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1. 1.

   Fill in the blanks:

   1. Sati was banned by Lord William Bentinck with the support of progressive Indians like ______________.
   2. The first Indian school for girls was established in ______________ in 1849 by  ______________ with the support of ______________.
   3. ______________ was a great champion of widow remarriage which was legalized by Lord ______________.
   4. The most ardent follower of Ramakrishna Paramahansa was ______________, later known as ______________.
   5. ______________ started the Home Rule Movement in India.
   6. The Prarthana Samaj was founded by ______________ and ______________.
2. 2.

   Match the following:

   A	B
   1. Raja Ram Mohan Roy	(a) Ramakrishna Mission
   2. Ishwar Chandra Vidyasagar	(b) Arya Samaj
   3. Dayanand Saraswati	(c) Prarthana Samaj
   4. Swami Vivekananda	(d) ban on sati
   5. Mahadev Govind Ranade	(e) widow remarriage

    

3. 3.

   Choose the correct answer:

   1. Swami Dayanand/ishwar Chandra Vidyasagar/Raja Ram Mohan Roy founded the Arya Samaj in 1875.
   2. Veeresalingam/Sri Narayan Guru/R. G. Bhandarkar was referred to as the 'Vidyasagar of South india'.
   3. Dadabhai Naoroji/Mahadev Govind Ranade/Syed Ahmed Khan was an outstanding social reformer in Parsee society.
   4. Swami Dayanand/Syed Ahmed Khan/ Dadabhai Naoroji founded the Mohammedan Anglo Oriental College at Aligarh in 1875.
   5. The Sikh reformers launched the Akali Movement/ Aligarh Movement/Arya Samaj against the corrupt management of the gurudwaras.
4. 4.

   State whether the following are true or false:

   1. Raja Ram Mohan Roy propagated widow remarriage.
   2. Ishwar Chandra Vidyasagar supported Lord Wiliam Bentinck in banning sati.
   3. Dayanand Saraswati believed that the Vedas were the fountainhead of all knowledge and truth.
   4. Ramakrishna Paramahansa was a priest in the temple of Goddess Lakshmi at Calcutta.
   5. Swami Vivekananda believed that the regeneration of the society is the responsibility of every Indian.
   6. Jyotiba Phule was a social reformer in Maharashtra.
5. 5.

   Mention any two evil social practices against which the Brahmo Samaj launched a relentless struggle.

6. 6.

   What effect would social regeneration that took place in the 19th century have on India's future?