Theosophical Society and the Dharma Paripalana Yogam Movement

Q. When was the Central Hindu Benaras College established by Annie Besant?

1. 1890
2. 1894
3. 1898
4. 1902

Q. Choose the objectives of the Theosophical Society from the following.

1. To study various religions, philosophies, and sciences.
2. To promote Hindu-Muslim unity.
3. To set up schools for children.
4. To discover the indomitable spirit hidden in humans.

Q. Choose the correct statements about the Theosophical Society.

1. Annie Besant founded the Theosophical Society in 1875.
2. Its head office in India was established in Adyar near Madras.
3. It rejected the authority of the sacred Hindu scriptures like the Vedas and Upanishads.
4. It aspired to conduct a comparative study of various religions, philosophy, and science.

Q. This person was a social and religious reformer from Kerala. He built temples for the backward communities, and started the Vaikom movement in 1924 in support of temple entry for people of all castes. Who is this person?

1. Periyar
2. Brahmananda Swami Sivayogi
3. Sri Narayana Guru
4. Ramakrishna Paramahamsa

Q. Which among the following are ideas of Sri Narayana Guru?

1. A temple entry movement called Vaikom movement.
2. The idea of one caste, one religion, and one god.
3. He started Dharma Paripalana Yogam.
4. He built temples for upper castes.

Q. Which of the following statement(s) is(are) true about Annie Besant?

1. She started the Central Hindu Benaras College in 1898.
2. She was an ardent supporter of both Irish and Indian self-rule.
3. She established the Theosophical Society in 1898.
4. She started the Home Rule League in 1916 for the right of self-governance.

Q. Who among the following led religious reformation movement in Kerala?

1. Sri Narayana Guru
2. Kunjan Nambiar
3. Kumaran Assan
4. Dr. Pallpu

Q. Who among the following was not involved with the Theosophical society?

1. H. P. Blavatsky
2. H. S. Olcott
3. Madan Mohan Malviya
4. Annie Besant

Q. To achieve the right to self-governance, Annie Besant started the Home Rule League in India in .

1. 1916
2. 1910
3. 1920

Q. ______ and _______ led the Home Rule Movement in India.

1. Tilak and Annie Besant
2. Tilak and Vivekananda
3. Tilak and Phule
4. Tilak and Sri Narayana Guru

Q. Who had founded the Indian Home Rule Society?

1. V D Savarkar
2. Madan Lal Dhingra
3. Lala Hardayal
4. Shyamji Krishna Varma

Q. Lokmanya Tilak was born on 23 July 1856 in __________ in Maharashtra.

1. Raigad
2. Sindhudurg
3. Ratnagiri
4. Thane

Q. Where was the head office of the Theosophical society situated?

1. Bombay
2. Madras
3. Calcutta
4. Delhi

Q. What were the aims of the organization 'Pratyaksha Raksha Daiva Sabha' founded by Poykayil Sree Kumara Gurudevan?

1. Philanthropy
2. Universal Brotherhood
3. World Peace
4. All of the above

Q. Sri Narayana Guru started the Dharma Paripalana Yogam Movement on the idea of one caste, one religion, and one God for all humanity.

1. True
2. False

Q. Who was the first woman president of the Indian National Congress?

1. Sarojini Naidu
2. Begam Hazrat Ali
3. Bhikaji Cama
4. Annie Besant

Q. The ___________________ was an organization founded in 1903 to propagate the teachings of Sree Narayana Guru.

1. Samatwasamajam
2. Sadhujana Paripalana Sangham
3. Sree Mulam Praja Sabha
4. Sree Narayana Dharma Paripalana Yogam

Q. Which of the following was the organization founded by Poykayil Sree Kumara Gurudevan?

1. Sree Narayana Dharma Paripalana Yogam
2. Sadhujana Paripalana Sangham
3. Pratyaksha Raksha Daiva Sabha
4. Sree Mulam Praja Sabha

Q. Pick the correctly matched pairs from the following.

1. Kesari - Vivekananda
2. New India - Ramakrishna
3. Maratha - Bal Gangadhar Tilak
4. Commonweal - Annie Besant

Q. What were the aims of the organization 'Sadhujana Paripalana Sangham' founded by Ayyankali?

1. The right of Avarnas to walk freely along the public roads.
2. Better wages for labourers.
3. All of the above
4. School admission of the students from depressed classes.

Q. When was the Dharma Paripalana Yogam Movement started by Sri Narayana Guru for the downtrodden sections of society?

1. 1900
2. 1905
3. 1910
4. 1903