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1. 1.

   Fill in the blanks.

   1. Sati was banned in the year____________.
   2. The Widow Remarriage Act was introduced in the year______________.
   3. Rammohun Roy translated the Vedas and _____________ into _______________.
   4. Ramakrishna Paramhansa believed that all religions led to________________.
   5. ______________ and _________________ were amongst the most prominent members of the Parthana Samaj.
   6. The Arya samaj was founded by ____________ ___________ ____________.
   7. The curriculam of the DAV schools and colleges included the _______________ as well as Western sciences.
   8. Syed Ahmad khan believed that the social ans economic position of the _______________ in India could be improved by means of Western education.
   9. The Theosophical Society was founded by _____________ ______________ and _____________ _______________ in USA. 
2. 2.

   Tick the sentences that are true. Correct the others.

   1. Debendranath Tagore translated the Vedas and the Upanishads into Bengali.
   2. The original name of Swami Vivekananda is Narendranath Dutta.
   3. Dayanand Saraswati was opposed to Western education.
   4. Annie Besant established the Ramakrishna Mission in 1897.
   5. Sri Narayana Guru fought for the right of dalits to enter temples in Kerala.
3. 3.

   Multiple choice questions.

   1. After Rammohun Roy, the activities of the Brahmo Samaj were taken up by:
      1. Rabindranath Tagore
      2. Vivekananda
      3. Debendranath Tagore
      4. Dayanand Saraswati
   2. The Veda samaj was founded by:
      1. Chembati Sridhralu Naidu
      2. Kandukuri Veeresalingam
      3. Sri Narayana Guru
      4. Dadabhai Naoroji
   3. The Aligarh Muslim University was formerly known as:
      1. Mohammed Anglo-Oriental College
      2. Anglo-Oriental College
      3. Mohammedan College for Anglo-Orientals
      4. College for Anglo-orientals
   4. Madame Helena Blavatsky founded:
      1. The Aligarh Muslim University
      2. The Theosophical Society
      3. The Banaras Hindu University
      4. The Brahmo Samaj
   5. Annie Besant was:
      1. Russian
      2. Irish
      3. Chinese
      4. French
4. 4.

   Match the following.

   1. Parthana Samaj	a. Gadadhar Chattopadhyay
   2. Translation Society	b. Veda Samaj
   3. Banaras Hindu University	c. M G Ranade
   4. Ramakrishna paramahamsa	d. Madan Mohan Malavya
   5. Chembati Sridharalu Naidu	e. Scientific Society

    

5. 5.

   Who was Ramakrishna Paramhamsa?

6. 6.

   What was the main contribution of Jyotiba Phule?