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Indian HistoryHardAsked in: UPSC Civil Services · CSE Prelims 2016, GS Paper I

Consider the following : 1. Calcutta Unitarian Committee 2. Tabernacle of New Dispensation 3. Indian Reform Association Keshab Chandra Sen is associated with the establishment of which of the above?

  1. A.1 and 3 only
  2. B.2 and 3 only
  3. C.3 only
  4. D.1, 2 and 3

Correct answer

B. 2 and 3 only

Explanation

The correct answer is B, 2 and 3 only. Keshab Chandra Sen founded the Tabernacle of New Dispensation and the Indian Reform Association, but not the Calcutta Unitarian Committee. The Calcutta Unitarian Committee was set up in 1821 by Raja Rammohan Roy with the missionary William Adam and Dwarkanath Tagore, when Keshab had not yet been born (he was born in 1838). Keshab joined the Brahmo Samaj in 1857, broke away from Debendranath Tagore and formed the Brahmo Samaj of India in 1866. After a visit to England he founded the Indian Reform Association in 1870 to promote female education, cheap literature, temperance and technical training. In 1880 he started the Nava Vidhan, or Church of the New Dispensation, which sought to blend the teachings of all religions; its place of worship was the Tabernacle of New Dispensation. Option A is wrong because it includes the Unitarian Committee. Option C is wrong because it leaves out the New Dispensation. Option D is wrong because Rammohan Roy, not Keshab, founded the Unitarian Committee. Exam tip: Rammohan Roy = Unitarian Committee (1821); Keshab = Indian Reform Association (1870) and Nava Vidhan (1880).

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