Social Movements MCQ Quiz in বাংলা - Objective Question with Answer for Social Movements - বিনামূল্যে ডাউনলোড করুন [PDF]

The Correct answer is Rationalism

Key Points:

Rationalism:

• Rationalism is a philosophical concept focused on the application of reason to get knowledge.
• Rena Descartes is largely considered Rationalism's founder.
• Periyar was born on September 17, 1879, in Erode
• He was an Indian politician and social activist who formed the Dravidar Kazhagam and the Self-Respect Movement.
• He intended Rationalism to take the place of religion.
• He is also known as the "Father of Modern Tamilnadu" and Paguththarivu Pagalavan.
• The Indian Postal Service honored him with a stamp in 1978.
• Periyar was chosen President of the Madras PresidencyCongress Committee during the Tirupur session in 1922, where he fiercely fought for quota in government offices and education.
• He was known as Vaikom Virar among his peers (Hero of Vaikom)
• Kudi Arasu (Democracy) (1925), Puratchi (Revolution) (1933), Paguththarivu (Rationalism) (1934), and Viduthalai (Liberation) were among the periodicals and magazines he started (1935).
• Kudi Arasu was the official journal of the Self-Respect Movement.

The correct answer is one who caused a split in the Arya Samaj.

Key Points

• Swami Shradhananda
  • He was also known as Mahatma Munshi Ram Vij.
  • He was an Indian activist and an Arya Samaj sannyasi.
  • He propagated the teachings of Dayananda Saraswati.
  • He established educational institutions and Hindu reform movements.
  • He adopted atheism when he was prevented from entering the temple.

Additional Information

• Split of Arya Samaj
  • Arya Samaj was split in 1892 into two factions known as the Gurukul Section and the DAV Section.
  • It is due to a controversy to make Vedic education the core curriculum at the DAV College.
  • So, he left the organization and formed the Punjab Arya Samaj.

The correct answer is Baba Ram Singh.

Key Points

• Baba Ram Singh
  • He was the leader of the Namdhari Movement in Punjab.
  • He joined the Sikh army under Maharaja Ranjit Singh.
  • He was assigned to Karivar Nau Nihal Singh`s regiment.
  • He became a disciple of Balak Singh.
  • The Namdharis or Kukas abstained from eating meat and drinking.

Important Points

• Namdhari Movement
  • The movement was also referred to as the Kuka movement.
  • It was founded by Baba Ram Singh in 1857.
  • It was a set of rituals modelled after Guru Gobind Singh's founding of the Khalsa.
  • The followers were required to abandon their worship of gods and idols.
  • The Namdhari movement was mainly launched to reform Sikhism.
  • The aim of the movement was to spread the true spirit of Sikhism.

Additional Information

• Jyotiba Phule
  • His full name is Jyotirao Govindrao Phule.
  • He was an Indian social activist, social reformer and writer.
  • He made efforts to eradicate untouchability and the caste system.
  • He formed the Satyashodhak Samaj, a Society of Truth Seekers.
  • It was to attain equal rights for people from lower castes and campaigned for the priest rejection.
• Baba Dayal Das
  • He was a Sahajdhari Sikh.
  • His main mission was to reintroduce Sikhs back to the Adi Granth.
  • He has set up the Nirnarki Gurudwara after the partition.
  • He reinterpreted Guru Nanak's teachings and aimed to free people from superstitions.
  • He emphasized the worship of God without any form.
• Guru Nanak
  • He was the founder of Sikhism.
  • He is the first Guru of the ten Sikh Gurus.
  • His birthday is celebrated as Guru Nanak Gurpurab (October–November).
  • His words are registered as 974 poetic hymns in the holy text of Sikhism (Guru Granth Sahib).

The correct answer is Parsi Movement.

Key Points

• Parsi Movement
  • It is a religious reform among the Parsis in Mumbai.
  • Dadabhai Naoroji, S.S. Bengalee and others founded the Religious Reform Association in 1851.
  • Rast Goftar was a journal to promote social and religious reforms among Parsis.
  • They campaigned against religious orthodoxy and modernized Parsi social customs.
  • The movements led the community to form a socio-religious movement.
  • It aimed at structuring the religion and reshaping the Parsi social life.

Important Points

• Rast Goftar
  • It was an Anglo-Gujarati paper in Bombay.
  • It was started by Dadabhai Naoroji and Kharshedji Cama in 1854.
  • A riot between Parsis and Muslims was an immediate cause of founding the paper.
  • In 1857, the paper began the first English columns in Gujarat written by Nowroji Fardoonj.

Additional Information

• Aligarh Movement
  • The movement established the Western-style scientific education for the Muslim population of British India.
  • Sir Syed Ahmed Khan is the leader of the Aligarh Movement.
  • The reform in education established a base for the wider Movement.
  • It introduced a new trend in Urdu literature.
• Ramakrishna Mission
  • It is a Hindu religious and spiritual organisation.
  • It forms the core of the Ramakrishna Movement or the Vedanta Movement.
  • It is a spiritual movement inspired by Ramakrishna Paramahamsa.
  • The mission was founded by Ramakrishna Paramahamsa's chief disciple Swami Vivekananda in 1897.
  • The organisation propagates the Hindu philosophy of Vedanta–Advaita Vedanta and four yogic ideals such as Jnana, Bhakti, Karma, and Raja yoga.
• Dravida Mahajana Sabha
  • Iyothee Thass, a Tamil anti-caste activist, established the 'Dravida Mahajana Sabha' in 1891.
  • He organized the Todas and tribes of the Nilgiri Hills into a force in 1870.
  • He also declared that Scheduled Caste (SC) people were not Hindus and established the Sabha.
  • He founded the Advaidananda Sabha and launched a magazine called Dravida Pandian.

The correct answer is Sirkali.

Key Points

• Nelakanda Brahmachari
  • He was the first accused in the 1911 murder of the District Collector at Vanginathan railway station.
  • He joined the Indian Liberation Movement at a young age.
  • He mobilized 20,000 fighters and formed a revolutionary movement.
  • He started a secret movement named 'Abhinava Bharat Movement' in 1907.
  • He spent most of his life in India, Pakistan, and Myanmar prisons.
  • Later, he became a monk and established an ashram in the Nandi foothills in  Mysore.
  • He started a magazine called Sunrise.

Important Points

• ​Sirkali
  • It is a major municipal town in the Mayiladuthurai district in Tamil Nadu.
  • It is a part of the Nagapattinam district.
  • It is a part of the Cauvery delta region, where agriculture is the main occupation.

Additional Information

• Thirunelveli
  • It is also known as Nellai.
  • It is the sixth-largest municipal corporation.
  • The place includes many administrative services, agricultural trading, tourism, and educational services.
  • The city is famous for Nellaiappar Temple and Irutu Kadai halwa.
• Madurai
  • It is one of the longest-living cities in the world.
  • It was the third-largest Urban city in Tamil Nadu.
  • It is also known as 'Thoonga Nagaram', meaning 'the city that never sleeps.
  • The city is famous for the Meenakshi Temple and the Thirumalai Nayak Palace.
• Chennai
  • Chennai is the capital city of Tamil Nadu.
  • It is located on the Coromandel Coast of the Bay of Bengal.
  • Madras was the official name until 1996.
  • It is ranked as a beta-level city in the Global Cities Index.
  • Shri M.K.Stalin is the Chief Minister of the state.

Correct Answer A-3 B- 1 C- 4 D-2

Key PointsJustice Party

• On 20 November 1916 around 30 prominent non-Brahmin leaders including Dr. C. Natesanar, Sir Pitti Theyagarayar, T.M. Nair, and Alamelu Mangai Thayarammal came together to form the South Indian Liberation Federation (SILF).
• Later it was renamed the Justice Party

Thamizharasu Kazhagam

• Tamil Arasu Kazhagam (Association for Tamil Autonomy) was an Indian political party founded by M. P. Sivagnanam (Ma. Po. Si) in Tamil Nadu.
• It was established as an association in 1946

Tamilnadu Uzhaippalar Katchi

• Tamilnadu Uzhaippalar Katchi was a political party active in Tamil Nadu during 1951-54.
•  It was started by S. S Ramasamy Padayachi for the welfare of the Vanniyar caste.

Swatantra Party

• The Swatantra Party was an Indian classical liberal political party, that existed from 1959 to 1974.
• It was founded by C. Rajagopalachari 

E.V Ramasamy.
Key Points

• E.V Ramasamy also known as Thanthai Periyar was an Indian social activist and politician.
• who started the Self Respect Movement in 1925 and Dravidar Kazhagam.
• He is known as the "Father of the Dravidian Movement".
• In 1929 the first Self-Respect Conference was held in Chengalpattu.
• In 1944, at the Salem conference under the leadership of Periyar, a historic resolution was moved to change the name of the Justice Party to Dravidar Kazhagam (DK).
• Periyar organized the ‘Dravida Nadu’ conference and demanded an independent homeland for ‘Dravidians’.
• In 2021, the Tamil Nadu government celebrates its birth anniversary as 'Social Justice Day' on September 17.

Correct Answers 1970

Key Points

• Thanthai Periyar, was an Indian social activist and politician who started the Self Respect Movement and Dravidar Kazhagam.
• He is known as the "Father of the Dravidian Movement".
• Periyar joined congress in 1919. Later on, resigned in 1925 and started Self Respect Movement.
• This monthly magazine ‘UNMAI’ was established by Periyar on Pongal day in 1970 and was published as fortnightly from January 1976.
• The first issue was released by Dr. K. Veeramani, then General Secretary of Dravidar Kazhagam.
• This magazine covers worldwide rationalist news, Scholar's thoughts, new findings, women’s rights, human resources, etc. 

Additional Information 

• He started a number of newspapers and journals such as Kudi Arasu (Democracy)(1925), Revolt(1928), Puratchi(Revolution)(1933), Paguththarivu(Rationalism)(1934), and Viduthalai(Liberation)(1935).
• Kudi Arasu was the official newspaper of the Self-Respect Movement.
• Periyar's most important work on women's liberalization is Why the Woman is Enslaved?

Correct Answers 17 & 18-02-1929

Key Points

• Thanthai Periyar, was an Indian social activist and politician who started the Self Respect Movement and Dravidar Kazhagam.
• He is known as the "Father of the Dravidian Movement".
• He rebelled against Brahmin's domination and caste inequality in Tamil Nadu.
• Periyar joined congress in 1919. Later on, resigned in 1925 and started Self Respect Movement.
• First provincial conference of the Self-Respect Movement was organized by Periyar at Chengalpattu in 17 & 18-02-1929.
• Mr. W.P.A. Soundara Pandian presided over that conference.
• In first the conference, where he deletes his tittle name as Naicker.​

Additional Information

• Periyar started Self-Respect Movement in 1925.
• The movement was concerned with the marginalized sections of society and criticized Brahminism and the cultural hegemony of the Brahmin.
• The movement demanded women’s emancipation, deplored superstitions, and emphasized rationality.
• In 2021, the Tamil Nadu government celebrates its birth anniversary as 'Social Justice day' on September 17.

Correct Answer B-A-E-D-C

Key Points

• Periyar held different official positions of Erode that included the Chairmanship of Municipal Council (1918–1919).
• In Vaikom (a town in the then Princely State of Travancore), people protested against untouchability practice.
• In the initial stages, George Joseph of Madurai played a big role.
• After the local leaders were arrested Periyar led the movement and was imprisoned in 1924.
• People hailed him as Vaikom Virar (Hero of Vaikom).
• Periyar started the 'Revolt' newspaper.
• In 1936, Periyar got Dr. B. R. Ambedkar’s Annihilation of Caste translated into Tamil.
• He also supported Ambedkar’s demand for separate electorates for scheduled castes.
• In 1937, in opposition to the Rajaji government’s move to introduce compulsory Hindi in schools. 
• He launched a popular movement to oppose it. The anti-Hindi agitation (1937–39).