Civil Services Prep

Prelims MCQ · Modern History and the Freedom Struggle

Consider the following pairs:

No. Movement Position or method
1 Prarthana Samaj Relied principally on education and persuasion rather than confrontation with Hindu orthodoxy
2 Ramakrishna Mission Functioned as a proselytising sect and rejected image worship
3 Arya Samaj Related varna to occupation and merit rather than birth
4 Ahmadiyya Movement Supported religious war and rejected the separation of the mosque from the State

How many of the pairs given above are correctly matched?

  1. Only one
  2. Only two
  3. Only three
  4. All four
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