Socio Religious Movements – In this post we have discussed about the socio religious movements GK questions answers. Here we have covered topics like Prarthana Samaj, Atmiya Sabha, Brahmo Samaj, Raja Ram Mohan Roy, Sati Practice, Widow Remarriage, Ishwar Chandra Vidyasagar, Swami Vivekananda, Swami Dayananda Saraswati, Theosophical Society, Servants of India Society, and many more.
Socio Religious Movements GK Questions Answers
Q. The Prarthana Samaj was founded by?
a. Raja Ram Mohan Roy
b. Jyotirao Phule
c. Annie Besant
d. Atmaram Pandurang
Ans. d
Q. Who was the founder of Atmiya Sabha?
a. Rabindranath Tagore
b. Debendranath Tagore
c. Raja Ram Mohan Roy
d. Lord Ripon
Ans. c
Q. Who has given the title RAJA to Ram Mohan Roy?
Ans. Akbar II
Q. Who is also known as the Father of Bengal Renaissance?
Ans. Raja Ram Mohan Roy
Q. Who is also known as the Father of Modern India?
Ans. Raja Ram Mohan Roy
Q. Who is also known for his role in the abolition of the practice of Sati Pratha?
Ans. Raja Ram Mohan Roy
Q. From the following who has officially abolished Sati Pratha?
a. Lord Ripon
b. Lord William Bentinck
c. Lord Curzon
d. Lord Mayo
Ans. b
Q. During whose governance the Widow Remarriage Act was introduced and drafted?
Ans. Lord Dalhousie
Q. During whose governance the Widow Remarriage Act was passed?
Ans. Lord Canning
> Ishwar Chandra Vidyasagar also supported Widow Remarriage and performed the first widow remarriage in Kolkata. He also fought against child marriage.
Q. Who founded the Bethune School at Calcutta to encourage education for women?
Ans. Ishwar Chandra Vidyasagar
Q. Who started the newspaper Shome Prakash?
a. Swami Dayananda Saraswati
b. Bankim Chandra Chatterjee
c. Aurobindo Ghosh
d. Ishwar Chandra Vidyasagar
Ans. d
Q. Who wrote Bahuvivah?
Ans. Ishwar Chandra Vidyasagar
Q. Raja Ram Mohan Roy founded the Brahmo Samaj in the year?
a. 1825
b. 1828
c. 1829
d. 1842
Ans. b
Socio Religious Reform Movements MCQ
Q. Who is the founder of Abhinav Bharat Society?
a. Lokmanya Tilak
b. V.D. Savarkar
c. Atmaram Pandurang
d. Surendranath Banerjee
Ans. b
Q. Who founded the Ghadar Party?
Ans. Sohan Singh Bhakna was the founder and first President of Ghadar Party. Lala Har Dayal was the General Secretary of the Ghadar Party.
Q. Hindustan Socialist Republican Association (HSRA) was founded by?
a. Ram Prasad Bismil
b. Sukhdev
c. Rajguru
d. Lala Lajpat Rai
Ans. a
Q. Who was the founder of All India Muslim League in 1906?
Ans. Nawab Khwaja Salimullah
Q. Who founded the Adi Brahmo Samaj?
Ans. Debendranath Tagore
Q. Theosophical Society was founded by?
Ans. Madame Blavatsky and Col. Olcott (Annie Besant played an important role in promoting the society in India).
Q. Who founded the London Indian Society?
Ans. Dadabhai Naoroji
Q. Who founded the Servants of India Society?
Ans. Gopal Krishna Gokhle
Q. Who founded the Servants of People Society?
Ans. Lala Lajpat Rai
Socio Religious Movements in India GK Questions with Answers
Q. Who founded the Satyashodhak Samaj?
a. Jyotiba Phule
b. B.R. Ambedkar
c. Gauri Shankar
d. Radhakant Dev
Ans. a
Q. Who is the founder of The Asiatic Society of Bengal?
a. Dadabhai Naoroji
b. Ram Krishna Paramahansa
c. Sir William Jones
d. Swami Vivekananda
Ans. c
Q. Who is known as Deenabandhu?
a. Ishwar Chandra Vidyasagar
b. B.R. Ambedkar
c. C.F. Andrew
d. Swami Sraddhanand
Ans. c
> The title was given to him by Mahatma Gandhi
Q. Who founded the Tattvabodhini Sabha?
a. Rabindranath Tagore
b. Debendranath Tagore
c. Sarojini Naidu
d. B.G. Tilak
Ans. b
Q. Who is the founder of Ramakrishna Mission at Belur Mathh in West Bengal?
a. Swami Dayananda Saraswati
b. Aurobindo Ghosh
c. Ishwar Chandra Vidyasagar
d. Swami Vivekananda
Ans. d
Q. Who has given the slogan ‘Go back to Vedas’?
Ans. Swami Dayananda Saraswati
Q. Who has given the slogan ‘Go back to Gita’?
Ans. Swami Vivekananda
Socio Religious Movements GK Quiz
Q. Who founded the Fort William College at Calcutta?
a. Lord Dalhousie
b. Lord Wellesely
c. Lord Canning
d. Lord Mountbatten
Ans. b
Q. Who started the Young Bengal Movement?
a. Henry Louis Vivian Derozio
b. Lord Dalhousie
c. Ishwar Chandra Vidyasagar
d. Swami Vivekananda
Ans. a
Q. Who founded The Academic Association?
Ans. Henry Louis Vivian Derozio
Q. Who passed the Vernacular Press Act?
a. Lord Mayo
b. Lord Mountbatten
c. Lord Curzon
d. Lord Lytton
Ans. d
Q. Kuka Movement was organised by?
a. Guru Ram Singh
b. Guru Ram Das
c. Raja Ram Mohan Roy
d. Lala Har Dayal
Ans. a
Q. Satyartha Prakash was written by?
a. Swami Vivekananda
b. Swami Dayananda Saraswati
c. Keshavchandra Sen
d. Bhagat Singh
Ans. b
Q. Who is also known as Martin Luther of India?
Ans. Swami Dayananda Saraswati
Q. The Akali Movement related to?
a. Child Marriage Act
b. Sikh Reform Movement
c. Abolish Sati Practice Movement
d. Theosophical Movement
Ans. b
> It is also called as Gurudwara Reform Movement
Q. Who led the Wahabi Movement?
Ans. Syed Ahmed Barelvi
Q. Raja Ram Mohan Roy established Hindu College at Calcutta in the year?
a. 1815
b. 1817
c. 1828
d. 1845
Ans. b
