Social & Religious Movement Questions and Answers for Competitive Exam

Social & Religious Movement Questions and Answers for Competitive Exam

1. When was the Brahma Samaj founded? – 1828 AD
2. Brahma Samaj was established by whom and where? – in Calcutta, King Rammohan Rai
3. Which was the first movement of reform of Hinduism in modern India? – Brahma society
4. Which was the anti-organization of Brahma society which opposed Sati practice and other reforms? – Dharmas Sabha
5. Who was the founder of Dharmas Sabha? – Radhakant Dev
6. When did Sati practice end? – 1829 AD
7. Whose effort was the most at the end of Sati practice? – King Ram Mohan Rai
8. When was the Arya Samaj founded? – 1875 AD, Mumbai
9. Who founded Arya Samaj? – Swami Dayanand Saraswati
10. Against Arya Samaj – Religious rituals and idol worship
11. Who is considered the father of the Indian Renaissance in the 19th century? – King Rammohan Rai
12. Where was Rajaram Mohan Rai born? – Radhagar, District Vardhman
13. What was the original name of Swami Dayanand Saraswati? – Moolshankar
14. Who took over the reins of Brahma Samaj after King Rammohan Rai went to England? – Ramchand Vidhwagish
15. With whose efforts the Jade of Brahma Samaj spread to Uttar Pradesh, Punjab and Madras? – Keshavachandra Sen
16. 1815 AD Who established the ‘Self-House’ in Calcutta? – King Rammohan Rai
17. Raja Rammohan Rai and David Heer were associated with the organization? – Hindu College
18. When and where the Theosophical Society was founded? – 1875 AD, in New York
19. When and where the Theosophical Society was established in India? – 1882 AD, Adyar, Madras
20. Who composed Satyarth Prakash? – Dayanand Saraswati
21. Who gave the slogan of Lotos towards the Vedas? – Dayanand Saraswati
22. When was the Ramakrishna Mission established? – 1896-97 AD, Ballur (Calcutta)
23. Who established the Ramakrishna Mission? – Swami Vivekananda
24. Who ran the Aligarh movement? -> Sir Syed Ahmed Khan
25. Who laid the foundation of Aligarh Muslim University? – Sir Syed Ahmed Khan
26. Who was the leader of the youth Bengal movement? – Henry Vivian Derogio
27. Who was the establishment of Satya Puraskar Samaj? – Jyotiba Phule
28. Which religion reformer died out of India? – King Rammohan Rai
29. Where was the main center of the Wahhabi movement? – Patna
30. When was the slave practice declared illegal in India? – 1843 AD
31. By whom English education was arranged in India? – by William Bantink
32. The whole truth lies in the Vedas Whose statement is this? – Swami Dayanand Saraswati
33. Socrates of Maharashtra is called? – Mahadev Govind Ranade
34. Where Vivekananda became famous at the World Religion Conference? – Chicago
35. Who was the editor of the letter’Dialogue Koumudi’- Raja Rammohan Rai
36. Elements Ranjini Sabha, Tattva Bodhini Sabha and Tattva Bodhiyan magazine belong to which? – Devendra Nath Tagore
37. As a result of whose inspiration the Prayer Society was established? – Keshavachandra Sen
38. Who pulled out Vama Bodhini magazine for women? – Keshavachandra Sen
39. Who was Shardamani? – wife of Ramakrishna Paramahamsa
40. Who ran the Kuka movement? – Guru Ram Singh
41. 1956 AD Which religious law was passed? – Religious Disqualification Law
42. Which reformer of Maharashtra is called folk interest?- Gopal Hari Deshmukh
43. What principle is Brahma society based on? – monotheism
44. Who founded Dev Samaj? – Sivanarayan Agnihotri
45. Who is the founder of Radhaswami Satsang? – Shivdayal Sahab
46. Who was the proponent of the Favian movement? – Annie Besant
47. Which was the movement that started in the early decade of the 20th century? – Ahrar
48. When and by whom was India social servant founded? – 1905 AD, by Gopal Krishna Gokhale
49. When did the Sikkh Gurudwara Act pass? – 1925 AD
50. What was the original name of Ramakrishna Paramahamsa? – Gadadadhar Chatopadhyay
51. When did Anne Besant become the President of the Indian National Congress? – 1917 AD
52. When Swami Vivekananda attended the Chicago World Religion Conference? – 1893 AD
53. Who composed the Preceptus of Jesus? – King Rammohan Rai
54. What was the Persian book of King Ram Mohan Rai published in 1809? – Tuhftuh-ul-Muwahideen
55. Who founded Vedanta College? – Raja Ram Mohan Rai
56. Who called King Rammohan Rai the ‘era messenger’? – Subhash Chandra Bose