1. Aurbindo Ghosh Born In Calcutta In The Year ?

15 August 1872

15 August 1972

29 October 1765

25 September 1860

Answer: 15 August 1872

Explanation:

Sri Aurobindo was an Indian philosopher, yogi, guru, poet, and nationalist. He joined the Indian movement for independence from British rule, for a while was one of its influential leaders and then became a spiritual reformer, introducing his visions on human progress and spiritual evolution.


2. Dada Bhai Nauroji was editor of which of the following newspapers ?

Som Prakash

Rast Goftar

Mahratta

Samvad Kaumudi

Answer: Rast Goftar

Explanation:

Rast Goftar was an Anglo-Gujarati paper operating in Bombay that was started in 1854 by Dadabhai Naoroji and Kharshedji Cama and championed social reform among Parsis in Western India.


3. “Neel Darpan” was written by Dinabandhu Mitra to portray the oppression faced by peasants to grow indigo in ?

Madras

Assam

Gujarat

Bengal

Answer: Bengal

Explanation:

Dinabandhu Mitra, one of the most powerful dramatists of 19th century Bengal, wrote his first play Neel Darpan (1860) 2 on the oppressive behaviour of the white Indigo planters in Bengal in the 1850s.


4. Who started the magazine ‘Kesari’ ?

Lala Lajpat Rai

Bal Gangadhar Tilak

Dadabhai Naoroji

Bipin Chandra Pal

Answer: Bal Gangadhar Tilak

Explanation:

Kesari is a Marathi newspaper which was founded in 1881 by Lokmanya Bal Gangadhar Tilak, a prominent leader of the Indian Independence movement.


5. The leader of the Bhakti movement focusing on Lord Rama was ________ ?

Namdeva

Ramananda

Jayadeva

Vivekananda

Answer: Ramananda

Explanation:

The leader of the bhakti movement focusing on the Lord as Rama was Ramananda. Ramananda focused on Rama as Supreme Lord, and love, devotion and chanting his sacred name is the source of liberation.


6. Where were the first headquarters of the Arya Samaj ?

Nasik

Bombay

Calcutta

Lahore

Answer: Bombay

Explanation:

The Arya Samaj was established in Bombay on 7 April 1875 by Dayananda Saraswati. An alternative date for the foundation of the samaj is 24 June 1877 because it was then, in Lahore when the samaj became more than just a regional movement based in Punjab.


7. Who was the founder of the Satyashodhak Samaj in the 19th century ?

Swami Vivekananda

Ishwar Chandra Vidyasagar

BR Ambedkar

Jyotiba Phule

Answer: Jyotiba Phule

Explanation:

The Satya Shodhak Samaj was founded by Mahatma Jyotiba Govindrao Phule in 1873 for the uplift of lower caste.


8. The Aligarh Movement was started by_______ ?

Dr Maghfoor Ahmad Ajazi

Muhammad Ali Jinnah

Maulana Manzoor Ahsan

Syed Ahmed Khan

Answer: Syed Ahmed Khan

Explanation:

The Aligarh Movement was started by Syed Ahmed Khan. A systemic movement aimed at reforming the social, political and educational aspects of the Muslim community. He founded the Scientific Society in 1863 to translate major works in the sciences and modern arts into Urdu.


9. The book ‘Gulamgiri’ was written by ?

Jyotirao Phule

Haridas Thakur

Narayana Guru

Ramabai Shinde

Answer: Jyotirao Phule

Explanation:

The book ‘Gulamgiri’ was written by Jyotirao Govindrao Phule (Mahatma) He was born in Pune,and was a great social reformer. He dedicated his book Gulamgiri to the American movement to free slaves, he linked the conditions of the black slaves in America with those of the lower castes in India.


10. The Satya Shodhak Samaj was founded by ?

Swami Dayanand Saraswati

Swami Vivekanand

Jyotiba Phule

Raja Ram Mohan Roy

Answer: Jyotiba Phule

Explanation:

Satyashodhak Samaj (Truth-seekers' Society) was a social reform society founded by Jyotirao Phule in Pune, Maharashtra, on 24 September 1873.