Question

Match the following social reformers of modern India with the institutions they founded (including year of their foundation).

List-I	List-II
A. Swami Vivekananda	(i) Theosophical Society $\left(1882\right)$
B. H P Blavatsky	(ii) Ramakrishna Mission $\left(1887\right)$
C. Sir Syed Ahmad Khan	(iii) Ahmadiya Movement $\left(1891\right)$
D. Mirza Ghulam Ahmad	(iv) Aligarh Movement $\left(1875\right)$
E. Annie Besant	(v) Central Hindu College, Varanasi $\left(1898\right)$

• A. A-v, B-ii, C-iii, D-iv, D-i
• B. A-ii, B-i, C-iv, D-iii, E-v
• C. A-ii, B-v, C-iii, D-iv, E-i
• D. A-v, B-ii, C-iv, D-iii, E-i

Answer 1

The correct option is B A-ii, B-i, C-iv, D-iii, E-v

Swami Vivekananda - Ramakrishna Mission - in 1897 with the twin objectives of working for one’s own liberation as well as working for the welfare of the world at large.

HP Blavatsky - Theosophical Society - the aim of the philosophy was to attain wisdom in order to realize the Godhood.

Sir Syed Ahmad Khan - Aligarh Movement - to establish a modern system of education for the Muslim population of British India.

Mirza Ghulam Ahmad - Ahmadiya Movement - believed in ending religious wars, condemn bloodshed and reinstitute morality, justice, and peace.

Annie Besant - Central Hindu College, Varanasi - established with the object of imparting sound secular education, combined with moral and religious instruction, based on the fundamental tenets of Hinduism.