Civil Services Prep

Prelims MCQ · Modern History and the Freedom Struggle

Consider the following statements about Raja Rammohan Roy:

No. Statement
1 He translated the Vedas and five Upanishads into Bengali to support the argument that ancient Hindu texts upheld monotheism.
2 In Precepts of Jesus, he defended the miracle stories of the New Testament while rejecting its moral teachings.
3 His Vedanta College offered both Indian learning and Western social and physical sciences.
4 He defended the East India Company’s trading rights and opposed separating the executive from the judiciary.

How many of the statements given above are correct?

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