14000+ MCQs Modern History (Socio-Religious and Cultural Reforms)
Total Questions:- 50
Time:- 30 Minutes
MCQ Pattern
Date:- 13/09/2026
1. Consider the following pairs.
| Movement/Organisation | Leader |
| I. All India Anti-untouchability League | Mahatma Gandhi |
| II. All India Kisan Sabha | Swami Sahajanand Saraswati |
| III. Self-Respect Movement | E. V. Ramasamy Naicker |
Which of the following pairs given above is/are correctly matched?
2. Who among the following founded the Rajahmundri Social Reform Association in 1878 in support of widow remarriage?
3. 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?
4. Which of the following ideas was/were shared by Raja Ram Mohan Roy and Rabindranath Tagore?
5. Identify the correct combination from the options given below for Prarthana Samaj, Young India, Lokhitvadi, Satyashodhak Samaj, Rehnumai Mazdayasan Sabha.
6. Which of the following are true about Raja Ram Mohan Roy’s views on women?
7. Which Governor-General had abolished slavery?
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. The Theosophical Society was led by
10. Who among the following was the founder of the Young Bengal Movement?
11. The Academic Association was founded by
12. ‘Darul Uloom was established by
13. Who founded Arya Mahila Samaj and made first attempt to educate widows?
14. Consider the following statements about Brahmo Samaj.
I. It was the earliest reform movement of the modern type greatly influenced by modern Western Ideas. II. Keshab Chandra Sen joined the Brahmo Samaj in 1858. III. It discarded faith in divine avatars. Which of these statements is/are correct?
15. Dayananda Saraswati founded
16. Which of the following is/are correctly matched?
17. From which area the social and religious reform movements started?
18. mongst the following who cooperated with Raja Ram Mohan Roy in the implementation of his educational programmes?
19. Which one among the following was not a demand of the Prarthana Samaj?
20. In which year did Swami Vivekananda participate in the World Parliament of Religions at Chicago?
21. The Samadhi of Raja Ram Mohan Roy is in
22. Which of the following class has been influenced by Western civilisation firstly?
23. Consider the following statements about EV Ramasamy Naicker ‘Periyar’, the leader of the Self-Respect Movement.
I. He had participated in the Non-cooperation programme as a Congressman. II. He left the Congress in 1925 because he believed that the party ignored non-Brahmins in its leadership. III. His movement was influenced by the writings of the Adi Dravida intellectuals like Iyothee Thass and M Masilamani. IV. In 1944, he changed the name of the Justice Party into Dravida Kazhagam (DK). Which of the above statements are correct?
24. 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.
25. 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.
26. What attracted the Indians towards Western education, culture and thought?
27. Who is called the father of ‘Indian Renaissance’?
28. According to Dayananda, which of the following was full of false teachings?
29. 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.
30. In which year ‘The Hindu Widow Remarriage Act’ was passed?
31. Who gave the slogan ‘Back to Vedas’?
32. ‘Satyarth Prakash’ is a sacred book of
33. Who of the following said ‘Good Government is no substitute for Self-Government’?
34. Swami Vivekananda established Ramakrishna Mission in the year.
35. 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?
36. Which one of the following proclaimed himself to be the ‘Masih Al-Maud’ and ‘Incarnation of Krishna’?
37. The Arya Samajists split on the issue of
38. William Bentinck attempted to reform Hindu society by suppressing/abolishing social evils. Which one among the following was not included in them?
39. Which of the statements given below about Vivekananda are correct?
I. He believed that Vedanta was fully rational. II. He criticised his countrymen for having lost touch with the outside world. III. He condemned the caste system. IV. He considered the Veda to be infallible. Select the correct answer using the codes given below.
40. Satyashodhak Samaj organised
41. Consider the following statements.
I. Debendranath Tagore set up Tattwabodhini Sabha to facilitate discussions on different philosophies. II. In 1842, Debendranath founded Tattwabodhini Patrika to publish Upanisads along with his Bangla Translation. III. The Tattwabodhini Sabha was set up under the editorship of Akshay Kumar Datta. IV. Brahmo Samaj in Madras was founded with the help of Keshab Chandra Sen in 1864. Which of these statements are correct?
42. Consider the following statements.
I. Subramaniam Tirumamba was a Malayali poet known as ‘‘The Singing Sword of Kerela’’ who actively participated in the Temple Entry Satyagraha. II. MG Ranade is regarded as the ‘Modern rishi’. III. Amrit Lal Vithaldas Thakkar founded the ‘Bhil Seva Mandal’ in 1922 to elevate the condition of the Bhils and other aborginals in India. IV. BR Ambedkar started the journal Bahiskrit Bharat. Which of the statements given above is/are correct?
43. Which one of the following was the author of ‘Gulamgiri’?
44. Which social reformer was popularly called as ‘Periyar’?
45. 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.”
46. The Deoband Movement in UP (United Provinces) started in the year
47. 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?
48. Whose main aim was to uplift the backward classes?
49. Which one of the following social reformers strongly opposed Jury Act of 1826?
50. Consider the following statements relating to Raja Ram Mohan Roy.
I. He knew that the spread of Western education was necessary to develop a national and scientific attitude in the Indian society. II. He played a pioneering role in the religious and social reform movements of the nineteenth century Bengal. Which of the above statements is/are correct?
