Socio-Religious Movements
1) | Which social reformer is considered to be the creator of modern India? | Raja Ram Mohan Roy |
2) | Who founded the Brahmo Samaj? | Raja Ram Mohan Roy |
3) | Where was the Brahmo Samaj founded? | in Calcutta |
4) | Apart from Raja Ram Mohan Roy,which other reformers contributed in the programmes of Brahmo Samaj? | Debinder Nath Tagore & Keshab Chander Sen |
5) | In which two branches Brahmo Samaj was divided after the demise of Raja Ram Mohan Roy? | Adi Brahmo Samaj and Bhartiya Brahmo Samaj |
6) | Who was theDebinder Nath Tagore? | Rabindranath Tagore’s father |
7) | Which organization was set up by Debinder Nath Tagore to spread the ideas of Raja Ram Mohan Roy? | Tattava Bodhini Sabha |
8) | What was the real name ofSwami Dayananda? | Mool Shankar |
9) | Whom did the Mool Shankar follow in his childhood? | Lord Shiva |
10) | Who founded the Arya Samaj? | Swami Dayanand |
11) | Where was the Arya Samaj founded? | Bombay |
12) | When was the Arya Samaj founded? | 1875 AD |
13) | When was the Arya Samaj established at Lahore? | 1877 AD |
14) | Which is the most famous book of Swami Dayanand? | Satyarth Prakasha |
15) | Who gave the slogan ‘Back to the Vedas’? | Swami Dayanand |
16) | Who founded the Ramakrishna Mission? | Swami Vivekananda |
17) | Where was the Ramakrishna Mission established? | Belur Math, Calcutta |
18) | In whose memory was the Ram Krishna Mission founded? | The Ram Krishna Paramahansa |
19) | Who founded the Satyasodhak Samaj? | Jyotiba Phule |
20) | By what other name was Gopal Hari Deshmukh known? | Lok hitwadi |
21) | Who started the Aligarh movement? | Sir Syed Ahmed Khan |
22) | Who gave the title of ‘Sir’ toSir Syed Ahmed Khan? | British |
23) | What was the first name of Aligarh Muslim University? | Mohammadan Anglo-Oriental College |
24) | Who founded the Mohammadan Anglo-Oriental College? | Sir Syed Ahmed Khan |
25) | Who was the founder of Nirankari movement? | Baba Dayal Ji |
26) | Who was the founder of Namdhari movement? | Satguru Balak Singh |
27) | Who is considered to be the real founder of the Namdhari movement? | Baba Ram Singh |
28) | Where did Baba Ram Singh statrted Namdhari movement? | Bhaini Sahib, Ludhiana |
29) | By what other name is the Namdharis movement known? | Kuka Movement |
30) | Why are the Namdharis called Kukas? | As they used to shout while meditation |
31) | What was the name given to the marriage rituals introduced by the Namdharis? | Anand marriage |
32) | How many Namdharis were martyred by blowing up with the canons at Ludhiana? | 50 |
33) | Where was Baba Ram Singh imprisoned? | Rangoon |
34) | When was Singh Sabha movement founded? | 1873 AD |
35) | Where was the first branch of Singh Sabha opened? | Sri Amritsar Sahib |
36) | When was Chief Khalsa Diwan established? | 1902-03 AD |
37) | Where is the headquarters of the Chief Khalsa Diwan located? | Sri Amritsar Sahib |
38) | What was the main function of the Chief Khalsa Diwan? | Coordinating the Singh Sabhas |
39) | Where is the Khalsa College located? | Sri Amritsar Sahib |
40) | Why was Sikh Educational Society established? | For the development of education |
41) | Where was the Ahmadiyya movement founded? | Qadian, Gurdaspur |
42) | When was the first anti-caste law passed? | 1850 AD |
43) | When was infanticide banned? | 1802 AD |
44) | When was the practice of Sati banned? | 1829 AD |
45) | Who banned the practice of Sati? | Lord William Bentick |
46) | By whose efforts was the practice of Sati banned? | Raja Ram Mohan Roy |
47) | When was the marriage of widows legalized? | 1856 AD |
48) | How much minimum age was prescribed for girls to marry as per the act of 1860? | 10 Years |