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Jyotirao Phule founded which association to propagate caste equality?Read the answer and worked solution →Phule's book Gulamgiri, dedicated to Americans who fought slavery, appeared in:Read the answer and worked solution →Ambedkar started his temple entry movement with Mahar followers in:Read the answer and worked solution →Periyar founded the:Read the answer and worked solution →Which teacher at Hindu College, Calcutta, inspired the Young Bengal Movement?Read the answer and worked solution →Swami Vivekananda spoke at the World Parliament of Religions at Chicago in:Read the answer and worked solution →The Prarthana Samaj was established in 1867 at:Read the answer and worked solution →The Veda Samaj, inspired by the Brahmo Samaj, was established in 1864 at:Read the answer and worked solution →The Mohammedan Anglo-Oriental College at Aligarh was founded in 1875 by:Read the answer and worked solution →The first Singh Sabha was formed in 1873 at:Read the answer and worked solution →Khalsa College, Amritsar, was established by Singh Sabha leaders in:Read the answer and worked solution →Catch the reform associationsRead the answer and worked solution →Pop the reformersRead the answer and worked solution →Run the reform datesRead the answer and worked solution →Slice the reform wordsRead the answer and worked solution →Women or casteRead the answer and worked solution →Sort the reformers by regionRead the answer and worked solution →Type the numberRead the answer and worked solution →Reform bingoRead the answer and worked solution →William Jones arrived in Calcutta as a junior judge of the Company's Supreme Court in:Read the answer and worked solution →William Jones, with Colebrooke and Halhed, set up the:Read the answer and worked solution →The journal started by the Asiatic Society of Bengal was:Read the answer and worked solution →A madrasa to promote Arabic, Persian and Islamic law was set up in Calcutta in:Read the answer and worked solution →The Hindu College to encourage the study of ancient Sanskrit texts was established in 1791 at:Read the answer and worked solution →Who took the initiative to set up the Calcutta Madrasa?Read the answer and worked solution →Which critic of the Orientalists said a single shelf of a good European library was worth all the native literature of India and Arabia?Read the answer and worked solution →Following Macaulay's minute, English became the medium of higher education under the English Education Act of:Read the answer and worked solution →Wood's Despatch on educational policy was issued in:Read the answer and worked solution →Charles Wood, who issued the 1854 Despatch, was President of the Company's:Read the answer and worked solution →Universities were established in Calcutta, Madras and Bombay in:Read the answer and worked solution →

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Jyotirao Phule founded which association to propagate caste equality?

  1. Arya Samaj group
  2. Satyashodhak Samaj
  3. Prarthana Samaj
  4. Brahmo Samaj group
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Correct answer: B. Satyashodhak Samaj

1. He held that Aryans were foreign conquerors. 2. Phule founded the Satyashodhak Samaj. 3. He wanted Shudras and Ati Shudras to unite. _Source: syllabus Our Pasts III, Chapter 8, Women, Caste and Reform._

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Phule's book Gulamgiri, dedicated to Americans who fought slavery, appeared in:

  1. 1856
  2. 1891
  3. 1873
  4. 1827
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Correct answer: C. 1873

1. Gulamgiri means slavery. 2. It was written in 1873. 3. It linked caste to American slavery. _Source: syllabus Our Pasts III, Chapter 8, Women, Caste and Reform._

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Ambedkar started his temple entry movement with Mahar followers in:

  1. 1919
  2. 1935
  3. 1932
  4. 1927
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Correct answer: D. 1927

1. Brahman priests were outraged at Dalits using the temple tank. 2. The movement began in 1927. 3. He led three such movements up to 1935. _Source: syllabus Our Pasts III, Chapter 8, Women, Caste and Reform._

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