National Renaissance: Socio-Religious Reform Movements – Group 4 Topic Quiz

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This quiz has 30 multiple-choice questions on National Renaissance: Socio-Religious Reform Movements, from the History, Culture of India and Indian National Movement unit of the TNPSC Group 4 General Studies syllabus. - Time allowed: 30 minutes - Each question has four options and only one correct answer - No negative marking - Pass mark: 35% - Each answer comes with an explanation after you submit Topics covered: - The Awakening: Why a Renaissance - Raja Ram Mohan Roy and the Brahmo Samaj - Reform in Western and Northern India: Prarthana, Arya and Theosophical - Religious Revival and Reform: Ramakrishna, Vivekananda and the Muslim Response - The Lower-Caste and Non-Brahmin Awakening - The Tamil Nadu Renaissance: Vallalar, Vaikom and the Self-Respect Movement - Legacy, Limits and the Making of Modern India Syllabus reference: National Renaissance: Socio-Religious Reform Movements of the Nineteenth and Twentieth Centuries; History, Culture and National Movement

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1. 1The word 'renaissance', applied to the nineteenth-century Indian awakening, literally means ________.

   • Arebirth
   • Brevolution
   • Creformation of the church
   • Dreturn to the Vedas

2. 2Which organisation is cited as the clearest example of the revivalist tendency, which sought reform by returning to a pure past?

   • ABrahmo Samaj
   • BArya Samaj
   • CPrarthana Samaj
   • DSatyashodhak Samaj