The pioneer of the reform movements in India was ___________.

Raja Rammohan Roy

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Swami Dayanand Saraswati

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Keshab Chandra Sen

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Debendranath Tagore

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The correct option is A Raja Rammohan Roy
Raja Rammohan Roy was the pioneer of the reform movements in India. In 1828, Raja Ram Mohan Roy established the "Brahmo Samaj", which is recalled to be one of the first Indian socio-religious reform movements. Roy was also one of the pioneers of Indian journalism. He published several journals in Bengali, Persian, Hindi and English to propagate social reforms.

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Consider the following statements regarding socio- religious reform movements in India and select the correct statements among them –

1. Socio- religious movements were against depressing and distressing conditions of women, caste system and British domination on Indian soil.

2. In Ishwar Chandra Vidyasagar’s word – “if religion does not sanction social reform, then change religion.”

3. Raja Rammohan Roy’s Brahmo Samaj’s long term agenda was to purify Hinduism and to preach monotheism.

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