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Social and religious reformers

Who founded the Brahmo Samaj, Arya Samaj, Satyashodhak Samaj and other reform bodies.

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Example 1 · level 1

Which organisation or movement was founded by Debendranath Tagore?

  1. Theosophical Society
  2. Satyashodhak Samaj
  3. Brahmo Samaj
  4. Tattvabodhini Sabha
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  1. Debendranath Tagore: Tattvabodhini Sabha (1839).
  2. Jyotirao Phule: Satyashodhak Samaj (1873).
  3. Helena Blavatsky and Henry Olcott: Theosophical Society (1875, in New York; later based at Adyar).
  4. Raja Ram Mohan Roy: Brahmo Samaj (begun as the Brahmo Sabha in 1828).
  5. Source: https://ncert.nic.in/textbook.php

Answer: Tattvabodhini Sabha

Example 2 · level 2

Who founded the Brahmo Samaj?

  1. Raja Ram Mohan Roy
  2. Jyotirao Phule
  3. Muhammad Qasim Nanautavi and Rashid Ahmad Gangohi
  4. Debendranath Tagore
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  1. Raja Ram Mohan Roy: Brahmo Samaj (begun as the Brahmo Sabha in 1828).
  2. Debendranath Tagore: Tattvabodhini Sabha (1839).
  3. Muhammad Qasim Nanautavi and Rashid Ahmad Gangohi: Dar-ul-Uloom at Deoband (1866).
  4. Jyotirao Phule: Satyashodhak Samaj (1873).
  5. Source: https://ncert.nic.in/textbook.php

Answer: Raja Ram Mohan Roy

Example 3 · level 3

Consider the following pairs (Reformer : Founded): 1. Debendranath Tagore : Tattvabodhini Sabha 2. Mirza Ghulam Ahmad : Ahmadiyya movement 3. Muhammad Qasim Nanautavi and Rashid Ahmad Gangohi : Dar-ul-Uloom at Deoband How many of the pairs given above are correctly matched?

  1. Only one pair
  2. Only two pairs
  3. All three pairs
  4. None of the pairs
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  1. Pair 1 is correct: Debendranath Tagore: Tattvabodhini Sabha (1839).
  2. Pair 2 is correct: Mirza Ghulam Ahmad: Ahmadiyya movement (1889).
  3. Pair 3 is correct: Muhammad Qasim Nanautavi and Rashid Ahmad Gangohi: Dar-ul-Uloom at Deoband (1866).
  4. So 3 of the 3 pairs are correctly matched.
  5. Source: https://ncert.nic.in/textbook.php

Answer: All three pairs

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