Young Bengal Movement

Q. Choose the correct statements about Vivian Derozio and the Young Bengal Movement.

1. Derozio was a professor in the Anglo-Vedic College in Calcutta.
2. Derozio started a debating society in 1828 for free-thinking individuals.
3. Derozio supported the rights of women and opposed caste-based discrimination.
4. Many traditionalists supported Derozio and his radical ideas.

Q. Who founded the Young Bengal Movement?

1. Annie Besant
2. Sir Syed Ahmed Khan
3. Raja Ram Mohan Roy
4. Henry Louis Vivian Derozio

Q. What was the contribution of the Swadeshi Movement to the growth of national literature?

Q. Choose the correctly matched pair from the following.

1. Raja Ram Mohan Roy - Young Bengal Movement
2. Derozio - Athmiya Sabha
3. Derozio - worked on text books to inculcate new ideas.
4. Raja Ram Mohan Roy - Started Academic Association

Q. Due to the opposition from the traditionalists, Vivian Derozio was forced to resign from the Hindu College in .

1. 1820
2. 1830
3. 1831

Q. Which among the following statements is false regarding the Young Bengal Movement?

1. They held discussion about nature, humanism, and God.
2. They believed irrational thinking could liberate people.
3. They opposed caste-based discrimination.
4. They supported women's rights.

Q. In which year was Vivian Derozio forced to resign from the Hindu College for his radical ideas?

1. 1825
2. 1830
3. 1831
4. 1837

Q. Under the leadership of which Anglo-Indian did the youth of Bengal generate a new wave of reformation movement?

1. William Bentinck
2. Vivian Derozio
3. Robert Clive
4. Warren Hastings

Q. Through the Young Bengal Movement and the Academic Association, Vivian Derozio opposed the rights of women.

1. True
2. False

Q. What can be inferred about Edward Thomas?

1. He wrote poetry similar to that of Hardy.
   
2. He was a better poet than Hardy.
3. He was once held in high esteem by the author.
   
4. He had views opposed to Eliot.