Question

Match the following :

Movement/ Reformer	Organization
(a) Brahmo Samaj	(i) Swami Vivekananda
(b) Young Bengal Movement	(ii) Sayyid Ahmad Khan
(c) Ramakrishna Mission	(iii) Henry Louis Vivian Derozio
(d) Aligarh Movement	(iv) Keshab Chandra Sen

 

1. a - i, b - iv, c - iii, d - ii
2. a - iv, b - iii, c - i, d - ii
3. a - iii, b - ii, c - iv, d - i
4. a - ii, b - i, c - iv, d - iii

Answer 1

Correct Answer - Option 2 : a - iv, b - iii, c - i, d - ii

Movement/ Reformer	Organization
Brahmo Samaj	Raja Ram Mohan Roy is regarded as the Father of Modern India who founded the first religious reform organization, Brahmo Samaj in 1828.  The two most prominent leaders of the Brahmo Samaj were Keshab Chandra Sen and Debendranath Tagore.  It forbade idol worship and discarded meaningless rites and rituals. The greatest achievement in the field of social reform was the abolition of 'Sati' in 1829.  To spread the moto of Brahmo Samaj Keshab Chandra Sen travelled throughout Madras and Bombay presidencies and later northern India.
Young Bengal Movement	Henry Louis Vivian Derozio is the founder of the Young Bengal movement. Henry Louis Vivian Derozio was an Indian poet of Portuguese origin and assistant headmaster of Hindu College, Kolkata. He was a radical thinker of his time and one of the first Indian educators to disseminate Western learning and science among the young men of Bengal. He joined the Hindu College as a teacher at the age of seventeen.  He and his students called DErozians or Young Bengal promoted radical reformist ideas among the people of Bengal.
Ramakrishna Mission	The Ramakrishna Mission was established in 1897 by Swami Vivekananda, the chief disciple of Swami Ramakrishna Paramahamsa.  The Mission has drawn all into ideals and principles from the life and teachings of Sri Ramakrishna. The mission worked to help the poor, improve the conditions of women, and fight against untouchability and superstition and overhaul the education system.  He stressed the supremacy of the Hindu religion and culture. He anticipated that Hinduism was based on spiritual values while western culture and civilization were materialistic. He believed in the unity and equality of all religions. Economically, he was in favour of agro-based small-scale industries.
Aligarh Movement	Sir Syed Ahmad Khan launched the Aligarh Movement of which Aligarh was the center. He had two immediate objectives in mind: to remove the state of misunderstanding and tension between the Muslims and the new British government, and to induce them to go after the opportunities available under the new regime without deviating in any way from the fundamentals of their faith.