Question ID - 85437 | SaraNextGen Top Answer

Read the passage carefully and choose the best answer to each question out of the four alternatives.

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The Bengal Renaissance refers to a social reform movement during the nineteenth and early twentieth centuries in the region of Bengal in undivided India during the period of British rule. The Bengal renaissance can be said to have started with Raja Ram Mohan Roy (1775-1833) and ended with Rabindranath Tagore (1861-1941), although there have been many stalwarts thereafter embodying particular aspects of the unique intellectual and creative output. Nineteenth century Bengal was a unique blend of religious and social reformers, scholars, literary giants, journalists, patriotic orators and scientists, all merging to form the image of a renaissance, and market the transition from the ‘medieval’ to the ‘modern’.      During this period, Bengal witnessed an intellectual awakening that is in some way similar to the European Renaissance during the 16th century, although Europeans of that age were not confronted with the challenge and influence of alien colonialism. This movement questioned existing orthodoxies, particularly with respect to women, marriage, the dowry system, the caste system and religion One of the earliest social movements that emerged during this time was the Young Bengal movement, that espoused rationalism and atheism as the common denominators of civil conduct among upper caste educated Hindus.      The parallel socio-religious movement, the Brahmo Samaj, developed during this time period and counted many of the leaders of the Bengal Renaissance among its followers.
Find the option that is opposite in meaning to alien.
(a)	disputable	(b)	indigenous
(c)	unethical	(d)	unscientific
The Bengal Renaissance was different from the 16th century European renaissance because
(a)	Europeans did not have the dowry system.	(b)	Raja Rammohan Roy and Tagore were not born in the 16th century.

(c)	The Bengal Renaissance was an essentially Hindu Movement.	(d)	Unlike the Bengalis, Europeans were not under foreign rule.
The spirit of Renaissance
(a)	is to embrace atheism.	(b)	is to get inspiration from Western-intellectual thought.
(c)	lies in breaking all shackles of backwardness and narrow mindedness.	(d)	is essentially scientific.
The Bengal Renaissance Movement
(a)	wanted to overthrow colonialism.	(b)	wanted to propagate Brahmoism.
(c)	wanted social reform to improve the lot of the weak and the downtrodden.	(d)	None of the above.
The Bengal Renaissance gathered momentum in the 19th century because
(a)	the British had colonized India.	(b)	there was an abundance of intellectual and creative activities in Bengal then.
(c)	the Brahmo Samai was formed.	(d)	Raja Rammohan Roy and Tagore lived at that time.