Socio-Religious Reform Movements PYQs

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1. Prelims 2025Q11Socio-Religious Reform Movements

   Consider the following statements about Raja Ram Mohan Roy :

   I.He possessed great love and respect for the traditional philosophical systems of the East.

   II.He desired his countrymen to accept the rational and scientific approach and the principle of human dignity and social equality of all men and women.

   Which of the statements given above is/are correct?

   aI onlybII onlycBoth I and IIdNeither I nor II
2. Prelims 2025Q78Socio-Religious Reform Movements

   Who among the following was the founder of the ‘Self-Respect Movement’?

   a‘Periyar’ E. V. Ramaswamy NaickerbDr. B. R. AmbedkarcBhaskarrao JadhavdDinkarrao Javalkar
3. Prelims 2021Q46Socio-Religious Reform Movements

   Who among the following was associated as Secretary with Hindu Female School which later came to be known as Bethune Female School?

   aAnnie BesantbDebendranath TagorecIshwar Chandra VidyasagardSarojini Naidu
4. Prelims 2020Q32Socio-Religious Reform Movements

   In the context of Indian history, the Rakhmabai case of 1884 revolved around

   1.women’s right to gain education

   2.age of consent

   3.restitution of conjugal rights

   Select the correct answer using the code given below :

   a1 and 2 onlyb2 and 3 onlyc1 and 3 onlyd1, 2 and 3
5. Prelims 2016Q58Socio-Religious Reform Movements

   Satya Shodhak Samaj organized

   aa movement for upliftment of tribals in Biharba temple-entry movement in Gujaratcan anti-caste movement in Maharashtrada peasant movement in Punjab
6. Prelims 2016Q69Socio-Religious Reform Movements

   Consider the following :

   1.Calcutta Unitarian Committee

   2.Tabernacle of New Dispensation

   3.Indian Reform Association Keshab Chandra Sen is associated with the establishment of which of the above?

   a1 and 3 onlyb2 and 3 onlyc3 onlyd1, 2 and 3
7. Prelims 2012Q28Socio-Religious Reform Movements

   During Indian freedom struggle, the National Social Conference was formed. What was the reason for its formation?

   aDifferent social reform groups or organizations of Bengal region united to form a single body to discuss the issues of larger interest and to prepare appropriate petitions/representations to the governmentbIndian National Congress did not want to include social reforms in its deliberations and decided to form a separate body for such a purposecBehramji Malabari and M. G. Ranade decided to bring together all the social reform groups of the country under one organizationdNone of the statements (a), (b) and (c) given above is correct in this context
8. Prelims 2012Q74Socio-Religious Reform Movements

   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 the religious texts.

   3.It popularized the doctrine that the Vedas are infallible.

   Select the correct answer using the codes given below :

   a1 onlyb1 and 2 onlyc3 onlyd1, 2 and 3
9. Prelims 2007Q16Socio-Religious Reform Movements

   Who among the following wrote the book "Bahubivah"?

   aRaja Rammohun RoybIshwar Chandra VidyasagarcPandita RamabaidRabindranath Tagore
10. Prelims 2006Q138Socio-Religious Reform Movements

    “Lectures from Colombo to Almora” is based on the experiences of which one of the following?

    aVeer SavarkarbAnnie BesantcRamkrishna ParamhansadSwami Vivekanand
11. Prelims 2005Q76Socio-Religious Reform MovementsAnswer disputed

    Consider the following statements :

    1.Ishwar Chandra Vidyasagar founded the Bethune School at Calcutta with the main aim of encouraging education for women.

    2.Bankim Chandra Chattopadhyay was the first graduate of the Calcutta University.

    3.Keshav Chandra Sen’s campaign against Sati led to the enactment of a law to ban Sati by the then Governor General.

    Which of the statements given above is/are correct?

    a1 onlyb1 and 2c2 and 3d1, 2 and 3
12. Prelims 2001Q81Socio-Religious Reform Movements

    Consider the following statements:

    I.Arya Samaj was founded in 1835.

    II.Lala Lajpat Rai opposed the appeal of Arya Samaj to the authority of Vedas in support of its social reform programmes.

    III.Under Keshab Chandra Sen, the Brahmo Samaj campaigned for women’s education.

    IV.Vinoba Bhave founded the Sarvodaya Samaj to work among refugees.

    Which of these statements are correct?

    aI and IIbII and IIIcII and IVdIII and IV
13. Prelims 1996Q74Socio-Religious Reform Movements

    His ‘principal 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.’ The reference in this passage is to

    aIshwar Chandra VidyasagarbBehramji Merwanji MalabaricMahadev Govind RanadedB. R. Ambedkar