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UPSC CDS Modern Indian History — practice questions — page 31

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Whose use of ancient texts led to the 1856 law permitting widow remarriage?Read the answer and worked solution →Who formed an association for widow remarriage in the Telugu-speaking areas of the Madras Presidency?Read the answer and worked solution →Swami Dayanand Saraswati founded the Arya Samaj in:Read the answer and worked solution →Tarabai Shinde's book comparing the lot of women and men was:Read the answer and worked solution →Pandita Ramabai founded a home for ill-treated widows at:Read the answer and worked solution →The Child Marriage Restraint Act was passed in:Read the answer and worked solution →The Paramhans Mandali, founded in Bombay in 1840, worked for the:Read the answer and worked solution →The Satnami movement among leatherworkers of Central India was founded by:Read the answer and worked solution →Shri Narayana Guru, who preached one caste, one religion, one god for humankind, came from which caste?Read the answer and worked solution →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 →

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Whose use of ancient texts led to the 1856 law permitting widow remarriage?

  1. Ishwarchandra Vidyasagar
  2. Raja Rammohun Roy of Bengal
  3. Swami Dayanand Saraswati
  4. Veerasalingam Pantulu
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Correct answer: A. Ishwarchandra Vidyasagar

1. He argued widows could remarry. 2. Vidyasagar's suggestion was adopted by British officials. 3. Opponents boycotted him. _Source: syllabus Our Pasts III, Chapter 8, Women, Caste and Reform._

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Who formed an association for widow remarriage in the Telugu-speaking areas of the Madras Presidency?

  1. E V Ramaswamy Naicker
  2. Veerasalingam Pantulu
  3. Jyotirao Govind Phule
  4. Shri Narayana Guru
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Correct answer: B. Veerasalingam Pantulu

1. The movement spread beyond Bengal. 2. Veerasalingam Pantulu led it in the Telugu areas. 3. Bombay reformers took up the same cause. _Source: syllabus Our Pasts III, Chapter 8, Women, Caste and Reform._

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Swami Dayanand Saraswati founded the Arya Samaj in:

  1. 1830
  2. 1864
  3. 1875
  4. 1867
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Correct answer: C. 1875

1. It sought to reform Hinduism. 2. The Arya Samaj was founded in 1875. 3. It supported widow remarriage and girls' schools in Punjab. _Source: syllabus Our Pasts III, Chapter 8, Women, Caste and Reform._

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