History – Renaissance in India

Std VIII – Chapter 6

Question	Op1	Op2	Op3	Op4	Answer
Who wrote the book ‘Stree-Purush Tulana’?	Savitribai Phule	Ramabai Ranade	Tarabai Shinde	Kamala Kaul	3
Who founded the Anath Balikashram for the education of widowed girls?	Pandita Ramabai	Maharshi Dondo Keshav Karve	Periyar Ramaswamy Naikar	Narayan Guru	2
Who established the Mohammedan Anglo-Oriental College?	Sir Sayyad Ahmad Khan	Badruddin Tayyabji	Abdul Latif	Liaqat Ali Khan	1
Who founded Paramhansa Sabha?	Maharshi Vitthal Ramji Shinde	Gopal Hari Deshmukh	Vireshlingam Pantalu	Dadoba Pandurang Tarkhadkar	4
Who founded Satya Shodhak Samaj?	Mahatma Phule	Gopal Ganesh Agarkar	Ishwar Chandra Vidyasagar		1
Who founded Brahmo Samaj?	Babasaheb Ambedkar	Raja Ram Mohun Roy	Vishnu Shastri Pandit	Swami Dayanand Saraswati	2
Who founded Prarthana Samaj?	Justice M. G. Ranade	Dr. R. G. Bhandarkar	Atmaram Pandurang Tarkhadkar	Justice K. T. Telang	3
Who founded Ramkrishna Mission?	Bal Gangadhar Tilak	Gopalkirshna Gokhale	Bipin Chandra Pal	Swami Vivekananda	4
Why did Mahatma Phule organize a strike of nabhiks?	To get higher wages for nabhiks	To end the practice of tonsure	To get bonus for nabhiks	To end exploitation of nabhiks	2
What did Narayan Guru suggest for removing caste differences?	Inter-caste marriages	Change of surnames	Common housing societies	Change of religion	1
What kind of worship did the Prarthana Samaj advocate?	Animal sacrifice	Pouring ghee in fire	Prayers and devotional songs	Fast and vigil	3
What did Swami Vivekananda teach?	Widows should remarry	No child marriage	No polygamy	Service to humanity is the true religion	4