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Kulinism, which Roy opposed, was a synonym for which pair of evils?Read the answer and worked solution →Which childhood event shaped Roy's opposition to a custom?Read the answer and worked solution →Roy revived the ethical principles of which philosophy as found in the Upanishads?Read the answer and worked solution →Roy believed education to be an implement for what?Read the answer and worked solution →Roy wrote two memorials in 1829 and 1830 against action by the Company on which freedom?Read the answer and worked solution →Which Calcutta society did Roy co-found to spread belief in one God?Read the answer and worked solution →Who founded the Arya Samaj?Read the answer and worked solution →The Arya Samaj holds which texts as infallible authority?Read the answer and worked solution →The Arya Samaj was established in April 1875 in which city?Read the answer and worked solution →In which city were the ten principles of the Arya Samaj finally settled in 1877?Read the answer and worked solution →The Arya Samaj was the first Hindu organisation to introduce what practice?Read the answer and worked solution →Who led the Shuddhi movement of the Arya Samaj?Read the answer and worked solution →The Shuddhi movement aimed to bring back to Hinduism which people?Read the answer and worked solution →In 1893 the Punjab Arya Samajists divided over which question?Read the answer and worked solution →In the early 1900s the Samaj campaigned for widow remarriage and what else?Read the answer and worked solution →Which nationalist leader of Punjab belonged to the Arya Samaj?Read the answer and worked solution →What does DAV stand for in the schools linked to the Arya Samaj?Read the answer and worked solution →How does the Arya Samaj treat the worship of idols?Read the answer and worked solution →Which mantra do Arya Samaj members regard as the most holy?Read the answer and worked solution →The Arya Samaj offering to the holy fire is known as what?Read the answer and worked solution →Why is Diwali very important in the Arya Samaj?Read the answer and worked solution →Which language did the Arya Samaj promote in Punjab, causing a dispute with Sikhs?Read the answer and worked solution →Which Maharaja encouraged Arya Samaj missionaries to educate untouchable castes in Gujarat?Read the answer and worked solution →Which 1921 event led the Arya Samaj to extend Shuddhi to Malabar?Read the answer and worked solution →The Bengal Renaissance took place in which period?Read the answer and worked solution →Which city was the centre of the Bengal Renaissance?Read the answer and worked solution →The capital of British India moved from Calcutta to Delhi in which year?Read the answer and worked solution →Which customs did the Bengal Renaissance question most notably?Read the answer and worked solution →Jagadish Chandra Bose is credited with laying the foundations of what?Read the answer and worked solution →

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Kulinism, which Roy opposed, was a synonym for which pair of evils?

  1. Illiteracy and untouchability
  2. Usury and bonded labour
  3. Idolatry and pilgrimage
  4. Polygamy and dowry system
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Correct answer: D. Polygamy and dowry system

1. Rarhi Kulin Brahmins were notorious in the 19th century for living off dowries by marrying several women. 2. Kulinism was a synonym for polygamy and the dowry system. 3. Roy campaigned against both. _Source: Wikipedia, Raja Ram Mohan Roy, Early life (1772-1796)_

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Which childhood event shaped Roy's opposition to a custom?

  1. Witnessing a revolt in Patna
  2. Losing his father in a famine
  3. His sister-in-law dying by sati
  4. Watching a temple destroyed
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Correct answer: C. His sister-in-law dying by sati

1. As a child Roy witnessed his sister-in-law being forced onto a pyre. 2. This was a death through sati. 3. It fits his later campaign against sati. _Source: Wikipedia, Raja Ram Mohan Roy, Early life (1772-1796)_

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Roy revived the ethical principles of which philosophy as found in the Upanishads?

  1. Charvaka
  2. Vedanta
  3. Samkhya
  4. Mimamsa
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Correct answer: B. Vedanta

1. Roy preached the unity of God. 2. He revived the pure and ethical principles of the Vedanta school as found in the Upanishads. 3. The other schools are separate Indian philosophies. _Source: Wikipedia, Raja Ram Mohan Roy, Early life (1772-1796)_

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