Civil Services Prep

Prelims MCQ · Modern History and the Freedom Struggle

Consider the following information:

  • The Brahmo Samaj, Prarthana Samaj and Aligarh Movement have been described as reformist.
  • The Arya Samaj and Deoband Movement have been described as revivalist.
  • Both streams appealed, in varying degrees, to the lost purity of the religions they sought to reform.
  • Their principal difference lay in the degree of reliance placed upon tradition, reason and conscience.

Which one of the following conclusions is best supported by the information given above?

  1. Reformist movements rejected inherited religious traditions entirely, whereas revivalist movements rejected reason.
  2. The distinction represented a difference of degree rather than an absolute separation between tradition and reason.
  3. Every reformist and revivalist movement followed an identical theological and social programme.
  4. Revivalist movements could not support any form of social or educational reform.
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