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- Raja Rammohan Roy
- Swami Vivekananda
- Ishwar Chandra Vidyasagar
- Dayanand Saraswati
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Correct answer: A. Raja Rammohan Roy
Raja Rammohan Roy founded the Brahmo Samaj in 1828.
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Who founded the Brahmo Samaj?Read the answer and worked solution →What practice did the campaign against sati oppose?Read the answer and worked solution →Which Governor-General banned sati in 1829?Read the answer and worked solution →Which religious belief did Rammohan Roy advocate?Read the answer and worked solution →Whose campaign helped secure the 1856 widow-remarriage law?Read the answer and worked solution →Where did Vidyasagar help establish girls' schools?Read the answer and worked solution →Dayanand Saraswati started which reform body?Read the answer and worked solution →Which texts did Dayanand regard as the foundation of knowledge?Read the answer and worked solution →Who wrote Satyarth Prakash?Read the answer and worked solution →Which educational blend did the D.A.V. movement promote?Read the answer and worked solution →Who established the Ramakrishna Mission?Read the answer and worked solution →Which ideal did the Ramakrishna Mission especially stress?Read the answer and worked solution →After which teacher was Vivekananda's mission named?Read the answer and worked solution →Who spoke at Chicago's Parliament of Religions in 1893?Read the answer and worked solution →Who founded the Mohammedan Anglo-Oriental College?Read the answer and worked solution →Which city became Sir Syed's main educational centre?Read the answer and worked solution →Which learning did the Aligarh Movement particularly advance?Read the answer and worked solution →Which reformer set up a society to translate English science books?Read the answer and worked solution →Which association did Jyotirao Phule establish?Read the answer and worked solution →Which social principle did the Satyashodhak Samaj propagate?Read the answer and worked solution →Who worked with Jyotirao Phule to educate girls and oppressed castes?Read the answer and worked solution →What does the title of Phule's Gulamgiri mean?Read the answer and worked solution →Gulamgiri honoured Americans who supported which cause?Read the answer and worked solution →In which present-day state did Narayana Guru's reform work develop?Read the answer and worked solution →Who organised widow-remarriage work in Telugu-speaking areas?Read the answer and worked solution →With which religious reform society was Annie Besant associated?Read the answer and worked solution →Annie Besant's Central Hindu College was in which city?Read the answer and worked solution →Which social ideal did the Theosophical Society preach?Read the answer and worked solution →The Singh Sabha movement arose within which religious community?Read the answer and worked solution →Which educational combination did the Singh Sabhas promote?Read the answer and worked solution →
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What practice did the campaign against sati oppose?
- Restrictions on widow remarriage
- Exclusion based on caste birth
- Burning widows on funeral pyres
- Marriage of very young girls
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Correct answer: C. Burning widows on funeral pyres
Sati involved burning a widow on her husband's funeral pyre.
Which Governor-General banned sati in 1829?
- William Bentinck
- Lord Wellesley
- Lord Dalhousie
- Lord Cornwallis
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Correct answer: A. William Bentinck
William Bentinck's administration prohibited sati in 1829 after reformers' campaigns.
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