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18TH CENTURY REVOLTS AND REFORM MCQs

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Question 21. Consider the following statements related to the cause of 1857 revolt.I. It was a great disparity in salaries between the Indian and European soldiers.II. The Indian sepoys were treated with contempt by their European officers.III. The sepoys were sent to distant parts of the empire, but were not paid any extra allowance.
  1.    Both I and II
  2.    Only I
  3.    I, II and III
  4.    Only II
 Discuss Question
Answer: Option C. -> I, II and III
Question 22. Consider the following statement (s) related to the administrative causes of 1857 revolt.I. Deprivation of the traditional ruling classes of their luxury due to the establishment of the company's suzerainty over the Indian states.II. Introduction of new and revenue system which snatched the land from cultivator and gave it to the moneylender or traitor.III. Lord Canning's announcement to that Mughals would lose the title of King and be mere Princess.
  1.    Both I and III
  2.    Both I and II
  3.    Only I
  4.    Only II
 Discuss Question
Answer: Option B. -> Both I and II
Question 23. Which of the following ideas propagated through Ramakrishna Mission?I. Social and religious reformII. Women educationIII. Doctrine of serviceIV. Service of jiva and worship of Shiva
  1.    II, III and IV
  2.    Both I and II
  3.    I, III and IV
  4.    III and IV
 Discuss Question
Answer: Option C. -> I, III and IV
Question 24. Which of the following cannot be said to be a cardinal principle of the theosophical society?
  1.    It believed in the existence of unique connections between god and every being
  2.    Aimed Hindu spiritual wisdom through western enlightenment
  3.    It questioned the ancient philosophies that dominated the Indian thinking
  4.    It believed in the possibility of reincarnation and karma
 Discuss Question
Answer: Option C. -> It questioned the ancient philosophies that dominated the Indian thinking
Question 25. Which of the following is called "Magna Carta of English Education in India"?
  1.    Vernacular Act
  2.    Both A & B
  3.    Macaulay Commission
  4.    Wood's Dispatch
 Discuss Question
Answer: Option D. -> Wood's Dispatch
Question 26. Wahabi movement aimed to organize Muslims around two fold ideas, which of the following forms the ideas among them?I. Harmony among 4 schools of Muslim which were divided at that timeII. Recognition of the role of individual conscience in religion as conflicting interpretations were derived from quran and other practices
  1.    Only II
  2.    None of these
  3.    Only I
  4.    Both I and II
 Discuss Question
Answer: Option D. -> Both I and II
Question 27. The actual name of Dayanand Saraawati, the founder of the Arya Samaj was
  1.    Mool Chandra
  2.    Daya Shankar
  3.    Mula Shankar
  4.    Virjanand
 Discuss Question
Answer: Option C. -> Mula Shankar
Question 28. Who was the founder of Satyashodhak Samaj?
  1.    Jyotiba Phule
  2.    Gopal Hari Deshmukh
  3.    Ramakrishna Bhandarkar
  4.    Mahadew Govind Ranade
 Discuss Question
Answer: Option A. -> Jyotiba Phule
Question 29. Which of the following is considered as the main reason for division of Brahmo Samaj?
  1.    Opposition by people for disturbing traditional caste practices like abolition of sati, widow remarriage and women education
  2.    Internal conflicts among Debendranath Tagore and Keshub Chandra Sen for including teachings of all religions
  3.    Resolutely opposing Christian missionaries and their work against Hinduism
  4.    Lack of strong propagator of views
 Discuss Question
Answer: Option B. -> Internal conflicts among Debendranath Tagore and Keshub Chandra Sen for including teachings of all religions
Question 30. Who among the following is the great disciple of Ramakrishna Paramahamsa and helped in spreading the message that there are many roads to god and salvation and service of god for man was embodiment of god?
  1.    Annie Besant
  2.    Swami Dayananda Saraswati
  3.    Swami Vivekananda
  4.    Raja Rammohan Roy
 Discuss Question
Answer: Option C. -> Swami Vivekananda

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