Match List I with List II and select the answer using the code given below the Lists: List I (Reformer) A. Vishnu Shastri Pundit B. Karsondas Mulji C. Debendranath Tagore D. Raja Ram Mohan Roy List II (Social Work/Text) 1. Vedic Physics : Scientific Origin of Hinduism 2. Widow Remarriage Association 3. Satya Prakash 4. Tattvabodhini Sabha
- (a)1 3 4 2
- (b)1 4 3 2
- (c)2 3 4 1
- (d)2 4 3 1
Correct — C, the mapping is A-2, B-3, C-4, D-1. Vishnu Shastri Pundit founded the Widow Remarriage Association (2); Karsondas Mulji started the reformist Gujarati journal Satya Prakash (3); Debendranath Tagore founded the Tattvabodhini Sabha (4); and Raja Ram Mohan Roy is left with item 1. The first three pairings are firmly established, which fixes the code as C.
- (a)1 3 4 2 — It ties Vishnu Shastri Pundit to a physics text and hands the Widow Remarriage Association to Ram Mohan Roy, but that Association was Vishnu Shastri Pundit's own — so A and D are misplaced.
- (b)1 4 3 2 — It scrambles almost every pairing — for instance it gives Debendranath Tagore the journal Satya Prakash and Karsondas Mulji the Tattvabodhini Sabha, both of which are reversed.
- (d)2 4 3 1 — It correctly fixes A and D but swaps B and C — wrongly giving Karsondas Mulji the Tattvabodhini Sabha (Debendranath Tagore's body) and Debendranath Tagore the journal Satya Prakash (Karsondas Mulji's).
This is a cluster of nineteenth-century social-religious reformers. Vishnu Shastri Pundit founded the Widow Remarriage Association in Bombay; Karsondas Mulji edited the Gujarati weekly Satya Prakash; Debendranath Tagore founded the Tattvabodhini Sabha (1839) and reorganised the Brahmo Samaj; and Raja Ram Mohan Roy was the founder of the Brahmo Sabha and a pioneer against Sati.
Match questions are solved by anchoring the certain pairs first. A-2, B-3 and C-4 are unambiguous, which forces the code C by elimination. List II's item 1 is a late-twentieth-century book title that merely shares Ram Mohan Roy's name and is not one of the reformer's actual works, so it is best treated as the leftover once the solid three are placed.
- Vishnu Shastri Pundit founded the Widow Remarriage Association in Bombay in the 1860s.
- Karsondas Mulji edited the Gujarati weekly Satya Prakash and figured in the Maharaj Libel Case of 1862.
- Debendranath Tagore founded the Tattvabodhini Sabha in 1839 and revitalised the Brahmo Samaj; he was the father of Rabindranath Tagore.
- Raja Ram Mohan Roy founded the Brahmo Sabha in 1828 and campaigned for the abolition of Sati.
The three certain pairs — A-2, B-3, C-4 — fix the code as C (2 3 4 1); D takes item 1 by elimination.
- Swapping Debendranath Tagore's Tattvabodhini Sabha with Karsondas Mulji's journal Satya Prakash.
- Assuming Raja Ram Mohan Roy authored the modern physics-titled book in List II item 1.
Asked as a List I–List II match of reformers to their journals, associations or texts.
Consider the following statements: I. Arya Samaj was founded in 1835. II. Lala Lajpat Rai opposed the appeal of Arya Samaj to the authority of Vedas in support of its social reform programmes. III. Under Keshab Chandra Sen, the Brahmo Samaj campaigned for women's education. IV. Vinoba Bhave founded the Sarvodaya Samaj to work among refugees. Which of these statements are correct?
- (a) I and II
- (b) II and III
- (c) II and IV
- (d) III and IV
Answer(d) III and IV
Same reform-movement family. There the Brahmo Samaj under Keshab Chandra Sen is the reliable true statement; here the Brahmo line (Ram Mohan Roy and Debendranath Tagore) anchors two of the four matches you must place.
- practice — not a real PYQ
The Tattvabodhini Sabha (1839) was founded by which reformer?
- (a)Raja Ram Mohan Roy
- (b)Debendranath Tagore
- (c)Keshab Chandra Sen
- (d)Dayanand Saraswati
Answer(b) Debendranath Tagore — he founded the Tattvabodhini Sabha and revived the Brahmo Samaj.
- practice — not a real PYQ
The Gujarati reformer associated with the journal Satya Prakash and the Maharaj Libel Case was
- (a)Karsondas Mulji
- (b)Dadabhai Naoroji
- (c)Behramji Malabari
- (d)Gopal Hari Deshmukh
Answer(a) Karsondas Mulji — editor of Satya Prakash and a figure in the 1862 Maharaj Libel Case.