Theosophical Society and the Dharma Paripalana Yogam Movement

Q.

Who is known as the father of yoga?

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

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

Q. The Central Hindu Benaras College founded by Annie Besant became a university under the guidance of Ishwar Chandra Vidyasagar.

1. True
2. False

Q.

Who was the Founder of the Arya Samaj

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

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

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

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

1. 1916
2. 1910
3. 1920

Q. <!--td {border: 1px solid #ccc;}br {mso-data-placement:same-cell;}--> ______ and _______ founded the Theosophical Society.

1. Madam Blavatsky and Annie Besant
2. Colonel H.S. Olcott and Annie Besant
3. Madam Blavatsky and Colonel H.S. Olcott
4. Madam Blavatsky and Henry Louis Vivian Derozio

Q. <!--td {border: 1px solid #ccc;}br {mso-data-placement:same-cell;}--> 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. Annie Besant
4. Madan Mohan Malviya

Q. <!--td {border: 1px solid #ccc;}br {mso-data-placement:same-cell;}--> 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. 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. <!--td {border: 1px solid #ccc;}br {mso-data-placement:same-cell;}--> 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. <!--td {border: 1px solid #ccc;}br {mso-data-placement:same-cell;}--> 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. <!--td {border: 1px solid #ccc;}br {mso-data-placement:same-cell;}--> ______ 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