1➤ निम्न में से किसके द्वारा हाल ही में “ग्लोबल फाइंडेक्स डेटाबेस 2021” जारी किया गया है?
➤ विश्व बैंक
Ans. विश्व बैंक - विश्व बैंक के द्वारा हाल ही में “ग्लोबल फाइंडेक्स डेटाबेस 2021” जारी किया गया है. जिसके मुताबिक, विश्वभर में खाते के स्वामित्व में वृद्धि हुई है. इस रिपोर्ट के अनुसार आज चार वयस्कों में से तीन के पास वित्तीय खाता है। इसके बावजूद 1.4 अरब वयस्कों के पास कोई बैंक खाता नहीं है.
2➤ इनमे से किसके द्वारा स्टार्ट-अप स्कूल इंडिया पहल की शुरुआत की गई है?
➤ गूगल
Ans. गूगल - गूगल के द्वारा हाल ही में स्टार्ट-अप स्कूल इंडिया पहल की शुरुआत की गई है. यह पहल से टियर 2 और टियर 3 शहरों में 10,000 स्टार्ट-अप को मदद मिलेगी. यह कार्यक्रम नौ सप्ताह तक वर्चुअल मोड में आयोजित किया जाएगा.
3➤ निम्न में से किस संस्थान के शोधकर्ताओं ने हाल ही में “आर्यभट-1” नामक एनालॉग चिपसेट का प्रोटोटाइप विकसित किया है?
➤ आईआईएससी
Ans. आईआईएससी - आईआईएससी संस्थान के शोधकर्ताओं ने हाल ही में "आर्यभट-1" नामक एनालॉग चिपसेट का प्रोटोटाइप विकसित किया है. शोधकर्ताओं की टीम ने अगली पीढ़ी के एनालॉग कंप्यूटिंग चिपसेट विकसित करने के लिए एक डिजाइन ढांचा तैयार किया है.
4➤ हाल ही में किस सरकारी संगठन ने 2022 फील्ड मेडल के विजेताओं की घोषणा की है?
➤ अंतर्राष्ट्रीय गणितीय संघ
Ans. अंतर्राष्ट्रीय गणितीय संघ - अंतर्राष्ट्रीय गणितीय संघ ने हाल ही में 2022 फील्ड मेडल के विजेताओं की घोषणा की है. यह गणित के क्षेत्र में दिया जाने वाला सर्वोच्च सम्मान है और 40 वर्ष से कम आयु के लोगों को दिया जाता है.
5➤ इनमे से किस मंत्रालय द्वारा हाल ही में “हरियाली महोत्सव” आयोजित किया गया है?
➤ पर्यावरण मंत्रालय
Ans. पर्यावरण मंत्रालय - पर्यावरण मंत्रालय द्वारा हाल ही में तालकटोरा स्टेडियम, नई दिल्ली में "हरियाली महोत्सव" आयोजित किया गया है. इस महोत्सव को वन संरक्षण और वृक्षारोपण के लिए जनता में उत्साह पैदा करने के लिए एक प्रभावी उपकरण के रूप में माना जाता है.
6➤ निम्न में से किस संगठन के महासचिव, मोहम्मद सानुसी बरकिंडो का हाल ही में निधन हो गया है?
➤ ओपेक
Ans. ओपेक - पेट्रोलियम निर्यातक देशों के संगठन (ओपेक) के महासचिव, मोहम्मद सानुसी बरकिंडो का हाल ही में निधन हो गया है. उन्होंने वर्ष 2016 में ओपेक महासचिव का पद ग्रहण किया था। उनका कार्यकाल जुलाई में समाप्त होने वाला था.
7➤ निम्न में से किस विश्वविद्यालय के कुलपति, सुरंजन दास को एआईयू के नए अध्यक्ष के रूप में नियुक्त किया गया है?
➤ जादवपुर विश्वविद्यालय
Ans. जादवपुर विश्वविद्यालय - जादवपुर विश्वविद्यालय के कुलपति, सुरंजन दास को एआईयू के नए अध्यक्ष के रूप में नियुक्त किया गया है. राष्ट्रपति के रूप में उनका कार्यकाल 1 जुलाई से एक वर्ष के लिए होगा. प्रख्यात इतिहासकार दास को एक साल पहले एआईयू का उपाध्यक्ष नियुक्त किया गया था.
8➤ निम्न में से किस देश के पूर्व प्रधानमंत्री शिंजो आबे का हाल ही में निधन हो गया है?
➤ जापान
Ans. जापान - जापान के पूर्व प्रधानमंत्री शिंजो आबे का हाल ही में निधन हो गया। शिंजो आबे को भाषण देते समय एक हमलावर ने गोली मार दी थी, जिसके बाद वे बेहोश हो गये। इस घटना के बाद उन्हें अस्पताल ले जाया गया, परन्तु तब तक उनकी मृत्यु हो चुकी थी.
288. Who was the founder of the Indian Association?
(A) Dadabhai Naoroji
(B) Bal Gangadhar Tilak
(C) A.O. Hume
(D) Surendra Nath Banerjee
Ans: (D)
289. The first Political Organization established in India in 1838 was known as
(A) British India Society
(B) Bengal British India Society
(C) Settlers Association
(D) Zamindari Association
Ans: (D)
290. Who amongst the following was the founder of ‘The Indian Association’?
(A) Bipin Chandra Pal
(B) Dadabhai Naoroji
(C) Gopal Krishna Gokhale
(D) S.N. Banerjee
Ans: (D)
291. The most important of the pre- Congress Nationalist Organisation was the
(A) Bengal British India Society
(B) East India Association
(C) Young Bengal Association
(D) Indian Association of Calcutta
Ans: (D)
292. Which one of the following submitted in 1875 a petition to the House of Commons demanding India’s direct representation in the British Parliament?
(A) The Deccan Association
(B) The Indian Association
(C) The Madras Mahajan Sabha
(D) The Poona Sarvajanik Sabha
Ans: (D)
293. Which among the following year Surendra Nath Banerjee was eliminated from Indian Civil Services?
(A) 1874 A.D.
(B) 1877 A.D.
(C) 1885 A.D.
(D) 1892 A.D.
Ans: (A)
294. Which one of the following Indian leaders was dismissed by the British from the Indian Civil Service?
(A) Satyendra Nath Tagore
(B) Surendra Nath Banerjee
(C) R.C. Dutt
(D) Subhash Chandra Bose
Ans: (B)
295. Who was the first Indian to resist the political reforms?
(A) Dadabhai Naoroji
(B) Surendra Nath
(C) Ram Mohan Roy
(D) Bal Gangadhar Tilak
Ans: (B)
296. Name the organization formed by Surendra Nath Banerjee which merged with the Indian National Congress in 1886.
(A) East India Association
(B) London India Society
(C) Indian Association
(D) Indian National Conference
Ans: (D)
297. Who amongst the following was one of the founders of the Bombay Presidency Association in 1885?
(A) Firoz Shah Mehta
(B) P. Anand Charlu
(C) M.V. Raghav Cheriyar
(D) S.N. Banerjee
Ans: (A)
298. The Madras Mahajan Sabha was established in the year.
(A) 1884
(B) 1881
(C) 1882
(D) 1883
Ans: (A)
299. Which of the following pairs do not match? Find your answer with the help of the given code.
1. British India Society – London
2. East India Association – Calcutta
3. National India Association – London
4. Indian Association – Bombay Code
(A) 1 and 2
(B) 3 and 4
(C) 1 and 3
(D) 2 and 4
Ans: (D)
300. Arrange the following organization on the basis of their correct order.
1. Bombay Association
2. Madras Mahajan Sabha
3. Indian Association
4. Indian League Code
(A) 1, 2, 3, 4
(B) 2, 3, 1, 4
(C) 3, 4, 2, 1
(D) 1, 4, 3, 2
Ans: (D)
301. Match List-I with List-II and select the correct answer using the code given below the lists.
List-I (Organizations)
(a) Landholders’ Society
(b) British India Society
(c) Indian Society
(d) Indian Association
List-II (Founders)
1. S.N. Banerjee
2. Anand Mohan Bose
3. William Adams
4. Dwarkanath Tagore Code
(a) (b) (c) (d)
(A) 4 3 2 1
(B) 4 2 3 1
(C) 3 2 4 1
(D) 4 1 2 3
Ans: (A)
302. Consider the following organizations.
1. Bangabhasha Prakasika Sabha
2. Landholders Society
3. Bengal British India Society
4. Indian League Select the correct chronological order of founding of these organizations from the code given below
(A) 1, 2, 3, 4
(B) 1, 3, 2, 4
(C) 2, 1, 3, 4
(D) 2, 3, 4, 1
Ans: (A)
303. Match the List-I with List-II.
List-I
(a) Indian League
(b) Indian Association
(c) Indian National Liberal Federation
(d) United Indian Patriotic Association
List-II
1. Shishir Kumar Ghosh
2. Anand Mohan Bose
3. Syed Ahmad Khan
4. Surendra Nath Banerjee
Code
(a) (b) (c) (d)
(A) 1 3 4 2
(B) 2 1 4 3
(C) 3 2 4 1
(D) 1 2 4 3
Ans: (D)
304. Consider the following pairs.
1. Radhakanta Deb – First President of the British Indian Association
2. Gazulu Lakshminarasu Chetty – Founder of the Madras Mahajan Sabha
3. Surendra Nath Banerjee – Founder of the Indian Association Which of the above pairs is/are correctly matched?
(A) Only 1
(B) Only 1 and 3
(C) Only 2 and 3
(D) 1, 2 and 3
Ans: (B)
305. Match List-I with List-II and select the correct answer using the code given below the lists. List-I (Association)
(a) British Indian Association
(b) Bombay Presidency Association
(c) Central Mohammadan National Association
(d) Servants of India Society List-II (Founders)
1. Gopal Krishna Gokhale
2. K.T. Telang
3. Radha Kant Dev
4. Syed Ameer Ali
Code
(a) (b) (c) (d)
(A) 1 2 4 3
(B) 3 2 4 1
(C) 3 1 2 4
(D) 4 3 2 1
Ans: (B)
306. Which one of the following pairs is not correctly matched?
(A) Asiatic Society of Bengal – 1784 A.D.
(B) Asiatic Society of Bombay – 1804 A.D.
(C) Royal Asiatic Society of Great Britain – 1823 A.D.
194. Who was the leading envoy of the renaissance movement in India?
(A) Devendranath Tagore
(B) Keshav Chandra Sen
(C) Iswarchandra Vidyasagar
(D) Ram Mohan Roy
Ans: (D)
195. Which of the following class has been influenced by Western civilization firstly?
(A) Noble landlords
(B) New rich merchants
(C) Educated Hindu middle class
(D) Educated Muslims
Ans: (C)
196. Who is considered the Prophet of Nationalism?
(A) M.K. Gandhi
(B) Ram Mohan Roy
(C) Rabindra Nath Tagore
(D) Dayanand Saraswati
Ans: (B)
197. Who is considered the first ‘Modern Man’ of India?
(A) Nana Saheb
(B) A.O. Hume
(C) Raja Ram Mohan Roy
(D) Swami Vivekanand
Ans: (C)
198. Who among the following great men is called the ‘Father of Indian Renaissance?
(A) Vivekananda
(B) Raja Ram Mohan Roy
(C) Rabindra Nath Tagore
(D) Dayanand Saraswati
Ans: (B)
199. Who among the following was the founder of Atmiya Sabha?
(A) Raja Ram Mohan Roy
(B) Swami Dayanand Saraswati
(C) Swami Vivekanand
(D) Aurobindo Ghosh
Ans: (A)
200. The First Society founded by Raja Ram Mohan Roy was
(A) Brahmo Samaj
(B) Atmiya Sabha
(C) Brahma Sabha
(D) Tatvabodhini Sabha
Ans: (B)
201. Raja Ram Mohan Roy established Brahma Samaj in
(A) 1816 A.D.
(B) 1820 A.D.
(C) 1828 A.D.
(D) 1830 A.D.
Ans: (C)
202. Brahmo Samaj was founded in the year of
(A) 1827
(B) 1829
(C) 1831
(D) 1828
Ans: (D)
203. Who gave Ram Mohan Roy the title of ‘Raja’?
(A) Lord William Bentinck
(B) Akbar II
(C) The followers of Brahmo Samaj
(D) Intellectuals who opposed Sati Practice
Ans: (B)
204. Brahmo Samaj was founded by
(A) Dayanand Saraswati
(B) Swami Vivekananda
(C) Keshav Chandra Sen
(D) Raja Ram Mohan Roy
Ans: (D)
205. Who is regarded as the father of Indian Nationalism?
(A) Gopal Krishna Gokhale
(B) Bal Gangadhar Tilak
(C) Surendranath Banerjee
(D) Raja Ram Mohan Roy
Ans: (D)
206. The Samadhi of Raja Ram Mohan Roy is in
(A) Kolkata
(B) Patna
(C) Bristol, England
(D) Canada
Ans: (C)
207. Which of the following were not protested by Raja Ram Mohan Roy?
(A) Child marriage
(B) Sati system
(C) Western education
(D) Idolatry
Ans: (C)
208. The Brahmo Samaj is based on the principle of
(A) Monotheism
(B) Polytheism
(C) Atheism
(D) Monism
Ans: (A)
209. The best representative of Neo- Hindustan in the second half of the nineteenth century was
(A) Ram Krishna Paramhansa
(B) Swami Vivekanand
(C) Bankim Chandra Chatterjee
(D) Raja Ram Mohan Roy
Ans: (B)
210. Which one of the following social reformers strongly opposed the Jury Act of 1826?
(A) Ishwar Chandra Vidyasagar
(B) Raja Ram Mohan Roy
(C) Mahadev Govind Ranade
(D) Rajnarayan Basu
Ans: (B)
211. When did Swami Vivekananda deliver his speech at the ‘World Religious Conference in Chicago?
(A) 1863
(B) 1892
(C) 1893
(D) 1894
Ans: (C)
212. Vivekananda attended the ‘Parliament of World’s Religious’ held at Chicago in
(A) 1872
(B) 1890
(C) 1893
(D) 1901
Ans: (C)
213. Who among the following famous reformers wrote the books Jnana Yoga, Karma Yoga and Raja Yoga?
(A) Swami Vivekananda
(B) Ranade
(C) Raja Ram Mohan Roy
(D) Ram Krishna Paramhansa
Ans: (A)
214. Who among the following represented India at the World Parliament of Religions at Chicago in 1893?
(A) Swami Dayanand Saraswati
(B) Ram Krishna Paramhansa
(C) Swami Vivekananda
(D) Raja Ram Mohan Roy
Ans: (C)
215. Who founded ‘Ram Krishna Mission’ in 1897 A.D.?
(A) Vivekananda
(B) Ram Krishna Paramhansa
(C) Gopal Krishna Gokhale
(D) Shyamji Krishna Verma
Ans: (A)
216. Who was the founder of the Ram Krishna Mission?
(A) Ram Krishna Paramhansa
(B) M.N. Das Gupta
(C) Swami Vivekananda
(D) Swami Rangnath Nanda
Ans: (C)
217. The Ram Krishna Mission was founded by Swami Vivekananda in the year
(A) 1886
(B) 1892
(C) 1898
(D) 1897
Ans: (D)
218. Swami Vivekananda established Ram Krishna Mission in the year
(A) 1861
(B) 1891
(C) 1893
(D) 1897
Ans: (D)
219. Dayanand Saraswati founded
(A) Brahmo Samaj
(B) Arya Samaj
(C) Prathana Samaj
(D) Bahujan Samaj
Ans: (B)
220. Who was Sharadamani?
(A) Wife of Raja Ram Mohan Roy
(B) Wife of Ram Krishna Paramahansa
(C) Mother of Vivekananda
(D) Daughter of Keshab Chandra Sen
Ans: (B)
221. Who of the following is responsible for the revival of Vedas?
(A) Ram Krishna Paramhansa
(B) Ramanuja
(C) Swami Dayanand Saraswati
(D) Swami Vivekananda
Ans: (C)
222. The year Arya Samaj founded
(A) 1865
(B) 1870
(C) 1875
(D) 1880
Ans: (C)
223. Who among the following is known as ‘Martin Luther of India’?
(A) Swami Dayanand Saraswati
(B) Raja Ram Mohan Roy
(C) Swami Vivekananda
(D) Swami Shraddhanand
Ans: (A)
224. Who had said, ‘Let’s go back to the Vedas’?
(A) Raja Ram Mohan Roy
(B) Dayanand Saraswati
(C) Vivekananda
(D) Ram Krishna Paramhansa
Ans: (B)
225. The writer of ‘Satyartha Prakasha’ is
(A) Swami Vivekananda
(B) Swami Nishchalananda
(C) Swami Dayanand Saraswati
(D) Swami Haridas
Ans: (C)
226. ‘Satyarth Prakash’ was written by
(A) Raja Ram Mohan Roy
(B) Mahatma Gandhi
(C) Swami Vivekananda
(D) Swami Dayanand Saraswati
Ans: (D)
227. Which among the following organizations supported the Shuddhi movement?
(A) Arya Samaj
(B) Brahmo Samaj
(C) Dev Samaj
(D) Prarthana Samaj
Ans: (A)
228. ‘Satyarth Prakash’ is a sacred book of
(A) Arya Samaj
(B) Brahmo Samaj
(C) Theosophical Society
(D) Prarthana Samaj
Ans: (A)
229. Who amongst the following first used the word ‘Swaraj’ and accepted Hindi as the national language?
(A) Raja Ram Mohan Roy
(B) Swami Dayanand
(C) Swami Vivekananda
(D) Bal Gangadhar Tilak
Ans: (B)
230. Who of the following said, ‘good Government is no substitute for self-Government’?
(A) Lokmanya Tilak
(B) Swami Vivekananda
(C) Swami Dayananda
(D) Ravindranath Tagore
Ans: (C)
231. Who was the chief director of Prarthana Samaj in Maharashtra?
(A) R.G. Bhandarkar
(B) M.G. Ranade
(C) Pandit Ramabai
(D) Gopal Ganesh Agarkar
Ans: (B)
232. Who was the founder of ‘Prarthana Samaj’?
(A) Atmaram Pandurang
(B) Tilak
(C) M.G. Chandrakar
(D) M.G. Ranade
Ans: (A)
233. In 1873 who founded Satya Shodhak Samaj?
(A) Gopal Krishna Gokhale
(B) Jyotiba Phule
(C) Shiv Nath Shastri
(D) None of the above
Ans: (B)
234. Who among the following was the founder of ‘Dev Samaj’?
(A) Vallabhbhai Patel
(B) Dadabhai Naoroji
(C) Shiv Narayan Agnihotri
(D) Ram Krishna Paramhansa
Ans: (C)
235. Satya Shodhak Movement was launched by
(A) Chhatrapati Shahuji Maharaj
(B) B.R. Ambedkar
(C) Jyotiba Phule
(D) T.N. Nair
Ans: (C)
236. Which one of the following was the author of ‘Gulamgiri’?
(A) B.R. Ambedkar
(B) Jyotiba Phule
(C) Mahatma Gandhi
(D) Periyar
Ans: (B)
237. Whose main aim was to uplift the backward classes?
(A) Prarthana Samaj
(B) Satya Shodhak Samaj
(C) Arya Samaj
(D) Ram Krishna Mission
Ans: (B)
238. Which of the following organizations was established by Mahatma Jyotiba Phule?
(A) Gopal Mandal
(B) Sir Narayan Sabha
(C) Satya Shodhak Samaj
(D) Mahajan Sabha
Ans: (C)
239. The Bengali leader who opposed socio-religious reforms and supported orthodoxy was
(A) Radhakant Deb
(B) Nemisadhan Bose
(C) Hemchandra Biswas
(D) Hemchandra De
Ans: (A)
240. Satya Shodhak Samaj organized
(A) A movement for upliftment of tribals in Bihar
(B) A temple-entry movement in Gujarat
(C) An anti-caste movement in Maharashtra
(D) A peasant movement in Punjab
Ans: (C)
241. Which reformer of Maharashtra is also known as ‘Lokhitvadi’?
(A) M.G. Ranade
(B) Gopal Krishna Gokhale
(C) Pandit Ramabai
(D) Gopal Hari Deshmukh
Ans: (D)
242. Who was the founder of Radha Swami Satsang?
(A) Haridas Swami
(B) Shivdayal Sahab
(C) Shiv Narayan Agnihotri
(D) Swami Shraddhananda
Ans: (B)
243. The Greatest Parsi Social reformer of the 19th century was
(A) Sir Jamshedji
(B) Sir Rustom Behramji
(C) Navalji Tata
(D) Behramji M. Malabari
Ans: (D)
244. The campaign for widow remarriage in Maharashtra was led by
(A) Vishnu Parashuram Pandit
(B) B.M. Malabari
(C) Gopal Hari Deshmukh
(D) Dadabhai Naoroji
Ans: (A)
245. His principle forte was social and religious reform. He relied upon legislation to do away with social ills and worked unceasingly for the eradication of child marriage, the purdah system. To encourage consideration of social problems on a national scale, he inaugurated the Indian National Social Conference, which for many years met for its annual sessions alongside the Indian National Congress? Their reference in this passage is to
(A) Ishwar Chandra Vidyasagar
(B) Behramji Merwanji Malabari
(C) Mahadev Govind Ranade
(D) B.R. Ambedkar
Ans: (C)
246. In which year ‘The Age of Consent Act’ was passed?
(A) 1856
(B) 1891
(C) 1881
(D) 1905
Ans: (B)
247. The name of D.K. Karve of Western India figures in the context of which the following?
(A) Sati Pratha
(B) Infanticide
(C) Women's Education
(D) Widow Remarriage
Ans: (C)
248. During Indian Freedom Struggle, the National Social Conference was formed. What was the reason for its formation?
(A) Different social reform groups or organizations of the Bengal region united to form a single body to discuss the issues of larger interest and to prepare appropriate petitions/representation to the Government
(B) Indian National Congress did not want to include social reforms in its deliberations and decided to form a separate body for such a purpose
(C) Behramji Malabari and M.G. Ranade decided to bring together all the social reform groups of the country under one organization
(D) None of the statements (A), (B) and (C) given above is correct in this context
Ans: (B)
249. Which of the following statements is not correct?
(A) In 1829, William Bentinck declared Sati System an offence by law
(B) The Government had passed an Act in 1856 under which Hindu widows could remarry
(C) Swami Dayanand Saraswati founded Arya Samaj in 1875
(D) Raja Ram Mohan Roy was the supporter of the Sati System
Ans: (D)
250. Who among the following prominently fought for and got widow remarriage legalized?
(A) Annie Besant
(B) Ishwar Chandra Vidyasagar
(C) M.G. Ranade
(D) Raja Ram Mohan Roy
Ans: (B)
251. Who among the following had played an important role in passing the Native Marriage Act of 1872?
(A) Devendra Nath Tagore
(B) Ishwar Chandra Vidyasagar
(C) Keshav Chandra Sen
(D) Shyam Chandra Das
Ans: (C)
252. What did the Act V of 1843 make illegal?
(A) Child marriage
(B) Infanticide
(C) Sati
(D) Slavery
Ans: (D)
253. Consider the following passage. Born in 1853 he was a Parsi from Western India. He was the editor of ‘Indian Spectator’ and ‘Voice of India’. He was a social reformer and was the chief crusader for the Age of Consent Act 1891. Who is being described in the above paragraph?
(A) Dadabhai Naoroji
(B) B.M. Malabari
(C) B.P. Wadia
(D) Naoroji Furdon Ji
Ans: (B)
254. The Civil Marriage Act of 1872 sought to curb the practice of child marriage by placing the minimum age of girls at
(A) 14 years
(B) 18 years
(C) 16 years
(D) None of these
Ans: (A)
255. Sharda Act related to
(A) Prevention of child marriage
(B) Prevention of intercaste marriage
(C) Prevention of widow marriage
(D) Prevention of tribal marriage
Ans: (A)
256. What was the minimum marriageable age fixed under Sharda Act for boys and girls?
(A) 12 and 16
(B) 14 and 18
(C) 15 and 21
(D) 16 and 22
Ans: (B)
257. The success of the Theosophical Society in India was mainly due to
(A) Annie Besant
(B) Colonel H.S. Alcott
(C) Sir William Crook
(D) M.M. Malviya
Ans: (A)
258. Who founded the ‘Theosophical Society’?
(A) Madame H.P. Blavatsky
(B) Raja Ram Mohan Roy
(C) Mahatma Gandhi
(D) Swami Vivekananda
Ans: (A)
259. Which of the following pairs is not correctly matched?
(A) Theosophical Society – Annie Besant
(B) Ram Krishna Mission – Ram Krishna Paramhansa
(C) Brahmo Samaj – Raja Ram Mohan Roy
(D) Arya Samaj – Dayanand Saraswati
Ans: (B)
260. Which one of the following pairs is not correctly matched?
(A) Raja Ram Mohan Roy – Brahma Samaj
(B) Swami Dayanand Saraswati – Arya Samaj
(C) Swami Vivekananda – Ram Krishna Mission
(D) Mahadev Govind Ranade – Theosophical Society
Ans: (D)
261. Which one of the following is correctly matched?
(A) Brahmo Samaj of India – Raja Ram Mohan Roy
(B) Tattvabodhini Sabha – Keshav Chandra Sen
(C) The Satya Shodhak Samaj – Devendra Nath Tagore
(D) The Servants of India Society – Gopal Krishna Gokhale
Ans: (D)
262. Which one of the following is not correctly matched?
(A) Prarthana Samaj – Dr. Atmaram Pandurang
(B) Atmiya Sabha – Debendra Nath Tagore
(C) Brahmo Samaj of India – Keshab Chandra Sen
(D) Radhaswami Satsang – Tulsi Ram
Ans: (B)
263. ‘Servants of India Society’ was founded by
(A) Ishwar Chandra Vidyasagar
(B) Gopal Krishna Gokhale
(C) Dadabhai Naoroji
(D) Lala Lajpat Rai
Ans: (B)
264. M.C. Setalvad, B.N. Rao and Alladi Krishnaswamy Iyer were distinguished members of the
(A) Swaraj Party
(B) All India National Liberal Federation
(C) Madras Labour Union
(D) Servants of India Society
Ans: (D)
265. Who put the demand for the right to enter the temples that caused a terrible riot in Tirunevali in 1899?
(A) Okalinga
(B) Nadars
(C) Mahar
(D) Pali
Ans: (B)
266. Who was the founder of Bahujan Samaj?
(A) Sri Narayan Guru
(B) Mukund Rao Patil
(C) Dr. B.R. Ambedkar
(D) B.R. Shinde
Ans: (B)
267. Which one of the following is not correctly matched?
(A) A. Pandurang – Prarthana Samaj
(B) Dayanand Saraswati – Arya Samaj
(C) Raja Ram Mohan Roy – Adi Brahma Samaj
(D) Vivekananda – Ram Krishna Mission
Ans: (C)
268. Who said that ‘If God were to tolerate untouchability, I would not recognize him as God at all’?
(A) B.R. Ambedkar
(B) Bal Gangadhar Tilak
(C) Lala Lajpat Rai
(D) Mahatma Gandhi
Ans: (B)
269. The women’s movement in India started largely under the inspiration of
(A) Padmabai Ranaday
(B) Annie Besant
(C) Sarojini Naidu
(D) Jyotiba Phule
Ans: (D)
270. Who among the following social reformers was known for proficiency in the Sanskrit language?
(A) Dayanand Saraswati
(B) Iswar Chandra Vidyasagar
(C) Raja Ram Mohan Roy
(D) All of the above
Ans: (D)
271. Which of the following statement is not correct?
(A) Dr Annie Besant was a Theosophist
(B) The International headquarter of the Theosophical society is in Madras
(C) Swami Dayanand founded Arya Samaj
(D) Mahatma Gandhi was born in Gandhinagar
Ans: (D)
272. Which was common among Brahmo Samaj, Ram Krishna Mission and Arya Samaj?
(A) None of these three had a political mission, but they helped to develop a spirit of patriotism
(B) All three originated from Bengal
(C) Founder of all three was educated in England
(D) Founder of all the three took an active part in politics
Ans: (A)
273. The Deoband Movement in U.P.
(United Province) started in the year
(A) 1900 A.D.
(B) 1888 A.D.
(C) 1885 A.D. (
D) 1866 A.D.
Ans: (D)
274. ‘Dar-ul-Ulum’ was established by
(A) Maulana Shibli Numani
(B) Maulavi Hussain Ahmad
(C) Maulavi Abdullah Chakralavi
(D) Maulana Ahmad Riza Khan
Ans: (B)
275. ‘Hali System’ concerned
(A) Bonded labour
(B) Exploitation of peasants
(C) Untouchability
(D) Illiteracy
Ans: (A)
276. The Tarkeshwar Movement of 1924 in Bengal was against
(A) Corruption in temples
(B) Violence
(C) Arrest of political leaders
(D) Communalism
Ans: (A)
277. 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 religious texts.
3. It popularized the doctrine that the Vedas are infallible. Select the correct answer using the code given below.
(A) Only 1
(B) 1 and 2
(C) Only 3
(D) 1, 2 and 3
Ans: (B)
278. Which category of the population was 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 the given code.
(A) Only 1
(B) 1 and 2
(C) 1, 2 and 3
(D) 1, 2 and 4
Ans: (D)
279. 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 and 2
(B) 1 and 3
(C) 3 and 4
(D) 1, 2 and 4
Ans: (B)
280. 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) 1 and 2
(B) 2 and 3
(C) 2 and 4
(D) 3 and 4
Ans: (D)
281. 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. Code
(A) (R) is true, but (A) is false
(B) Both (A) and (R) are true and (R) is the correct explanation of (A)
(C) (A) is true, but (R) is false
(D) Both (A) and (R) are true, but (R) is not the correct explanation of (A)
Ans: (B)
282. Read the following statements carefully.
1. Brahmo Samaj supported monotheism.
2. Arya Samaj contributed to the development of education.
3. Swami Vivekananda founded Ram Krishna Mission. Answer on the basis of the following code.
(A) 1, 2 and 3 are true
(B) 1 and 2 are true
(C) 1 and 3 are true
(D) 2 and 3 are true
Ans: (A)
283. Find the correct matches in List I and II in the alternatives given thereunder.
List-I
(a) Prarthana Samaj
(b) Brahmo Samaj
(c) Arya Samaj
(d) Ram Krishna Mission
List-II
1. Raja Ram Mohan Roy
2. Vivekananda
3. Dayanand Saraswati
4. Ranade
5. Ram Krishna Paramhansa
Code
(a) (b) (c) (d)
(A) 1 2 3 4 (B) 2 5 1 3
(C) 4 1 3 5 (D) 4 1 3 2
Ans: (D)
284. Arrange the following in chronological order.
1. Tulsidas
2. Raja Ram Mohan Roy
3. Swami Vivekananda
4. Dayanand Saraswati
Code
(A) 1 2 3 4 (B) 1 2 4 3
(C) 2 1 3 4 (D) 2 3 4 1
Ans: (B)
285. Match the following.
List-I
(a) Prarthana Samaj
(b) Ram Krishna Mission
(c) Satya Shodhak Samaj
(d) Muhammad-Anglo Oriental College Aligarh
List-II
1. Swami Vivekananda
2. Mahadev Govind Ranade
3. Sir Syed Ahmad Khan
4. Jyotiba Phule Code
(a) (b) (c) (d)
(A) 1 4 3 2 (B) 4 3 2 1
(C) 2 1 4 3 (D) 4 2 3 1
Ans: (C)
286. Match List-I with List-II and select the correct answer by using the code given below the lists. List-I
(a) Brahmo Samaj
(b) Manav Dharm Sabha
(c) Arya Samaj
(d) Nadwah-ul-Ulama
List-II
1. Mumbai 2. Surat
3. Kolkata 4. Lucknow
Code
(a) (b) (c) (d)
(A) 4 1 3 2 (B) 1 4 3 2
(C) 3 1 4 2 (D) 3 2 1 4
Ans: (D)
287. Match List-I with List-II and select the correct answer using the code given below the lists.
List-I
(a) Raja Ram Mohan Roy
(b) Keshav Chandra Sen
(c) Dayanand Saraswati
(d) Ram Krishna Paramhansa
List-II
1. Said that Brahmovad should be made the religion of the world.
2. Identified Hinduism with religion instituted in Vedas.
3. Emphasized that there are several ways to reach God.
4. Purest form of Hinduism is contained in the Upanishads. Code
