Socia-Economic Reforms

Reformers, Legislation, and Economic Measures (1–50)

Who founded the Brahmo Samaj in 1828?
a) Dayanand Saraswati
b) Swami Vivekananda
c) Raja Ram Mohan Roy
d) Ishwar Chandra Vidyasagar
✅ c) Raja Ram Mohan Roy
👉 He started Brahmo Samaj to reform Hindu society and oppose idol worship.
Sati was formally abolished in which year?
a) 1830
b) 1829
c) 1818
d) 1843
✅ b) 1829
👉 Banned by Lord William Bentinck, influenced by Raja Ram Mohan Roy.
The Widow Remarriage Act was passed in:
a) 1850
b) 1853
c) 1856
d) 1860
✅ c) 1856
👉 It legalized widow remarriage due to efforts by Ishwar Chandra Vidyasagar.
Which reformer was associated with the Atmiya Sabha?
a) Keshab Sen
b) Vidyasagar
c) Raja Ram Mohan Roy
d) Debendranath Tagore
✅ c) Raja Ram Mohan Roy
👉 Atmiya Sabha was his early forum for discussions on social reform.
Which act legalized inter-caste marriage?
a) Widow Remarriage Act
b) Native Marriage Act
c) Special Marriage Act
d) Caste Abolition Act
✅ c) Special Marriage Act
👉 Passed in 1872, it enabled marriage outside traditional customs.
Dayanand Saraswati founded:
a) Ramakrishna Mission
b) Prarthana Samaj
c) Arya Samaj
d) Brahmo Samaj
✅ c) Arya Samaj
👉 Founded in 1875, promoted Vedic values and social reform.
“Go back to the Vedas” was the slogan of:
a) Ram Mohan Roy
b) Dayanand Saraswati
c) Vivekananda
d) Gokhale
✅ b) Dayanand Saraswati
👉 Advocated return to pure Vedic knowledge.
Who founded the Ramakrishna Mission?
a) Ramakrishna Paramhansa
b) Swami Vivekananda
c) Dayanand Saraswati
d) Aurobindo Ghosh
✅ b) Swami Vivekananda
👉 In 1897 to serve the poor and promote Vedanta.
The Theosophical Society was established in India by:
a) Annie Besant
b) A.O. Hume
c) C.F. Andrews
d) Tilak
✅ a) Annie Besant
👉 Popularized Indian spiritualism and supported Home Rule.
Prarthana Samaj was founded in:
a) Bengal
b) Bombay
c) Delhi
d) Madras
✅ b) Bombay
👉 Founded by Atmaram Pandurang in 1867, promoted monotheism and reform.
Who started the Aligarh Movement?
a) Sir Syed Ahmed Khan
b) Muhammad Ali Jinnah
c) Sayyid Muhammad
d) Maulana Azad
✅ a) Sir Syed Ahmed Khan
👉 Aimed at modern education for Muslims.
Sir Syed Ahmed Khan’s major educational effort:
a) Islamic School
b) Muhammadan Anglo-Oriental College
c) Darul Uloom
d) Oriental Academy
✅ b) Muhammadan Anglo-Oriental College
👉 Later became Aligarh Muslim University.
Who wrote “Satyarth Prakash”?
a) Raja Ram Mohan Roy
b) Vivekananda
c) Dayanand Saraswati
d) Gopal Krishna Gokhale
✅ c) Dayanand Saraswati
👉 Criticized social evils and upheld Vedic teachings.
Which movement was NOT a social reform movement?
a) Arya Samaj
b) Brahmo Samaj
c) Ramakrishna Mission
d) Wahabi Movement
✅ d) Wahabi Movement
👉 It was a revivalist Islamic movement, not a reformist one.
Which act provided legal protection to Indian girls from child marriage?
a) Widow Remarriage Act
b) Sharda Act
c) Social Reform Act
d) Child Protection Act
✅ b) Sharda Act
👉 Passed in 1929, raised minimum age for marriage.
The Sharda Act was passed during:
a) Curzon
b) Minto
c) Irwin
d) Lord Reading
✅ d) Lord Reading
👉 During Indian national awakening and social mobilization.
Age of marriage under Sharda Act for girls was:
a) 12
b) 14
c) 16
d) 18
✅ b) 14
👉 For boys, it was 18.
The Servants of India Society was founded by:
a) Tilak
b) Gokhale
c) Tagore
d) C.R. Das
✅ b) Gopal Krishna Gokhale
👉 Founded in 1905 to train Indians for social service.
Who opposed untouchability most strongly in South India?
a) Ambedkar
b) E.V. Ramasamy Naicker
c) Narayana Guru
d) Rajaji
✅ b) E.V. Ramasamy Naicker
👉 Led the Self-Respect Movement.
The economic thinker who studied Indian poverty under British rule was:
a) Naoroji
b) Ranade
c) M.G. Ranade
d) A.O. Hume
✅ a) Dadabhai Naoroji
👉 Propounded Drain of Wealth theory.
Indian National Social Conference was founded by:
a) M.G. Ranade
b) Tilak
c) Motilal Nehru
d) Annie Besant
✅ a) M.G. Ranade
👉 Focused on social reform through Congress platform.
Which movement aimed to reform caste practices in Kerala?
a) Vaikom Satyagraha
b) Khilafat
c) Arya Samaj
d) Wahabi
✅ a) Vaikom Satyagraha
👉 Fought for temple entry of lower castes.
The economic reformer who advocated for industrialization was:
a) Naoroji
b) M.G. Ranade
c) Gokhale
d) Lajpat Rai
✅ b) M.G. Ranade
👉 Wanted state-led industrial development.
Which reformer worked for education of Muslim women?
a) Sir Syed
b) Rokeya Sakhawat Hossain
c) Hume
d) Surendranath
✅ b) Rokeya Sakhawat Hossain
👉 Established Sakhawat Memorial School.
Who founded the Indian Reform Association (1870)?
a) Raja Ram Mohan Roy
b) Keshab Chandra Sen
c) Ranade
d) Dayanand
✅ b) Keshab Chandra Sen
👉 Promoted social reform after a visit to England.
Keshab Chandra Sen was part of:
a) Arya Samaj
b) Young Bengal
c) Brahmo Samaj
d) Wahabi Movement
✅ c) Brahmo Samaj
👉 Led its progressive wing.
The Self-Respect Movement was associated with:
a) Kerala
b) Maharashtra
c) Tamil Nadu
d) Bengal
✅ c) Tamil Nadu
👉 Focused on non-Brahmin rights and anti-caste campaigns.
Which reform opposed Sati practice publicly?
a) Tilak
b) Tagore
c) Raja Ram Mohan Roy
d) Keshab Sen
✅ c) Raja Ram Mohan Roy
👉 Called it inhuman and demanded legislation.
Raja Ram Mohan Roy founded the Brahmo Samaj in which city?
a) Delhi
b) Madras
c) Bombay
d) Calcutta
✅ d) Calcutta
Which Indian thinker opposed child marriage?
a) Tilak
b) Ishwar Chandra Vidyasagar
c) Surendranath
d) Tagore
✅ b) Ishwar Chandra Vidyasagar
The Indian Women’s University was founded by:
a) D.K. Karve
b) Annie Besant
c) Sarojini Naidu
d) Tagore
✅ a) D.K. Karve
👉 Aimed at women’s higher education.
Which British act allowed remarriage of Hindu widows?
a) 1856 Hindu Widow Remarriage Act
b) Widow Rights Act
c) Indian Social Act
d) Indian Reforms Act
✅ a) 1856 Hindu Widow Remarriage Act
What did Dayanand oppose most strongly?
a) Caste
b) Idol worship
c) Education
d) Sati
✅ b) Idol worship
Which movement criticized untouchability within Hinduism?
a) Arya Samaj
b) Brahmo Samaj
c) Self-Respect
d) Wahabi
✅ c) Self-Respect
Who supported widow remarriage and women’s education?
a) Tilak
b) Ishwar Chandra Vidyasagar
c) Dadabhai
d) Gokhale
✅ b) Ishwar Chandra Vidyasagar
The Ramakrishna Mission promoted:
a) Nationalism
b) Social service and Vedanta
c) Home Rule
d) Westernization
✅ b) Social service and Vedanta
Who was a pioneer of women’s rights in Bengal?
a) Vidyasagar
b) Rokeya Hossain
c) Swarnakumari Devi
d) Sarojini Naidu
✅ b) Rokeya Hossain
Brahmo Samaj was opposed to:
a) English education
b) Idol worship and caste
c) Reform
d) Social equality
✅ b) Idol worship and caste
Who first raised demand for female education officially?
a) Gokhale
b) Raja Ram Mohan Roy
c) Dayanand
d) A.O. Hume
✅ b) Raja Ram Mohan Roy
First Indian social reformer to visit UK?
a) Keshab Sen
b) Ram Mohan Roy
c) Vivekananda
d) Naoroji
✅ b) Ram Mohan Roy
👉 Died in England in 1833.
What was the primary focus of Arya Samaj?
a) Uplift of Muslims
b) Puranic rituals
c) Vedic teachings and social purity
d) Worship of idols
✅ c) Vedic teachings and social purity
Indian Social Conference was associated with:
a) Annie Besant
b) Ranade
c) Tagore
d) Malaviya
✅ b) Ranade
Indian social reform in the 19th century aimed at:
a) Westernization
b) Islamization
c) Revivalism
d) Equality and rationality
✅ d) Equality and rationality
The educational goal of reformers was:
a) Sanskrit learning
b) Religious education only
c) Modern education
d) Gurukul system
✅ c) Modern education
First woman to become INC president?
a) Annie Besant
b) Sarojini Naidu
c) Indira Gandhi
d) Aruna Asaf Ali
✅ a) Annie Besant
👉 Presided in 1917 session.
Who promoted inter-caste dining and marriage?
a) Ramakrishna
b) Keshab Sen
c) Dayanand
d) Vidyasagar
✅ b) Keshab Sen
Ramakrishna Paramhansa’s philosophy was called:
a) Advaita Vedanta
b) Bhakti Yoga
c) Practical Vedanta
d) Neo-Vedanta
✅ d) Neo-Vedanta
👉 Emphasized unity of all religions.
Who strongly opposed the Age of Consent Bill 1891?
a) Tilak
b) Vivekananda
c) Gokhale
d) Naoroji
✅ a) Tilak
👉 Believed it interfered with Hindu customs.
Economic justice was promoted by:
a) Arya Samaj
b) Ramakrishna Mission
c) Deccan Sabha
d) Servants of India Society
✅ d) Servants of India Society
Which reformer supported the Female Infanticide Prohibition Act?
a) Raja Ram Mohan Roy
b) Ishwar Chandra Vidyasagar
c) Gokhale
d) Dayanand
✅ a) Raja Ram Mohan Roy