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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 →Until which year was the East India Company opposed to missionary activity in India?Read the answer and worked solution →The Serampore mission lay in an area controlled by the:Read the answer and worked solution →Serampore's printing press was set up in 1800 and its college in:Read the answer and worked solution →William Adam, who reported on vernacular schools in Bengal and Bihar in the 1830s, was a:Read the answer and worked solution →

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Which teacher at Hindu College, Calcutta, inspired the Young Bengal Movement?

  1. Alexander Duff
  2. Henry Derozio
  3. William Jones
  4. David Hare
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Correct answer: B. Henry Derozio

1. His pupils questioned all authority in the 1820s. 2. Henry Louis Vivian Derozio was the teacher. 3. They demanded education for women. _Source: syllabus Our Pasts III, Chapter 8, Women, Caste and Reform._

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Swami Vivekananda spoke at the World Parliament of Religions at Chicago in:

  1. 1902
  2. 1875
  3. 1893
  4. 1863
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Correct answer: C. 1893

1. His original name was Narendra Nath Dutta. 2. He spoke at Chicago in 1893. 3. The Ramakrishna Mission stressed social service. _Source: syllabus Our Pasts III, Chapter 8, Women, Caste and Reform._

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The Prarthana Samaj was established in 1867 at:

  1. Madras
  2. Nagpur
  3. Poona
  4. Bombay
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Correct answer: D. Bombay

1. It sought to remove caste restrictions and child marriage. 2. It was founded at Bombay. 3. The Veda Samaj came at Madras in 1864. _Source: syllabus Our Pasts III, Chapter 8, Women, Caste and Reform._

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