS : A
26. Who gave a clarion call, “Arise, awake and stop not till the goal is reached.”?
(A) Swami Dayananda Saraswati
(B) Swami Vivekananda
(C) Raja Ram Mohan Roy
(D) Ram Krushna Paramhansa
ANSWERS : B
27. In which year Vivekananda electrified the world by his address at Chicago?
(A) 1793
(B) 1893
(C) 1993
(D) 1902
ANSWERS : B
28. Who put emphasis upon Jnanayoga, Rajayoga, Bhaktiyoga and Karmayoga?
(A) Vivekananda
(B) Ram Mohan Roy
(C) Dayananda Saraswati
(D) Ishwar Chandra Vidyasagar
ANSWERS : A
29. When did Vivekananda set up Ram Krushna Mission at Belur math?
(A) 1899
(C) 1902
(B) 1881
(D) 1863
ANSWERS : A
30. Rahnumai Mazdayasnan Sabha was a reform movement?
(A) Persi
(C) Sikh
(D) Muslim
ANSWERS : A
31. All India Women’s Conference was founded in the year-
(A) 1827
(B) 1887
(C) 1927
(D) 1882
ANSWERS : C
32. Radha Swami Satsang was founded in the year-
(A) 1881
(B) 1861
(C) 1871
(D) 1851
ANSWERS : B
33. Who founded ‘Surat Sabd Yoga’?
(A) Tulsi Ram
(B) Sahajananda Swami
(C) Siva Narayan Agnihotri
(D) Akalananda
ANSWERS : A
34. The Kartabhajas sect was founded by-
(A) Aulechand
(B) Siva Narayan Agnihotri
(C) Tulsi Ram
(D) Akalananda
ANSWERS : A
35. Who advocated for Widow Remarriage?
(A) Ishwar Chandra Vidyasagar
(B) Ram Mohan Roy
(C) Aulechand
(D) Tulsi Ram
ANSWERS : A
36. Who advocated for Emancipation of Women?
(A) Ishwar Chandra Vidyasagar
(B) Jyotiba Phule
(C) Tulsiram
(D) All the above.
ANSWERS : D
37. When did Dayananda Saraswati born?
(A) 1824
(B) 1836
(C) 1842
(D) 1839
ANSWERS : A
38. Who edited “Vedon ki Vyakhya”?
(A) Dayananda Saraswati
(B) Vivekananda
(C) Ram Mohan Roy
(D) Iswar Chandra Vidyasagar
ANSWERS : A
39. Whose actual name was Mool Shankar ?
(A) Swami Vivekananda
(B) Swami Dayananda Saraswati
(C) Raja Ram Mohan Roy
(D) Ishwar Chandra Vidyasagar
ANSWERS : B
40. Swami Dayananda Saraswati was born in the year-
(A) 1888
(B) 1829
(C) 1824
(D) 1836
ANSWERS : C
41. Who among the following reformer wasborn at Tankara ?
(A) Dayananda Saraswati
(B) Swami Vivekananda
(C) Ram Mohan Roy
(D) Ishwar Chandra Vidyasagar
ANSWERS : A
42. Swami Dayananda Saraswati was died in the year-
(A) 1824
(B) 1888
(C) 1883
(D) 1893
ANSWERS : C
43. Swami Dayananda Saraswati died at-
(A) Tankara
(B) Almora
(C) Mathura
(D) Ajmer
ANSWERS : D
44. Which social reformer’s period was between 1824-1883?
(A) Dayananda Saraswati
(B) Vivekananda
(C) Ram Mohan Roy
(D) Ramkrushna Paramhansa
ANSWERS : A
45. Where was the birth place of Iswar Chandra Vidyasagar?
(A) Nadia
(B) Beer Singh
(C) Tankara
(D) Almora
ANSWERS : B
46. Which one of the following was the period of Ishwar Chandra Vidyasagar?
(A) 1826-1866
(B) 1826-1891
(C) 1826-1872
(D) 1826-1889
ANSWERS : B
47. Who edited ‘Somprakash’?
(A) Dayananda Saraswati
(B) Ishwar Chandra Vidyasagar
(C) Jyotiba Phule
(D) Jai Prakash Narayan
ANSWERS : B
48. Ishwar Chandra Vidyasagar died in the year-
(A) 1826
(B) 1889
(C) 1891
(D) 1872
ANSWERS : C
49. When did Jyotiba Phule born?
(A) 1826
(B) 1827
(C) 1836
(D) 1844
ANSWERS : B
50. Where was the birth place of Jyotiba Phule ?
(A) Ram Nagar
(B) Poona
(C) Banaras
(D) Lucknow
ANSWERS : B
51. Jyotiba Phule was died in the year-
(A) 1880
(B) 1890
(C) 1827
(D) 1891
ANSWERS : B
52. When did Raja Ram Mohan Roy born?
(A) 1772
(C) 1776
(B) 1774
(D) 1777
ANSWERS : A
53. Where was Raja Ram Mohan Roy born?
(A) Radha Nagar
(B) Nawadip
(C) Katak
(D) Boolsar
ANSWERS : A
54. Who was the teacher of Raja Ram Mohan Roy?
(A) Ramananda
(B) Chaitanya
(C) Ramakrushna Paramahansa
(D) Jamin Benthum
ANSWERS : D
55. Who edited ‘Tuhfat-Ul-Muvahiddin’?
(A) Dayananda Saraswati
(B) Raja Ram Mohan Roy
(C) Govind Vallaba Pant
(D) Morarjee Desai
ANSWERS : B
56. Who was the author of the book ‘Vedanta Sutra’?
(A) Swami Vivekananda
(B) Raja Ram Mohan Roy
(C) Swami Dayananda
(D) Govind Vallaba Pant
ANSWERS : B
57. Whe founded the?
(A) MG. Ranade
(B) Gopal Krustra Gokhale
(C) Raja Ram Mohan Roy
(D) Vivekananda
ANSWERS : C
58. Raja Ram Mohan Roy died in the year
(A) 1824
(B) 1883
(C) 1836
(D) 1833
ANSWERS : D
59. Who colned Raja Ram Mohan Roy as the Father of Indian Renal Sance?
(A) Rabindra Nath Tagore
(B) Abanindra Nath Tagore
(C) Debendra Nath Tagore
(D) All of them
ANSWERS : A
60. Name two place where Arya Samaj was founded by Dayananda Saraswati?
(A) Poona and Lahore
(B) Bombay and Lahore
(C) Calcutta and Bombay
(D) Mumbai and Delhi
ANSWERS : B
61. When did Arya Samaj set up ?
(A) 1877
(B) 1875
(C) 1847
(D) 1888
ANSWERS : B
62. When did Brahma Samaj set up ?
(A) 1828
(B) 1833
(C) 1827
(D) 1834
ANSWERS : A
63. Who among the reformer has born at Nasik 7
(A) M.G. Ranade
(B) Vivekananda
(C) Keshab Chandra Sen
(D) Ram Krushna Paramahansa
ANSWERS : A
64. Which year M.G. Ranade was bom?
(A) 1942
(B) 1833
(C) 1842
(D) 1866
ANSWERS : C
65. Who founded Widow Remarriage Association?
(A) M.G. Ranade
(B) Jyotiba Phule
(C) IswarChandra
(D) Vivekananda
ANSWERS : A
66. What was the time period of M.G. Ranade?
(A) 1842-1900
(B) 1841-1900
(C) 1842-1899
(D) 1842-1901
ANSWERS : D
67. Who used to ‘Jiva is Siva- all living beings are God’?
(A) Ram Krushna Paramhansa
(B) M.G. Ranade
(C) Chaitanya
(D) Dayananda Saraswati
ANSWERS : A
68. Which reformer is regarded as Father of Renaissance in Western India?
(A) Mahadev Govinda Ranade
(B) Vivekananda
(C) K. T. Telang
(D) R. C. Deshmukh
ANSWERS : A
69. Which movement is known as Revivalist Movement?
(A) Ekka Movement
(B) Arya Samaj
(C) Theosophical Society
(D) Aligarh Movement
ANSWERS : B
70. Who founded Dayananda Anglo-Vedic college at Lahore ?
(A) Dayananda Saraswati
(B) Keshaba Chandra Sen
(C) M.G. Ranade
(D) Lala Hansraj
ANSWERS : D
71. Who edited ‘New India’ and ‘Common weal’?
(A) Nibedita
(B) Ahmad Khan
(C) Annie Besant
(D) R.N. Tagore
ANSWERS : C
72. In which state Deoband school was set up?
(A) Maharastra
(B) Uttar Pradesh
(C) Madhya Pradesh
(D) Odisha
ANSWERS : B
73.Who started Ahmadiya Movement?
(A) Mirza Ghulam Ahmad
(B) Rasid Ahmad
(C) Qasim Nanoti
(D) Sir Ahmad Khan
ANSWERS : A
74.Who founded’Hindu Balika Vidyalaya’?
(A) K. Natarajan
(B) Iswar Chandra Vidyasagar
(C) Jyotiba Phule
(D) Vivekananda
ANSWERS : B
75. In the passing of Widow Re-marriage Act (1856) which social reformer had the contribution during British period?
(A) Raja Ram Mohan Roy
(B) Ishwar Chandra Vidyasagar
(C) Dayananda Saraswati
(D) Swami Vivekananda
ANSWERS : B
76. Who among the following started movement in south India against Devadasi?
(A) Shradhalu Naidu
(B) Dr. Muthulakshmi Reddy
(C) Govinda Ranade
(D) V. V. Derzio
ANSWERS : B
77. Which social reformer contributed to pass Act for forbidding Polygamy and Polyandtry?
(A) Ishwar Chandra Vidyasagar
(B) Keshab Chandra Sen
(C) Muthulakshmi Reddi
(D) Jyotiba Phule
ANSWERS : B
78. Who edited ‘Indian Spectator’?
(A) B.M. Malabari
(B) Madan Mohan Malavya
(C) Veersalingam
(D) Sradhalu Naidu
ANSWERS : A
79. Sarada Act was passed in the year-
(A) 1928
(B) 1929
(C) 1935
(D) 1931
ANSWERS : B
80. Who started Faradi Movement among Persi
(A) Haji Shariat
(B) Dadu Miyan
(C) Qasim Nanotvi
(D) Ali Jownpuri
ANSWERS : B
81. Who was the First Muslim Social Reformer to show concem about the overall decline of Muslim in
(A) Sir Sayed Ahmed Khan
(B) Shah Wali-Ul-lah
(C) Shah Abdul Aziz
(D) Sayed Ahmed Shaheed
ANSWERS : A
82. Who was the first secretary of Brahmo Samaj ?
(A) Raja Ram Mohan Roy
(B) Devendra Nath Tagore
(C) Chandra Shekhar Deb
(D) Tarachand Chakravorty
ANSWERS : D
83. Who among the following was not associated with Prarthana Samaj?
(A) R. G. Bhandarkar
(B) Govinda Ranade
(C) Atma Ram Pandurang
(D) Ishwar Chandra Vidyasagar
ANSWERS : D
84. Who was the Guru of Swami Vivekananda?
(A) Ramakrushna Paramahansa
(B) Dayananda Saraswati
(C) Goswami Ayankar
(D) Ram Das
ANSWERS : A
85. Who among the following was not a Persi reformer ?
(A) N. Furdonji
(B) Dadabhai Nauroji
(C) K.R. Cama
(D) Tulsi Ram
ANSWERS : D
86. Who founded Brahma Samaj?
(A) Raja Ram Mohan Roy
(B) Jyotiba Fule
(C) Dayananda Saraswati
(D) M.G. Ranade
ANSWERS : A
87. Who founded Arya Samaj ?
(A) Raja Ram Mohan Roy
(B) Jyotiba Fule
(C) Dayananda Saraswati
(D) M.G. Ranade
ANSWERS : C
88. Who founded Ram Krishna Mission ?
(A) Ram Mohan Roy
(B) Vivekananda
(C) Dayananda Saraswati
(D) Ramkrushna Paramahansa
ANSWERS : B
89. Who founded Prarthana Samaj ?
(A) M.G. Ranade
(B) M.G. Ranade and Atma Ram Pandurang
(C) Atma Ram Pandurang
(D) H.V. Derozio
ANSWERS :B
90. Who founded Theosophical society?
(A) A.D. Hume
(B) Vir Selingam
(C) Colonel Akant and Madam Blavataski
(D) Sridharalu Naidu
ANSWERS : C
91. Who was the founder of Adi Brahma Samaj?
(A) Devendra Nath Tagore
(B) Jyotiba Fule
(C) Keshab Chandra Sen
(D) M. G. Ranade
ANSWERS : C
92. Who founded young Bengal Movement?
(A) Henry Vivian Derozio
(B) Devendra Nath Tagore
(C) M.G. Ranade
(D) Keshab Chandra Sen
ANSWERS : A
93. Who established Tattvabodhini Sabha ?
(A) Debendra Nath Tagore
(B) Iswarchandra Vidyasagar
(C) Atma Ram Pandurang
(D) M. G. Ranade
ANSWERS : A
94. Who established Rast Goftar (truth teller)?
(A) Debendra Nath Tagore
(B) K. R. Cama
(C) Firoz Shah Mehta
(D) Dadabhai Naoroji
ANSWERS : D
95. Who founded Namdhari (a socio-political sect)?
(A) Guru Ram Singh
(B) Dayal Das
(C) Rahnumai
(D) Firoz Shah Mehta
ANSWERS : A
96. Who founded Swami Narayan Sect?
(A) Sahajananda Swami
(B) Narayan Agnihotri
(C) Shradhalu Naidu
(D) Swami Nityananda
ANSWERS : A
97. Who popularised the movement Nirankari (Formless God)?
(A) Baba Dayal Das
(B) Guru Ramsingh
(C) Rahnumai
(D) K. R. Kama
ANSWERS : A
98. Who founded ‘Deva Samaj?
(A) Sahajananda Swami
(B) Siva-Narayan Agnihotri
(C) Dayananda Saraswati
(D) Saint Sradhalu Naidu
ANSWERS : A
99. Who founded Radha Swami Satsang?
(A) Tulsi Ram
(B) Baba Dayal Das
(C) Guru Ram Singh
(D) Rahnumai
ANSWERS : A
100. The Akali movement refers to which community?
(A) Muslims
(B) Sikhs
(C) Hindus
(D) Christian
ANSWERS : B
101. Who started/ founded Aligarh Movement?
(A) Sir Syed Ahmed Khan
(B) Guru Ram Singh
(C) Baba Dayal Das
(D) Atma Ram Pandurang
ANSWERS : A
102. Who studied Avesta (Religious scripture of the Parsi)?
(A) Firoz Shah Mehta
(B) Dada Bhai Naoroji
(C) K. R. Cama
(D) Dayal Das
ANSWERS : C
103. Where is Ram Krishna Mission located?
(A) Belur Math
(B) Amritsar
(C) Bombay
(D) Vellore
ANSWERS : A
104. Who among the following reformer used to say “India is no sick man. India is a giant who was asleep and who is now awake”?
(A) Vivekananda
(B) Dayananda Saraswati
(C) Anni Besant
(D) M.G. Ranade
ANSWERS : C
105. Which reformer is known as Father of Modern India?
(A) Raja Ram Mohan Roy
(B) Vivekananda
(C) Dayananda Saraswati
(D) Ram Krushna Paramahansa
ANSWERS : A