Previous year MCQs

Modern Indian History UPPSC 1997 GS-I
Question

Which one of the following is not correctly matched?

Answer & Solution

Answer: (Detailed Solution Below)

Option C: Raja Ram Mohan Roy-Adi Brahmo Samaj

Detailed Solution:

The correct answer is “Raja Ram Mohan Roy-Adi Brahmo Samaj”.
1) Atmaram Pandurang founded the Prarthana Samaj in Bombay on March 31, 1867.

2) Arya Samaj was founded by Swami Dayanand Saraswati in 1875.

3) After the splitting of Brahmo samaj, Devendranath Tagore founded Adi Brahmo Samaj in 1866.

4) Swami Vivekananda founded the Ramakrishna Mission at Belur, near Calcutta in 1897.

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