During the colonial period of India, Asiatic Society of Bengal was founded
Important Questions on Modern History
He was a great scholar and reformer who rose in 1851 to the position of the principalship of the Sanskrit College. He opened the gates of the Sanskrit College to non-Brahmin students and introduced the study of Western thought in the Sanskrit college so as to free Sanskrit from the harmful effects of self-imposed isolation. The social reformer associated with these achievements.
Who was he?
1. It included most of the prominent followers of Ram Mohan Roy and Derozio and other independent thinkers like lshwar Chandra Vidyasagar and Akshay Kumar Dutt.
2. Its organ Tatvabodhini Patrika promoted a systematic study of India's past in the Bengali language.
Which of the statements given above is/are correct?
Consider the following statements, regarding Raja Ram Mohan Roy.
1. He studied Sanskrit literature and Hindu philosophy at Varanasi and the Quran and Persian and Arabic literature at Patna.
2. In 1809, he wrote in Persian his famous work Gift to monotheists in which he put forward strong arguments against belief in many gods and for the worship of a single God.
3. In 1820, he published his percepts of Jesus and asked his countrymen to accept the rational and scientific approach and the principle of human dignity and social equality of all men and women.
Which of the statements given above is/are correct?
Match List I with List II and select the correct answer using the codes given below the lists
| List (Movement) | List (Personality) |
| A. Satya Shodhak Mandai | 1. Bal Shastri Javekar |
| B. Manav Dharma Sabha | 2. Jyotiba Phule |
| C. Darpan | 3. Henry Vivian Derozio |
| D. Young Bengal Movement | 4. Mehtaji Durgaram Mancharam |
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Match List I with List II and select the correct answer using the codes given below the lists
| List (Social Reformer) | List (Association) |
| A. lyothee Thass | 1. Satyashodhak Samaj |
| B. Jyotiba Phule | 2. Dravida Kazhagam |
| C. John Rathinam | 3. Self-Respect Movement |
| D. EV Rama-swami Naickar | 4. Dravida Mahajana Sabha |
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Reason (R) The act did not discriminate between English Press and the Vernacular Press.
