Bengal Renaissance & Reformers

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Bengal Renaissance & Reformers — solved practice questions

8 WBCS West Bengal — History & Culture questions with step-by-step solutions. Attempt each, then reveal the answer.

1. Q1easy

   Who founded the Brahmo Samaj (initially the Brahmo Sabha) in Calcutta in 1828 to promote monotheism and social reform?

   • ARaja Ram Mohan Roy
   • BIshwar Chandra Vidyasagar
   • CDebendranath Tagore
   • DKeshab Chandra Sen
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   Correct answer: (A) Raja Ram Mohan Roy

   Raja Ram Mohan Roy founded the Brahmo Sabha, later known as the Brahmo Samaj, in Calcutta in 1828, making him the pioneer of the Bengal Renaissance.

2. Q2easy

   The practice of Sati was legally abolished by a regulation of 1829 passed during the tenure of which Governor-General?

   • ALord William Bentinck
   • BLord Cornwallis
   • CLord Dalhousie
   • DLord Canning
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   Correct answer: (A) Lord William Bentinck

   The Bengal Sati Regulation of 1829 was enacted under Governor-General Lord William Bentinck, largely because of Raja Ram Mohan Roy's sustained campaign.

3. Q3easy

   The song 'Vande Mataram' was written by which Bengali author, who later included it in his novel Anandamath?

   • ABankim Chandra Chattopadhyay
   • BRabindranath Tagore
   • CMichael Madhusudan Dutt
   • DSarat Chandra Chattopadhyay
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   Correct answer: (A) Bankim Chandra Chattopadhyay

   Bankim Chandra Chattopadhyay composed 'Vande Mataram' and placed it in his 1882 novel Anandamath, and it went on to become a national song.

4. Q4easy

   Rabindranath Tagore was awarded the Nobel Prize in Literature in 1913 for which work?

   • AGitanjali
   • BGora
   • CGhare Baire
   • DChokher Bali
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   Correct answer: (A) Gitanjali

   Tagore received the 1913 Nobel Prize in Literature for Gitanjali (Song Offerings), becoming the first Asian to win a Nobel Prize.

5. Q5medium

   Ishwar Chandra Vidyasagar's reform campaign was chiefly responsible for the passing of which landmark law?

   • AThe Hindu Widows' Remarriage Act, 1856
   • BThe Bengal Sati Regulation, 1829
   • CThe Age of Consent Act, 1891
   • DThe Child Marriage Restraint Act, 1929
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   Correct answer: (A) The Hindu Widows' Remarriage Act, 1856

   Vidyasagar's efforts led to the Hindu Widows' Remarriage Act of 1856, which legalised the remarriage of Hindu widows.

6. Q6medium

   Henry Louis Vivian Derozio, the radical teacher who inspired the 'Young Bengal' movement, taught at which Calcutta institution?

   • AHindu College, Calcutta
   • BSanskrit College, Calcutta
   • CFort William College
   • DSerampore College
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   Correct answer: (A) Hindu College, Calcutta

   Derozio taught English literature at Hindu College, Calcutta, where his free-thinking students became known as the Derozians or Young Bengal.

7. Q7medium

   Swami Vivekananda achieved international fame after his address at the 1893 Parliament of the World's Religions, held in which city?

   • AChicago
   • BLondon
   • CNew York
   • DBoston
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   Correct answer: (A) Chicago

   Vivekananda represented Hinduism at the Parliament of the World's Religions in Chicago in 1893, where his opening address won wide acclaim.

8. Q8medium

   Ramakrishna Paramhansa, the spiritual guru of Swami Vivekananda, served as a priest at which temple built by Rani Rashmoni on the banks of the Hooghly?

   • ADakshineswar Kali Temple
   • BKalighat Kali Temple
   • CTarakeswar Temple
   • DBelur Math
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   Correct answer: (A) Dakshineswar Kali Temple

   Ramakrishna was the priest of the Dakshineswar Kali Temple, established by Rani Rashmoni in 1855 near Calcutta.

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