1. Who is regarded as the father of the Indian Renaissance?
2. Raja Rammohan Roy set up the Atmiya Sabha in which city?
3. In which year did Raja Rammohan Roy set up the Atmiya Sabha?
4. Raja Rammohan Roy wrote "Gift to Monotheists" in which year?
5. In "Precepts of Jesus," Raja Rammohan Roy attempted to separate the moral and philosophical message of the New Testament from what?
6. In which year did Raja Rammohan Roy found the Brahmo Sabha?
7. Who organised the Dharma Sabha to counter the Brahmo Samaj's propaganda?
8. In which year did Raja Rammohan Roy die?
9. Consider the following statements regarding the Brahmo Samaj:
(I) It denounced polytheism and idol worship.
(II) It held that scripture enjoys ultimate authority transcending human reason.
(III) It criticised the caste system.
Which of the above is/are correct?
10. In which year did the Government Regulation declaring sati a crime come into effect, as a result of Raja Rammohan Roy's efforts?
11. Raja Rammohan Roy supported David Hare's efforts to found which institution in 1817?
12. In which year did Raja Rammohan Roy establish a Vedanta college offering both Indian learning and Western sciences?
13. Consider the following pairs:
(I) David Hare – associate of Rammohan Roy
(II) Debendranath Tagore – associate of Rammohan Roy
(III) Ananda Mohan Bose – associate of Rammohan Roy
Which of the pairs given above is/are correctly matched?
14. Debendranath Tagore was the father of which famous figure?
15. In which year did Debendranath Tagore join the Brahmo Samaj?
16. Debendranath Tagore headed which Sabha, founded in 1839, devoted to the systematic study of India's past?
17. What was the Bengali organ of the Tattvabodhini Sabha called?
18. In which year did Keshab Chandra Sen join the Brahmo Samaj and become its acharya?
19. In which year was Keshab Chandra Sen dismissed from the office of acharya?
20. Keshab Chandra Sen's followers, after his dismissal, founded which organisation in 1866?
21. After Keshab Chandra Sen's split, Debendranath Tagore's branch of the Samaj came to be known as what?
22. What controversial act by Keshab Chandra Sen in 1878 caused a further split in the Brahmo Samaj of India?
23. The disgusted followers of Keshab Chandra Sen set up which new organisation after 1878?
24. Consider the following pairs regarding founders of the Sadharan Brahmo Samaj:
(I) Ananda Mohan Bose
(II) Shibchandra Deb
(III) Umesh Chandra Datta
Which of the above is/are correctly identified as founders of the Sadharan Brahmo Samaj?
25. In which city was the Dayal Singh College, seeking to implant Brahmo ideas in Punjab, opened in 1910?
26. Who helped Atmaram Pandurang found the Prarthana Samaj in Bombay in 1867?
27. What was the precursor of the Prarthana Samaj, functioning like a secret society to spread liberal ideas?
28. In which year did Mahadeo Govind Ranade join the Prarthana Samaj?
29. Consider the following statements regarding the Prarthana Samaj's four-point social agenda:
(I) Disapproval of the caste system
(II) Women's education
(III) Lowering the age of marriage for both sexes
Which of the above is/are correct?
30. Along with Dhondo Keshav Karve, Ranade founded which movement aimed at supporting widows?
31. Who was the leader and inspirer of the Young Bengal Movement?
32. At which institution did Henry Vivian Derozio teach from 1826 to 1831?
33. Which revolution inspired Derozio's radical, rationalist teachings?
34. Who described the Derozians as "the pioneers of the modern civilisation of Bengal"?
35. In which year did Ishwar Chandra Vidyasagar become the principal of Sanskrit College?
36. Vidyasagar opened the Sanskrit College to which section of students, breaking the priestly monopoly of scriptural knowledge?
37. Vidyasagar started a movement that resulted in the legalisation of what social practice?
38. In which year was Bethune School, where Vidyasagar served as secretary, established?
39. Balshastri Jambhekar is known as the father of which regional journalism?
40. In which year did Balshastri Jambhekar start the newspaper Darpan?
41. Jambhekar started which periodical in 1840, publishing articles on scientific subjects and history?
42. The Paramahansa Mandali was founded in which year?
43. Consider the following statements regarding the Paramahansa Mandali:
(I) It began as a secret society.
(II) Its founders were primarily interested in breaking caste rules.
(III) At its meetings, members took food cooked by lower caste people.
Which of the above is/are correct?
44. Jyotiba Phule founded the Satyashodhak Samaj in which year?
45. Jyotiba Phule belonged to which community?
46. Which symbol did Phule use in opposition to the brahmins' symbol of Rama?
47. Phule opened a girls' school at Poona with the help of which person?
48. What title was Jyotiba Phule awarded for his social reform work?
49. Gopalhari Deshmukh wrote on social reform issues under which pen name?
50. Gopal Ganesh Agarkar was the first editor of which journal, started by Lokmanya Tilak?
51. Agarkar was a co-founder of which college, of which he later became principal?
52. Gopal Krishna Gokhale founded the Servants of India Society in which year?
53. Who helped Gokhale found the Servants of India Society?
54. Who took over as president of the Servants of India Society after Gokhale's death in 1915?
55. Narayan Malhar Joshi founded the Social Service League in which city?
56. Narayan Malhar Joshi also founded which trade union organisation in 1920?
57. Ramakrishna Paramahamsa was a priest at which temple?
58. What was Ramakrishna Paramahamsa known as in his childhood?
59. Ramakrishna's wife, Saradmani Mukherjee, came to be known by which title?
60. Swami Vivekananda's original name was:
61. Swami Vivekananda founded the Ramakrishna Mission in which year?
62. Swami Vivekananda made a great impression at the Parliament of Religions held in which city in 1893?
63. In which year did Swami Vivekananda acquire land at Belur, where the Ramakrishna Math was finally shifted and registered?
64. Consider the following statements regarding the Ramakrishna Mission:
(I) It considers itself a sect of Hinduism.
(II) It recognises the utility and value of image worship, unlike the Arya Samaj.
(III) It has run schools, hospitals, and dispensaries since its inception.
Which of the above is/are correct?
65. Who described Vivekananda as "the spiritual father of the modern nationalist movement," as far as Bengal was concerned?
66. Dayananda Saraswati's original name was:
67. Dayananda Saraswati was born in which state?
68. The first Arya Samaj unit was formally set up by Dayananda in which city, in 1875?
69. The headquarters of the Arya Samaj were later established at:
70. Dayananda's views were published in his famous work:
71. Dayananda gave which slogan, calling for a revival of Vedic learning?
72. Dayananda received his education on Vedanta from which blind teacher in Mathura?
73. According to the Arya Samaj's ten guiding principles, what is considered the primary source of all true knowledge?
74. The Arya Samaj fixed the minimum marriageable age for girls at:
75. The Dayananda Anglo-Vedic (D.A.V.) College was established in which year?
76. Consider the following statements on the Arya Samaj split of 1893:
(I) The College Party favoured government curriculum and English education.
(II) The Mahatma Party favoured strict vegetarianism for all Aryas.
(III) The College Party retained control over the D.A.V. School and College.
Which of the above is/are correct?
77. Who led the Mahatma (later Gurukul) Party in the Arya Samaj split?
78. Swami Shraddhanand's Gurukul, first opened at Gujaranwala in 1900, was moved near Haridwar in 1902 and became known as:
79. What was the name of the reconversion movement started by the Arya Samaj to bring converts to Christianity and Islam back into the Hindu fold?
80. Behramji M. Malabari, a Parsi social reformer, founded the Seva Sadan in which year?
81. Who co-founded the Seva Sadan with Behramji Malabari?
82. Malabari's efforts led to the passage of which Act, regulating the age of consent for females?
83. The Dev Samaj, founded at Lahore in 1887, was established by:
84. Shiv Narayan Agnihotri, founder of the Dev Samaj, was earlier a follower of which movement?
85. Who founded the Dharma Sabha in 1830, standing for the preservation of the status quo including opposing the abolition of sati?
86. Consider the following statements regarding the Dharma Sabha:
(I) It opposed the abolition of sati.
(II) It opposed the promotion of Western education even for girls.
Which of the above is/are correct?
87. The Bharat Dharma Mahamandala, formed in 1902 by the merger of several orthodox Hindu organisations, had its headquarters at:
88. Which prominent leader was associated with the Bharat Dharma Mahamandala movement?
89. The Radhaswami Movement was founded in 1861 by Tulsi Ram, a banker from Agra, also known as:
90. Consider the following statements on the Radhaswami Movement:
(I) It believes in one supreme being and the supremacy of the guru.
(II) It holds that spiritual attainment calls for renunciation of worldly life.
(III) It considers all religions to be true.
Which of the above is/are correct?
91. Sree Narayana Guru started the SNDP movement among which community in Kerala?
92. In which year did Narayana Guru install a Sivalinga at Aruvippuram, symbolically challenging the higher-caste monopoly on consecrating idols?
93. The Aruvippuram Sree Narayana Guru Dharma Paripalana Yogam (SNDP) was registered under the Indian Companies Act in which year?
94. Who served as the general secretary of the SNDP, and was also a famous poet drawn as a disciple of Narayana Guru?
95. The Vokkaliga Sangha in Mysore launched an anti-brahmin movement in which year?
96. The Justice Movement in Madras Presidency, seeking jobs and representation for non-brahmins, was started by C.N. Mudaliar, T.M. Nair, and:
97. The Self-Respect Movement, rejecting brahminical religion and culture, was started in the mid-1920s by:
98. The Vaikom Satyagraha, demanding temple and road access for untouchables, was launched in which year?
99. Who led the Vaikom Satyagraha?
100. On which date did the Maharaja of Travancore issue a proclamation throwing open all government-controlled temples to all Hindus?
101. The Indian Social Conference, functioning as the social reform cell of the Indian National Congress, was founded by M.G. Ranade and:
102. What movement did the Indian Social Conference launch to inspire people to pledge against child marriage?
103. The Wahabi/Walliullah Movement was inspired by the teachings of Abdul Wahab of Arabia and the preachings of:
104. Following whose British annexation was the Wahabi Movement redirected against the British?
105. Titu Mir, whose real name was Mir Nithar Ali, was a disciple of which founder of the Wahabi Movement?
106. In which year was Titu Mir killed in action against the British police?
107. The Faraizi Movement, based in East Bengal, was founded in 1818 by:
108. Under whose leadership did the Faraizi Movement become revolutionary from 1840 onwards?
109. The Ahmadiyya Movement, founded in 1889, was started by:
110. Consider the following statements regarding the Ahmadiyya Movement:
(I) It described itself as the standard-bearer of a Mohammedan Renaissance.
(II) It supported jihad against non-Muslims.
(III) It believed in separating the mosque from the State.
Which of the above is/are correct?
111. Sir Syed Ahmed Khan founded the Mohammedan Anglo-Oriental College (later Aligarh Muslim University) at Aligarh in which year?
112. Syed Ahmed Khan's progressive social ideas were propagated through his magazine:
113. Sir Syed Ahmed Khan opposed active political participation by Muslims because he felt it would:
114. The Deoband Movement was begun at the Darul Uloom, in Saharanpur district, in which year?
115. The Deoband Movement was organised by Mohammad Qasim Nanotavi and:
116. In contrast to the Aligarh Movement's support of the British government, the Deoband Movement's primary aim was:
117. Which Deoband-affiliated leader founded the Nadwatul Ulama and Darul Uloom in Lucknow (1894-96) and favoured including English and European sciences?
118. The Rahnumai Mazdayasnan Sabha, aiming at the regeneration of Parsi social conditions, was founded in which year?
119. The message of Parsi reform was spread through which newspaper?
120. Consider the following pairs regarding leaders of the Rahnumai Mazdayasnan Sabha:
(I) Naoroji Furdonji
(II) Dadabhai Naoroji
(III) K.R. Cama
Which of the above is/are correctly identified as leaders of this movement?
121. The Singh Sabha Movement was founded at Amritsar in which year?
122. The Akali Movement, also known as the Gurudwara Reform Movement, aimed at liberating gurudwaras from the control of:
123. The Sikh Gurudwaras Act, giving control of gurudwaras to the Sikh masses through the SGPC, was passed in which year?
124. The Theosophical Society was founded in New York in 1875 by Madame H.P. Blavatsky and:
125. In 1882, the Theosophical Society shifted its headquarters to which location near Madras?
126. Annie Besant became president of the Theosophical Society after the death of Olcott in which year?
127. Annie Besant laid the foundation of the Central Hindu College in Benaras in 1898, which later became the nucleus for:
128. Consider the following statements regarding the positive aspects of the socio-religious reform movements:
(I) They fostered a secular outlook.
(II) They ended India's cultural and intellectual isolation from the rest of the world.
(III) They had a wide social base extending to the peasantry and urban poor.
Which of the above is/are correct?
129. Which of the following is cited as a negative consequence of the reform movements' tendency to confine praise of the Indian past selectively?
