Prarthana Samaj and Sathya Shodhak Samaj

Q. This organisation started a movement for religious and social reform in Bombay, India. Dr Athma Ram Panduranga founded it in 1867. It tried to solve various social problems faced by the women and the people of the lower caste. Identify this organisation.

1. Prarthana Samaj
2. Arya Samaj
3. Sathya Shodak Samaj
4. Paramhansa Samaj

Q. The Prarthana Samaj was founded by in 1867.

1. Jyothiba Phule
2. Athma Ram Panduranga
3. Rabindranath Tagore

Q. Which among the following leaders are associated with the Prarthana Samaj?

1. Lala Lajpat Rai
2. R.G. Bhandarkar
3. Mahadeva Govinda Ranade
4. N.G. Chandravarkar

Q. What was the aim of the Sathya Shodhak Samaj?

1. Equal rights to non-Brahmins and women
2. Advocated monotheism
3. Promoting Hinduism
4. Promoting western education

Q. Which Indian reformer formed the Sathya Shodhak Samaj to challenge caste-based discrimination?

1. Swami Vivekananda
2. Mahatma Jyothiba Phule
3. Swami Dayanand Saraswati
4. Ishwar Chandra Vidyasagar

Q. He was an Indian social reformer who worked for expanding educational opportunities for the people of lower castes and women in Maharashtra. He launched the Satya Shodhak Samaj, and his wife supported his endeavours for women's education. Identify this person.

1. Ishwar Chandra Vidyasagar
2. Vinobha Bhave
3. Babasaheb Ambedkar
4. Jyothiba Phule

Q. Satya Shodak Samaj also called truth seekers society was started by which of the following reformers?

1. Gopal Krishna Gokhale
2. Jyotiba Phule
3. Dayananda Saraswathi
4. Shiv Narain Agnihotri

Q. Who organized a conference in 1925 against slavery?

1. League of Nations
2. International Workers Union
3. All of above
4. International Court

Q. Who was the founder of the Prarthana Samaj?

1. Swami Vivekananda
2. Swami Dayanand Saraswati
3. Dr. Athma Ram Panduranga
4. Jyothiba Phule

Q. Which of the following would you associate Jyotiba Phule with?

1. Tattvabodhini Samaj
2. Satya Shodhak Mandal
3. Theosophical Society
4. Dharma Sabha

Q. When was the Sathya Shodhak Samaj founded by Jyothiba Phule?

1. 1870
2. 1875
3. 1880
4. 1873

Q. Choose the correct pair of organisations and the year of its formation.

1. Arya Samaj
2. Prarthana Samaj
3. Dravida Kalagam
4. 1867
5. 1875
6. 1944

Q. The main aim of the Prarthana Samaj was to solve various social problems faced by the upper caste men.

1. True
2. False

Q. Justice Ranade of the Prarthana Samaj worked for the prohibition of child marriage and discrimination against widows.

1. True
2. False