(i) It was popularly known as the Civil Marriage Act.
(ii) It was passed by Lord Lytton.
(iii) It legalised the Brahmo marriages.
(iv) It fixed the marriageable age for girls and boys at 18 and 20 respectively.
Select the answer from the codes given below:
(a) i and ii
(b) ii and iii
(c) iii and iv
(d) ii and iv
Which of the following statements about the second schism in Brahmoism
are true?
(i) It occurred in 1870.
(ii) A group of Keshab Chandra Sen’s followers, including Ananda Mohan
Bose and Shivanath Shastri left Sen’s organisation.
(iii) The splinter group formed a new organisation called the ‘Sadharana
Brahmo Samaj’.
(iv) One of the main causes for the split was the marriage of Sen’s minor
daughter with the minor ruler of Cooch Bihar.
Choose the answer from the codes given below:
(a) i, ii and iii
(b) ii, iii and iv
(c) i, ii and iv
(d) i, iii and iv
Which of the following statements about the Prarthana Sabha are true?
(i) It was an off-shoot of the Brahmo Samaj of India.
(ii) M GRanade and R G Bhandarkar joined it in 1870 and infused new
strength in it.
(iii) It was a reform movement outside Hinduism.
(iv) It concentrated on social reforms like interdining, intermarriage,
remarriage of widows and upliftment of women and depressed classes.
Choose the answer from the codes given below:
(a) i, ii and iii
(b) ii. iii and iv
(c) i, ii and iv
(d) i, iii and iv