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Reform: Characteristics and Observations Class 10 WBBSE MCQ Questions
Multiple Choice Questions (Tick off the correct ones)
Question 1.
Which of the following published articles on contemporary social problems and social reforms?
a. Somprakash
b. Jnandarshan
c. Bangadarshan
d. Prabashi
Answer:
b. Jnandarshan
Question 2.
Of the following periodicals that helped to bring about women’s progress in education was:
a. Bamabodhini
b. Hindu Patriot
c. Grambarta Prakashika
d. Somprakash
Answer:
a. Bamabodhini
Question 3.
Which of the following published articles that included definition and character of ‘new Bengali women’ was ?
a. Prabashi
b. Sabuj Patra
c. Bamabodhini
d. Jnandarshan
Answer:
c. Bamabodhini
Question 4.
Of the following which was first published under the editorship of Girish Chandra Ghosh ?
a. Bamabodhini
b. Hindu Patriot
c. Grambarta Prakashika
d. Bangadarshan
Answer:
b. Hindu Patriot
Question 5.
Which of the following expressed the opinion that the Hindu marriage law imposed disability on the part of the girls in exercising their right to marry on their own initiative?
a. Somprakassh
b. Jnandarshan
c. Bangadarshan
d. Hindu Patriot
Answer:
d. Hindu Patriot
Question 6.
Which of the following under the editorship of Krishnadas raised voice against the British government’s action in muzzling the press ?
a. Hindu Patriot
b. Jnandarshan
c. Bangadarshan
d. Prabashillw
Answer:
a. Hindu Patriot
Question 7.
Of the following who was the author of Hutom Pyanchar Naksha?
a. Girish Chandra Ghosh
b. Kaliprasanna Sinha
c. Harish Chandra Ghosh
d. Umesh Chandra Datta
Answer:
b. Kaliprasanna Sinha
Question 8.
Of the following who ridiculed the Europeans in Kolkata for their fear of the Revolt of 1857 and for exaggerating atrocities perpetrated by the rebels?
a. Girish Chandra Ghosh
b. Kaliprasanna Sinha
c. Dinabandhu Mitra
d. Harish Chandra Mukherjee
Answer:
b. Kaliprasanna Sinha
Question 9.
Of the following who was the most promising journalist of contemporary Bengal under whom the Hindu Patriot became the leading news weekly of Bengal ?
a. Girish Chandra Ghosh
b. Kaliprasanna Sinha
c. Dinabandhu Mitra
d. Harish Chandra Mukherjee
Answer:
d. Harish Chandra Mukherjee
Question 10.
In which of the following books did the turmoil in Bengal society during the 19th century find expression?
a. Grambarta Prakashika
b. Neel Darpan
c. Sabuj Patra
d. Hutom Pyancher Naksha
Answer:
d. Hutom Pyancher Naksha
Question 11.
Of the following who was the author of Neel Darpan ?
a. Girish Chandra Ghosh
b. Kaliprasanna Sinha
c. Dinabandhu Mitra
d. Harish Chandra Mukherjee
Answer:
C. Dinabandhu Mitra
Question 12.
Of the following who raised voice of protest against the European indigo planters ?
a. Dwarakanath Tagore
b. Kaliprasanna Sinha
c. Dinabandhu Mitra
d. Harish Chandra Mukherjee
Answer:
c. Dinabandhu Mitra
Question 13.
Of the following journals which was published by Kangal Harinath Majumder ?
a. Hindu Patriot
b. Sabuj Patra
c. Bamabodhini
d. Grambarta Prakashika
Answer:
d. Grambarta Prakashika
Question 14.
Which of the following exposed to the public the miserable condition of the villagers under the British rule?
a. Bamabodhini
b. Sabuj Patra
c. Grambarta Prakashika
d. Hindu Patriot
Answer:
c. Grambarta Prakashika
Question 15.
Which of the following is considered as the beginning of Western education in India ?
a. Charter Act of 1813
b. Charter Act of 1823
c. Charter Act of 1833
d. Charter Act of 1854
Answer:
a. Charter Act of 1813
Question 16.
Of the following one of the members of the Anglicist party was:
a. Princep
b. Elliot
c. Saunders
d. Southerland
Answer:
c. Saunders
Question 17.
Which of the following finally led to the declaration of official educational policy by Bentinck?
a. Charter Act of 1833
b. Macaulay’s Minute of 1835
c. Charter Act of 1854
d. Anglicist-Orientalist controversy
Answer:
b. Macaulay’s Minute of 1835
Question 18.
In which of the following years was Calcutta Medical College established?
a. 1813
b. 1823
c. 1835
d. 1854
Answer:
c. 1835
Question 19.
Of the following the first Indian to feel the need for English education was :
a. Iswarchandra Vidyasagar
b. Rammohan Roy
c. Derozio
d. Radhakanta Dev
Answer:
b. Rammohan Roy
Question 20.
Of the following who was the leader of the conservatives of the contemporary Bengal and defended everything that passed as Hinduism?
a. Rammohan Roy
b. Narendra Dev
c. Radhakanta Dev
d. Radharaman Dev
Answer:
c. Radhakanta Dev
Question 21.
Of the following who insisted that study and morals of the students should be the primary concern of the teachers?
a. Rammohan Roy
b. Radhakanta Dev
c. Debendranath Tagore
d. Drinkwater Beathune
Answer:
b. Radhakanta Dev
Question 22.
Of the following who was a great patron of female education ?
a. Radhakanta Dev
b. Debendranath Tagore
c. Derozio
d. Drinkwater Bethune
Answer:
d. Drinkwater Bethune
Question 23.
Of the following who had a big hand in framing the rules and regulations of the Hindu College?
a. Rammohan Roy
b. David Hare
c. Radhakanta Dev
d. Derozio
Answer:
c. Radhakanta Dev
Question 24.
The organization that took initiative to print and publish text books in both English and Bengali was :
a. Hindu College
b. Serampore College
c. School Society
d. School Book Society
Answer:
d. School Book Society
Question 25
The Hindu College was founded in :
a. 1813
b. 1815
c. 1817
d. 1854
Answer:
c. 1817
Question 27.
Who rendered all possible help to Bethune for setting up of a girls’ college in Kolkata?
a. Rammohan Roy
b Iswarchandra Vidyasagar
c. Keshab Chandra Sen
d Derozio
Answer:
b. Iswarchandra Vidyasagar
Question 28.
Of the following what led to the foundation of universities in India ?
a. Charter Act of 1813
b Macaulay’s Minute
c Wood’s Dispatch
d Calcutta University Act
Answer:c. Wood’s Dispatch
Question 29
The first Chancellor of the University of Calcutta was :
a. Lord Bentinck
b Lord Canning
c. Asutosh Mukherjee
d. Lord Amherst
Answer:
b. Lord Canning
Question 30.
The first Vice-Chancellor of the University of Calcutta was :
a. James William Colvile
b. Asutosh Mukherjee
c. Jadunath Sarkar
d S. Radhakrishnan
Answer:
a. James william Colvile
Question 31.
Of the following who was the first to dissect the corpse of human body?
a. Nilratan Sircar
b Jagadish Chandra Bose
c. Prafulla Chandra Roy
d. Madhusudan Gupta
Answer:
d. Madhusudan Gupta
Question 32.
Of the folloing who took up the leadership of the Brahmo Movement after the death of Rammohan Roy ?
a. Keshab Chandra Sen
b Radhakanta Dev
c. Debendranath Tagore
d. Bipin Chandra Pal
Answer:
c. Debendranath Tagore
Question 33.
The Brahmo leader who condemned polygamy, was :
a. Rammohan Roy
c Keshab Chandra Sen
b Debendranath Tagore
d Bijay Krishna Goswami
Answer:
c. Keshab Chandra Sen
Question 34.
Of the following who prohibited sati before the Company’s government enacted law declaring sati illegal ?
a. The Court of Directors
b The Christian missionaries
c. Brahmo Samaj
d None of the above
Answer:
b. The Christian missionaries
Question 35.
In which year was sati declared illegal by the Regulation XVII ?
a. 1829
b. 1855
c. 1856
d. 1858
Answer:
a. 1829
Question 36.
The first of the associations founded by Derozio was :
a Society for the Acquisition of General Knowledge
b Academic Association
c Sadharan Jnanoparjika Sabha
d Epistolary Association
Answer:
b Academic Association
Question 37.
Of the Young Bengal who composed the Fakir of Jhungeera?
a Rashik Krishna Mallick
b. Krishnamohan Banerjee
c Radhanath Sikdar
d. Derozio
Answer:
d. Derozio
Question 38.
When was finally the Hindu widow remarriage legalized by Act XV ?
a. 1813
b. 1823
c. 1854
d. 1856
Answer:
d. 1856
Question 39.
Who compiled the tenets of Brahmoism in two volumes that gave new life to Brahmoism as a new religion?
a. Rammohan Roy
b. Keshab Chandra Sen
c Debendranath Tagore
d. Bijay Krishna Goswami
Answer:
c Debendranath Tagore
Question 40.
Of the following who said that the East was spiritual and the West was materialistic ?
a Rammohan Roy
b. Bijay Krishna Goswami
c Ramakrishnadeva
d. Vivekananda
Answer:
d Vivekananda
Tick off True or False
1. Bamabodhini, the periodical, helped to bring about men’s progress in education and social matters.
Answer: False
2. Hindu Patriot was an English weekly published from Kolkata and was a famous paper of Bengal
Answer: True
3. The Hindu Patriot, under the editorship of Harish Chandra raised its voice against the British Government’s action in muzzling the press.
Answer: False
4. Some satirical sketches of a Kolkata city life is to be found in the Hotom Pyanchar Nakska.
Answer: True
5. Neel Darpan is a Bengali play authored by Bankim Chandra Chatterjee.
Answer: False
6. Rabindranath Tagore contributed essays on literature, philosophy, etc. in the Grambarta Prakashika.
Answer: True
7. From the very initial stage the British became interested in introducing Western education in India.
Answer: False
8. By the Charter Act of 1813 the East India Company was directed to set aside a sum of Rupees one lac for the promotion of learning in India.
Answer: True
9. The Evangelists were those who put pressure upon the British Government in London for the spread of vernacular education in India.
Answer: False
10. Lord Macaulay, the Law Member in the Governor-General’s Council was in favour of introducing Western education in India.
Answer: True
11. After its foundation in 1823 the General Committee of Public Instruction proceeded with full vigour to spread the English education.
Answer: True
12. Lord Hardinge gave stimulus to English education by linking up knowledge of English with government employment.
Answer: True
13. Rammohan Roy helped J.E. Drinkwater Bethune in the establishment of Hindu Female School.
Answer: False
14. The introduction of Western education was one of the main factors that caused the Indian awakening.
Answer: True
15. Rammohan Roy was a direct supporter for the establishment of the Hindu College.
Answer: False
16. Chandramukhi Bose and Kumudini Bose were the first two women graduates of the University of Calcutta.
Answer: False
17. The first Vice-Chancellor of the University of Calcutta was Sir James William Colvile.
Answer: True
18. It was Madhusudan Gupta who was the first to dissect corpse of human body at the Calcutta Medical College.
Answer: True
19. The Brahmo Samaj founded by Rammohan Roy became the centre of reformist movement in Bengal.
Answer: True
20 Being attracted by the personality of Rammohan Roy Keshab Chandra Sen joined the Brahmo Samaj.
Answer: False
21. Keshab Chandra Sen organized a volunteer party called Sangat Sabha in 1860 for famine relief.
Answer: True
22. Being influenced by the Western ideas Bijay Krishna Goswami started questioning the Hindu institutions and beliefs.
Answer: True
23. Contemporary journals like Samachar Darpan and Sambad Kaumadi did not support the cause of the abolition of sati.
Answer: False
24. The Christian missionaries had prohibited sati in the areas under their jurisdiction much before the Company’s government took any initiative in this regard.
Answer: True
25. It was Lord William Bentinck who prohibited the practice of sati by declaring it illegal by the Regulation XVII in 1829.
Answer: True
26. Derozio promoted advanced ideas through his class lectures.
Answer: True
27 Derozio taught his students about the evil effects of idolatry and superstition.
Answer: True
28. The students of the Hindu College collectively known as the ‘Young Bengal’.
Answer: False
29. Serious attempts were made by the enlightened middle class to introduce Hindu widow remarriage in the 19th century.
Answer: True
30. The first Hindu widow remarriage took place between Srischandra Nayaratna and Kalimati Devi who was a widow of only eleven years.
Answer: False
31. Haji Mohammad Mohsin was a religious man and made no distinction between Hindu and Muslim.
Answer: True
32. Bijay Krishna Goswami infused a new life into the Brahmo movement.
Answer: False
33. Debendrannath Tagore in 1881 formed the new religious faith under the name Nababidhan.
Answer: False
34. Ramakrishna Paramhansa was convinced that all religious lead to the same goal.
Answer: True
35. Vivekananda admitted that the West had certain positive achievements such as freedom and respect to women.
Answer: True
36. Lalon Fakir appropriated various philosophical positions emanating from Hindu, Jain, Buddhist and Islamic traditions.
Answer: True
37. The European Renaissance had gave birth to many-sided resurgence, but the Bengal Renaissance did not have any such capacity to generate.
Answer: True
38. According to Professor Amalesh Tripathi it is a fault to equate the cultural flowering of the 19th century Bengal with that of the European Renaissance of the fifteenth century.
Answer: True
39. Macaulay as the Law Member finalized the education policy of the East India Company’s government in India.
Answer: False
40. In 1844 Lord Amherst gave stimulus to English education by linking a knowledge of English with government employment.
Answer: False
41. Vidyasagar was helped by Drink water Bethune in establishing the Hindu Female School.
Answer: False
42. Rammohan was the founder of the Anglo-Hindu School in 1822.
Answer: True
43. Raja Radhakanta Dev was the leader of the conservatives of the contemporary Bengal who defended everything that passed as Hinduism.
Answer: True
44. Derozio was dismissed from the Hindu College under pressure from Rammohan and his associates.
Answer: False
45. Calcutta Medical College of Bengal was founded in 1835
Answer: True
46. Wood’s Dispatch recommended the establishment of a university in each of the three Presidency towns of Calcutta, Bombay and Madras.
Answer: True
47. Bankim Chandra Chatterjee became one of the first two graduates of the University of Calcutta.
Answer: True
48. Pandit Madhusudan Gupta was the first to dissect a corpse at the R.G. Kar Medical College.
Answer: False
49. Rammohan considered caste system of the Hindu society as the greatest impediment to the growth of patriotic feeling amongest them
Answer: True
50. Inspired by Rammohan Roy Keshab Chandra Sen joined the Brahmo Samaj in 1857.
Answer: True
51. Bijay Krishna Goswami at a point of time abandoned the association of Keshab Chandra Sen and joined the Sadharan Brahmo Samaj.
Answer: True
52. William Carey was convinced that the practice of sati was not a compulsory practice applicable applicable to all the Hindu widows.
Answer: False
53. Sambad Kaumadi and other journals with progressive ideas took up the cause of the abolition of the practice of sati.
Answer: True
54. In spite of his Indo-European lineage Derozio looked upon India as his motherland.
Answer: True
55. It is said that the Young Bengal held an idea that was less progressive than that of Rammohan.
Answer: False
56. The question of remarriage of Hindu widows gathered momentum from the 30s of the nineteenth century.
Answer: True
57. The orthodox section of the Hindu society were opposed to the remarriage of Hindu widows and submitted petition against legalizing the remarriage of the Hindu widows.
Answer: True
58. It was owing to the leadership of Debendranath Tagore that the Indians could withstand the onslaught of Westernization let loose by the British colonialism.
Answer: True
59. The Brahmo movement hardly played any role for the regeneration of India.
Answer: False
60. Ramakrishna found people quarrelling in the name of religion without realizing that He who is called Krishna is also called Sivs, and bears the name of Jesus and Allah as well.
Answer: True
61. Vivekananda set before the people the great ideal of conquest of the world by India.
Answer: True
Fill in the gaps by choosing the correct words
1. The Bengali periodical Bamabodhini laid strong emphasis on ________ issues.
Answer: Women
2. ________ included the definition and character of ‘new Bengal women’
Answer: Bamabodhini
3. The ________ published stories narrating vividly how the indigo peasants were oppressed by the indigo planters.
Answer: Hindu Patriot
4. ________ raised its voice of protest against the British Government’s action in muzzling the press.
Answer: Hindu Patriot
5. Hotom Pyanchar Naksha is authored by ________
Answer: Kaliprasanna Sinha
6. ______ ridiculed the Europeans in Kolkata for their fearof the Revolt and for exaggerating atrocities committed by the rebels.
Answer: Kaliprasanna Sinha
7. Grambarta Prakashika was published under the editorship of _____
Answer: Kangal Harinath Majumdar
8. The beginning of Western education in India is to se dated from the _____
Answer: Charter Act 1813
9. In the Anglicist-Orientalist controversy _____ belonged to the Anglicist party.
Answer: Colvin
10. No one can deny the contributions of the print media in ______ and other fields.
Answer: Social
11. The Hindu Patriot was an ______ weekly published from Kolkata.
Answer: English
12. Neel Darpan is a Bengali play authored by _____ written in the background of the Indigo Revolt.
Answer: Dinabandhu Mitra
13. Reputed Bengali stalwarts like _____ and others contributed essays to the Grambarta Prakashika.
Answer: Rabindranath
14. As regards the abolition of _____ Rammohan was not in favour of abolishing it in one go. Rather he advocated for checks on it and the use of policing.
Answer: Sati
15. The beginning of Western education in India dates from _____
Answer: 1813
16. The chief exponent of Evangelism was _____
Answer: Charles Grant
17. _____ were those who favoured the introduction of Western scientific knowledge in India.
Answer: Anglicists
18. Radhakanta Dev always insisted that study and morals of the _____ should be of primary importance.
Answer: Students
19. The University of Calcutta was established on 24 January
Answer: 1857
20. Rammohan lodged protest to _____ against the official proposal to set up Sanskrit College in Calcutta.
Answer: Lord Amherst
21. After the death of Rammohan the cause of Brahmo movement for social reform was taken up by _____
Answer: Debendranath Tagore
22. Drawn by the magnetic power of ____ oration thousands of youths subscribed to the Brahmo faith.
Answer: Debendranath
23. _____ organized welfare measures for the people in distress.
Answer: Keshab Chandra Sen
24. Amongst the Hindu Sanskrit scholars the most important opinion was expressed by _____ regarding the prohibition of sati.
Answer: Mrityunjoy Vidyalankar
25. Samachar Chandrika came out openly in support of the practice of _____ and favoured its continuance.
Answer: Sati
26. It was under the influence of _____ that many of the students renounced the sacred thread (paita).
Answer: Derozio
27. The attempts of _____ to initiate Hindu widow remarriage failed miserabiy.
Answer: Maharaja Srish Chandra
28. A new phase of the Brahma Movement started with the joining of _____ in 1857.
Answer: Keshab Chandra
29. The concept of sarva dharma samannay was projected by _____
Answer: Ramakrishna
Statement and Assertion
Question 1.
Statement : The newspapers, journals, etc. played an important role in fostering social consciousness and promoting nationalism.
Assertion:
a. Bamabodhini was a Bengali periodical published in 1863.
b. Hindu Patriot was the most famous paper of Bengal for quite some time.
c. During the nineteenth century several factors were responsible for causing tension within the Bengali society.
d. Bamabodhini helped to bring about women’s progress in education and social matters.
Answer:
d. Bamabodhini helped to bring about women’s progress in education and social matters.
Question 2.
Statement : The Bengali middle class fur the first time came out in open support to the indigo rebels.
Assertion:
a. The play, Neel Darpan was written by Dinabandhu Mitra.
b. Prior to the Indigo Revolt the middle class did not lend support to those who rebelled against the British colonists.
c. Dinabandhu Mitra had first hand knowledge how the peasants were oppressed by the indigo planters.
d. The indigo planters did what they liked to the peasantry.
Answer:
b. Prior to the Indigo Revolt the middle class did not lend support to those who rebelled against the British colonists.
Question 3.
Statement : From the enactment of the Charter Act of 1813 much time was wasted till a final decision was taken by the British officials to introduce Western education in India.
Assertion :
a. There emerged two opinions in the official circle regarding the education to be introduced in India.
b. The Anglicists were in favour of introducing Western education in the country.
c. The Orientalists wanted that traditional Indian learning be introduced in India.
d. Lord William Bentinck with the help of Lord Macaulay, the Law Member, finally decided in favour of introducing Western education in India.
Answer:
d. Lord William Bentinck with the help of Lord Macaulay, the Law Member, finally decided in favour of introducing Western education in India.
Question 4.
Statement : The practice of sati was a social evil. The East India Company’s government finally passed a Regulation prohibiting sati. Assertion :
a. The Christian missionaries had prohibited the practice of sati in the area under their jurisdiction.
b. The orthodox section of the Bengali society in kept no stone unturned to preserve the practice of sati.
c. Lord William Bentinck with the support of high officials, judges and other finally abolished the practice of sati. Rammohan, however, was not in favour of its immediate abolition.
d. Journals like Samachar Darpan and others also took up the cause of the abolition of the practice of sati.
Answer:
c. Lord William Bentinck with the support of high officials, judges and other finally abolished the practice of sati. Rammohan, however, was not in favour of its immediate abolition.
Question 5.
Statement : The movement initiated by the ‘Young Bengal’ did not continue for more than ten years.
Assertion :
a. Though Derozio died a premature death his inspiration among the contemporary youth lived longer.
b. The Young Bengal, also called Derozians, studied the Western literature and drew inspiration from it.
c. Young Bengal, in the opinion of some critiques, held far more advanced political ideas than those of Rammohan.
d. The Young Bengal could not define their objectives in clear terms, nor they had any leadership after Derozio.
Answer:
d. The Young Bengal could not define their objectives in clear terms, nor did they have any leadership after Derozio.
Match List I with List II
Question 1.
Match the following:
| List I | List II |
| (a) The Bengali periodical that gave emphasis to women issues | (i) Neel Darpan |
| (b) Harish Chandra Mukheijee | (ii) Bamabodhini |
| (c) Oppressions of the indigo planters | (iii) Hutom Pyanchar Naksha |
| (d) Description of a Kolkata city street | (iv) Hindu Patriot |
Answer:
(a) – (ii), (b) – (iv), (c) – (i), (d) – (iii)
Question 2.
Match the following:
| List I | List II |
| (a) The periodical which included definition and character of “New Bengali women’ | (i) Dinabandhu Mitra |
| (b) Hindu marriage law imposed disability on the part of girls in exercising their right to marry on their own | (ii) Bamabodhini |
| (c) The one who noticed and expressed with irony and humour how the old and new lived side by side | (iii) Hindu Patriot |
| (d) Staying in Jessore one who had the first hand knowledge how the peasantry treated by the indigo planters | (iv) Hutom Pyanchar Naksha |
Answer:
(a) – (ii), (b) – (iii), (c) – (iv), (d) – (i)
Question 3.
Match the following:
| List I | List II |
| (a) The journal that was published under the editorship of Kangal Harinath Majumder | (i) Charter Act of 1813 |
| (b) The provision of spending one lac of rupees in a year for the promotion of education in India | (ii) Grambarta Prakashika |
| (c) The chief exponent of Evangelism | (iii) Anglicist |
| (d) The opinion that favoured introduction of Western education in India | (iv) Charles Grant |
Answer:
(a) – (ii), (b) – (i), (c) – (iv), (d) – (iii)
Question 4.
Match the following:
| List I | List II |
| (a) Western scientific education officially introduced in India | (i) Rammohan Roy |
| (b) Linking up knowledge of English with government employment | (ii) Iswarchandra Vidyasagar |
| (c) Emancipation of women | (iii) Lord Hardinge |
| (d) Indirect support to the foundation of the Hindu College | (iv) Macaulay’s Minute |
Answer:
(a) – (iv), (b) – (iii), (c) – (ii), (d) – (i)
Question 5.
Match the following:
| List I | List II |
| (a) Leader of the orthodox section of the contemporary Bengali society | (I) Wood’s Dispatch |
| (b) The need for education in Western learning and science was realized by an Englishman | (II) Drinkwater Bethune |
| (c) Foundation of universities in India was laid in 1854 | (III) David Hare |
| (d) Foreigner who devoted himself to the cause of female education in India | (iv) Radhakanta Dey |
Answer:
(a) – (iv), (b) – (iii), (c) – (i), (d) – (ii)
Question 6.
Match the following:
| List I | List II |
| (a) The Governor-General of India at the time of the foundation of universities | (i) Chandramukhi Bose |
| (b) The first woman graduate of the University of Calcutta | (ii) Lord Canning |
| (c) The first male graduate of the University of Calcutta | (iii) Iswarchandra Vidyasagai |
| (d) Honorary Secretary of the Bethune Female School till 1869 | (iv) Bankim Chandra Chatterjee |
Answer:
(a) – (ii), (b) – (i), (c) – (iv), (d) – (iii)
Question 7.
Match the following:
| List I | List II |
| (a) In the Calcutta Medical College the first dissection of corpse took place in 1836 | (i) Vaishnavism |
| (b) President of the Friend’s Social welfare society | (ii) Keshab Chandra Sen |
| (c) Sadharan Brahmo Samaj | (iii) Madhusudan Gupta |
| (d) A disillusioned Bijay Krishna Goswami was attracted to the teachings of Sri Krishna Chaitanya | (iv) Debendranath Tagore |
Answer:
(a) – (iii), (b) – (iv), (c) – (ii), (d) – (i)
Question 8.
Match the following:
| List I | List II |
| (a) Official decision to consider the question of abolishing the sati | (i) William Carey |
| (b) The missionary who studied the Hindu scripture on the burning of widow | (ii) Court of Directors in London |
| (c) Movement against the practice of sati | (iii) Samachar Darpan |
| (d) The newspaper that supported the practice of sati | (iv) Rammohan Roy |
Question 9.
Match the following:
| List I | List II |
| (a) Abolition of the practice of sati | (i) Young Bengal |
| (b) Teacher of the Hindu College who was dismissed | (ii) William Bentinck |
| (c) The students of the Hindu College who published magazine | (iii) Derozio |
| (d) Students of Derozio | (iv) Hindu Pioneer |
Answer:
(a) – (ii), (b) – (iii), (c) – (ii), (d) – (i)
Question 10.
Match the following:
| List I | List II |
| (a) The most important Sanskrit scholar who opined against the practice of sati | (i) Vivekananda |
| (b) The Fakir of Jhungeera was full of patriotic feeling | (ii) Lalon Fakir |
| (c) Neo-Vedanta or Neo-Hinduism | (iii) Derozio |
| (d) A social reformer who believed in the power of music | (iv) Mrityunjoy Vidyalankar |
Answer:
(a) – (iv), (b) – (iii), (c) – (i), (d) – (ii)