Widow Remarriage

Q. Who founded the Arya Samaj?

1. Swami Dayanand Saraswati
2. Raja Ram Mohan Roy
3. Sister Nivedita
4. Swami Vivekananda

Q. Who was the first reformer to talk of "widow remarriage"?

1. Raja Ram Mohan Roy
2. Ishwarchandra Vidyasagar
3. Veerasalingam Pantulu
4. Pandita Ramabai

Q.

Who formed an association for widow remarriage in the Telugu-speaking areas of the Madras Presidency?

1. Raja Rammohun Roy

2. Veerasalingam Pantulu

3. K. Kamraj

4. Swami Dayanand Saraswati

Q. British officials passed a law advocating widow remarriage in the year ____.

1. 1855
2. 1856
3. 1857
4. 1858

Q. Arya Samaj attempted to _______.

1. promote education of girl children
2. encourage widow remarriage
3. encourage sati
4. encourage child marriage

Q. Arya Samaj supported ____.

1. Sati
2. Caste inequalities
3. Widow remarriage
4. Child marriage

Q.

Who formed the reform association called Arya Samaj?

1. Swami Dayanand Saraswati

2. Lala Lajpat Rai

3. Ishwarchandra Vidyasagar

4. Veerasalingam Pantulu

Q. Which of the reformers was prominent in the region of Telugu-speaking Madras presidency?

1. Raja Ram Mohan Roy
2. Ishwarchandra Vidyasagar
3. Veerasalingam Pantulu
4. Pandita Ramabai

Q.

Which famous Indian reformer used ancient texts to suggest that widows could remarry?

1. Swami Dayanand Saraswati

2. Ishwarchandra Vidyasagar

3. G. G. Agarkar

4. G. K. Gokhale

Q.

The law permitting widow remarriage was passed by the British government in which year?

1. 1865

2. 1857

3. 1856

4. 1864

Q.

Due to the Right to Equality, which kind of practice was abolished?

1. Untouchability

2. Sati

3. Child marriage

4. All of the above

Q. Widow remarriage was widely accepted before the practice of Sati was banned.

1. False
2. True

Q. Widow remarriage was widely accepted before the practice of Sati was banned.

1. False
2. True

Q. Arya Samaj attempted to _______.

1. promote education of girl children
2. encourage widow remarriage
3. encourage sati
4. encourage child marriage

Q. Widow remarriage was widely accepted before the practice of Sati was banned.

1. False
2. True

Q. Who founded the Arya Samaj?

1. Swami Dayanand Saraswati
2. Raja Ram Mohan Roy
3. Sister Nivedita
4. Swami Vivekananda