14000+ MCQs Modern History (Socio-Religious and Cultural Reforms)
Total Questions:- 50
Time:- 30 Minutes
MCQ Pattern
Date:- 14/06/2026
1. Who among the following abolished the infanticide?
2. Who among the following was appointed as the First Secretary of Brahmo Sabha?
3. Several socio-political organisations were formed in the 19th and 20th centuries in India, Anjuman-e-Khawatin-e-Islam, founded in the year 1914 was
4. Which of the following are true about Prarthana Samaj of MG Ranade?
I. It was an offshoot of Brahmo Samaj of India. II. It was a reform movement within Hinduism. III. MG Ranade and RG Bhandarkar joined it in 1870 and infused a new strength in it. IV. It concentrated on social reforms like intercaste marriage, remarriage of widows and upliftment of woman of depressed classes.
5. Which one of the following social reformers strongly opposed Jury Act of 1826?
6. The Academic Association was founded by
7. 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?
8. Who among the following wrote the book Bahuvivah?
9. Which of the following statements about Ishwarchandra Vidyasagar is/are not correct?
I. Vidyasagar’s writings significantly helped to develop the Bengali language. II. He received the title ‘Vidyasagar’ from Presidency Sanskrit College, Calcutta. III. He was enthusiastic about the spread of women’s education. IV. Vidyasagar defended widow marriage without being convinced about scriptural support. Select the correct answer using the codes given below.
10. Which social reformer’s wife started a girl school at Poona in 1851?
11. Consider the following statements in regard to the Dawn Society.
I. The Dawn Society was founded in Calcutta by Rabindra Nath Tagore, a proponent of national education, in 1902. II. The society was critical of the colonial education imparted by the university of Calcutta, which according to it, was “all-too-literacy, all-too-academic, unscientific and unindustrial.” III. The Dawn Society merged into the National Council of Education in 1906. Which of the statements given above are correct?
12. 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.
13. Which of the following active step(s) was/were taken by the Congress in 1923 to eradicate untouchability from India?
I. Effort to educate and mobilise opinion among caste Hindus. II. Efforts to educate the ‘avarnas’ about the evils of untouchability. III. Forcibly open the doors of temples for ‘avarnas’. IV. Petition the government to pass laws that would declare untouchability unlawful.
14. Match the following (Muslim Reform Movement) with the Founder of the Movement.
| List I (Muslim Reform Movement) | List II (Founder of the Movement) |
| A. Wahabi Movement (in India) | 1. Mirza Ghulam Ahmad |
| B. Faraizi or Faroudi | 2. Maulana Muhammad Mugheera Ali |
| C. Ahrar | 3. Haji Shariatullah |
| D. Ahmadiya Movement | 4. Syed Ahmad |
15. Consider the following statements.
I. The Swaminarayan Sect was founded by Swami Sahajanand in Gujarat. II. Radhaswami Movement was founded by Tulsi Ram popularly known as Shiva Dayal Singh, in 1861, near Agra. Which of the above statements is/are correct?
16. Who founded Rahanumai Mazdayasanan Sabha?
17. Who founded the ‘Seva Samiti’ at Allahabad in 1914?
18. Who was the founder of ‘Prarthana Samaj’?
19. Who was responsible for the enactment of the Age of Consent Act 1891?
20. The main aim of Wahhabism was
21. Who of the following said ‘Good Government is no substitute for Self-Government’?
22. ‘Satyarth Prakash’ is a sacred book of
23. Brahmo Samaj was founded in the Year of
24. Who was the author of ‘Satyarth Prakash’?
25. The ‘Tattvabodhini Sabha’ was established by
26. The earliest modern reformer of South India was
27. Swami Vivekananda established Ramakrishna Mission in the year.
28. Consider the following statement, regarding Tattwabodhini Sabha.
I. It included most of the prominent followers of Ram Mohan Roy and Derozio and other independent thinkers like Ishwar Chandra Vidyasagar and Akshay Kumar Dutt. II. Its organ Tattwabodhini Patrika promoted a systematic study of India's past in the Bengali language. Which of the statement(s) given above is/are correct?
29. Who founded Widow Remarriage Association in 1850s?
30. Which one among the following statements regarding the social and religious reform ideas of Raja Ram Mohan Roy is not correct?
31. Which of the following are true about Raja Ram Mohan Roy’s views on women?
32. Who was the Chief Director of Prarthana Samaj in Maharashtra?
33. In which year did Swami Vivekananda participate in the World Parliament of Religions at Chicago?
34. After the death of Raja Ram Mohan Roy, the Brahmo Samaj split into two sections; the Brahmo Samaj of India and the Adi Brahmo Samaj. Who were the leaders of the two sections respectively?
35. During the colonial period of India, Asiatic Society of Bengal was founded
36. Sati was declared illegal and punishable by the Regulation XVII during the Governor Generalship of
37. Which one of the following places was associated with Acharya Vinoba Bhave’s Bhoodan Movement at the beginning of the movement?
38. Who among the following established the Calcutta Unitarian Committee?
39. From which area the social and religious reform movements started?
40. In 1873 who founded Satya Shodhak Samaj?
41. The Arya Samajists split on the issue of
42. Which of the following statement(s) about the social base of the Arya Samaj in British India is/are correct?
I. It was located mainly in Punjab and Western Uttar Pradesh. II. It mainly comprised the trading castes. III. It was much more limited than that of the Brahmo Samaj. Select the correct answer using the codes given below.
43. In which languages Raja Ram Mohan Roy was proficient?
44. Sharada Act fixed the minimum age of marriage of girls and boys respectively as
45. 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.
46. Consider the following statements in regard to Arya Samaj Movement.
I. Dayananda Saraswati rejected later religious thoughts, which were in conflict with the Vedas, but his dependence on the Vedas and their infallibility gave his teachings an orthodox colouring. II. The Arya Samajists though fought against untouchability, but supported the rigidities of hereditary caste system. III. The Arya Samaj Movement tried to prevent the conversion of Hindus to other religions, leading to interreligious frictions, which was one of the factors in the growth of communalism in India in the 20th century. Which of the statements given above are correct?
47. 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
48. Which of the following is responsible for the revival of Vedas?
49. The best representative of Neo-Hindustan in second half of the nineteenth century was
50. Which of the following ideas was/were shared by Raja Ram Mohan Roy and Rabindranath Tagore?
