14000+ MCQs Modern History (Socio-Religious and Cultural Reforms)
Total Questions:- 50
Time:- 30 Minutes
MCQ Pattern
Date:- 16/03/2026
1. Who was the founder of the Harijan Sevak Sangh?
2. Who among the following wrote the book Bahuvivah?
3. Who among the following famous reformers wrote the books Jnana Yoga, Karma Yoga, and Raja Yoga?
4. From which area the social and religious reform movements started?
5. The Samadhi of Raja Ram Mohan Roy is in
6. Which one of the following social reformers strongly opposed Jury Act of 1826?
7. Swami Vivekananda established Ramakrishna Mission in the year.
8. “So long as the million live in hunger and ignorance, I hold every man a traitor who having been educated at their expense, pays not the least head to them.” Who said it?
9. Who was the earliest and the best known woman social reformer of Modern India?
10. Arrange the following establishments according to their establishment year and choose the correct answer by using the codes given below.
I. Indian Association for the cultivation of science.
II. Society for the exhibition of General Knowledge.
III. Bihar Scientific Society.
IV. Aligarh Scientific Society.
11. Which one among the following statements regarding the social and religious reform ideas of Raja Ram Mohan Roy is not correct?
12. In which year Servants of India Society was founded by Gopal Krishna Gokhale?
13. Which one of the following places was associated with Acharya Vinoba Bhave’s Bhoodan Movement at the beginning of the movement?
14. mongst the following who cooperated with Raja Ram Mohan Roy in the implementation of his educational programmes?
15. Which reformer does the following passage relate to?
“He insisted on the cooperation of the Muslims with the British Government and looked at all political movements with distrust. Thus, when the Indian National Congress was formed, he opposed it. He regarded education alone as the means of national progress.”
16. ‘Servants of India Society’ was founded by
17. The Academic Association was founded by
18. In 1809, Raja Ram Mohan Roy wrote ‘Gift to Monotheists’ in which he put forward the idea that people must worship a single God. This was written in
19. Which among the following statements with regard to Raja Ram Mohan Roy is/are correct?
I. He started the Atmiya Sabha. II. He wrote the Gift to Monotheist. III. He published the Precepts of Jesus. IV. He founded the Brahmo Sabha. Select the correct answer using the codes given below.
20. The best representative of Neo-Hindustan in second half of the nineteenth century was
21. Which of the following statements about Sir Syed Ahmad Khan is/are correct?
I. He argued that India was a federation of ethnic communities based on common descent. II. His philosophy was very similar to that of the Indian National Congress. III. He imagined India as a Nation State based on individual citizen’s rights. IV. The curriculum at the Muhammadan Anglo-Oriental College blended Muslim theology and European empiricism. Select the correct answer using the codes given below.
22. Who among the following founded the Rajahmundri Social Reform Association in 1878 in support of widow remarriage?
23. Who among the following is known as the ‘Father of Muslim Renaissance’ in Bengal?
24. What was the Act III, 1872?
25. In which year ‘The Hindu Widow Remarriage Act’ was passed?
26. Which of the following pairs is not correctly matched?
27. With regard to Singh Sabha Movement, which of the following statements is/are correct?
28. Which of the following pairs is/are not correctly matched?
29. ‘Darul Uloom was established by
30. What exposed the social and religious of Indian society in 19th century?
31. Who was responsible for the enactment of the Age of Consent Act 1891?
32. Where was first Madrasa set up by the British in India?
33. Which one among the following was a newspaper founded and edited by Raja Ram Mohan Roy?
34. The movements launched by Dayananda Saraswati, which proved to be very controversial were
35. Who among the following started the newspaper ‘Som Prakash’?
36. Which of the following is/are incorrect?
I. In 1867 the Prarthana Samaj of Bombay was founded. II. Two of its chief architects were Mahadev Govind Ranade and Ramakrishna Bhandarkar. III. The leaders of the Prarthana Samaj were not influenced by the ‘Brahmo Samaj’. IV. The Prarthana Samaj leaders condemned the caste system and the practice of untouchability.
37. Which Governor-General had abolished slavery?
38. The ‘Tattvabodhini Sabha’ was established by
39. Who among the following social reformer started a society for the encouragement of widow remarriage in 1866 in Maharashtra?
40. With reference to the period of Indian Freedom Struggle, who of the following set up the Gyan Prasarak Mandali (Society for Promotion of Knowledge) for the education of adult menfolk?
41. Consider the following passage.
“Born in 1853 he was a Parsi from Western India. He was the editor of Indian Spectator and Voice of India. He was a social reformer and was the chief crusader for the Age of Consent Act 1891.” Who is being described in the above paragraph?
42. Identify the correct combination from the options given below for Prarthana Samaj, Young India, Lokhitvadi, Satyashodhak Samaj, Rehnumai Mazdayasan Sabha.
43. Which of the following credit goes to Raja Ram Mohan Roy?
I. He initiated public agitation on political questions like the need of reforms in British administration etc. II. He pioneered Indian Journalism to educated public. III. He championed women’s rights like rights of inheritance and property, he opposed Sati and got it abolished by British Government. IV. He attacked polygamy and degraded condition of women.
44. Which of the following statements about the Arya Samaj which emerged in the late 19th century are correct?
I. Had a strong supporting base amongst the trading castes. II. Introduced ‘Shuddhi’ or mass purification. III. The moderates in the Arya Samaj were headed by Hans Raj and Lajpat Rai and set up a chain of Dayananda Anglo-Vedic Colleges. IV. The Arya Samaj had fewer members than the Brahmo Samaj. Select the correct answer using the codes given below.
45. Who among the following established the Calcutta Unitarian Committee?
46. His principal forte was social and religious reform. He relied upon legislation to do away with social ills and worked unceasingly for the eradication of child marriage, the purdah system. To encourage consideration of social problems on a national scale, he inaugurated the Indian National Social Conference, which for many years met for its annual sessions alongside the Indian National Congress. The reference in this passage is to
47. Who founded Rahanumai Mazdayasanan Sabha?
48. Who is considered as the prophet of Nationalism?
49. Which one among the following statements regarding prohibition of Sati in India is correct?
50. Who was the founder of ‘Prarthana Samaj’?
