(a) ii and iii
(b) i and iv
(c) ii and iv
(d) i and iii
Which of the following statements about Mrs. Annie Besant are true?
(i) She was one of the founders of the Theosophical Society.
(ii) She became the president of the society in 1907.
(iii) Under her, the society concentrated on the revival of Hinduism and its
ancient ideas.
(iv) She founded the Central Hindu school at Allahabad in order to provide
Hindu religious instruction.
Choose the answer from the codes given below:
(a) i and ii
(b) ii and iii
(c) iii and iv
(d) i and iii
Which of the following statements about Henry Vivian Derozio are true?
(i) He was born in Calcutta in 1809.
(ii) He taught at the Sanskrit college between 1826 and 1830.
(iii) He died of cholera in 1835.
(iv) His followers were known as Derozians and their movement as the
Young Bengal Movement.
Choose the answer from the codes given below:
(a) i and ii
(b) ii and iii
(c) iii and iv
(d) i and iv
Pandit Ishwar Chandra Vidyasagar
(i) Struggled in favour of widow remarriage.
(ii) Opposed child marriage and polygamy.
(iii) Campaigned in favour of education of women.
(iv) Evolved a new technique of teaching Sanskrit and a modern prose style
in Bengali.
(v) Became the principal of Sanskrit college at Calcutta and admit non-
Brahmin students into it.