Whose cause of reviving the ancient Aryan system of education did Swami Shraddhanand carry forward?
- A.Raja Ram Mohan Roy
- B.Ishwar Chandra Vidyasagar
- C.Maharshi Dayanand Saraswati
- D.Jyotiba Phule
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Explanation
The correct answer is Maharshi Dayanand Saraswati, the founder of the Arya Samaj. The President said that Swami Shraddhanand made tireless efforts to revive the ancient Aryan system of education that Maharshi Dayanand Saraswati had championed, and that by reviving and strengthening the Gurukul system he breathed new life into the stream of Indian education and culture. Options A, B and D are wrong because none of those reformers was named in this address, and their work lay along different lines. Raja Ram Mohan Roy and Ishwar Chandra Vidyasagar are associated with reform in Bengal, and Jyotiba Phule with education and social justice in Maharashtra. For the examination the useful chain is this: the Arya Samaj and its founder, the Gurukul system revived by Swami Shraddhanand, and the Gurukul at Kurukshetra where the centenary of his martyrdom was observed.
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Practice Questions
The Balidan Shatabdi Samaroh attended by President Droupadi Murmu at Kurukshetra marked the martyrdom centenary of which reformer?
- A.Swami Vivekananda
- B.Swami Shraddhanand
- C.Maharshi Dayanand Saraswati
- D.Swami Sahajanand
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The President attended the observance of the hundredth year of his martyrdom at Gurukul in Kurukshetra, Haryana, and paid tribute to him.
Read the full explanation →By what name was Swami Shraddhanand known earlier in his life?
- A.Munshiram
- B.Mulshankar
- C.Narendranath
- D.Gadadhar
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The President described his life as a journey from Munshiram to Mahatma Munshiram and finally to Swami Shraddhanand, and called that progression deeply inspiring.
Read the full explanation →Who led the programme marking Rani Chennamma's birth anniversary at Prerana Sthal in the Parliament premises?
- A.Ashwini Vaishnaw, Minister of Railways
- B.V. Somanna, Minister of State for Railways and Jal Shakti
- C.C.R. Patil, Minister of Jal Shakti
- D.Om Birla, Speaker of the Lok Sabha
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He addressed the gathering, greeted the country on the queen's birth anniversary and on the 202nd celebration of her victory against the British, and thanked those who made the event possible.
Read the full explanation →Rani Chennamma, whose birth anniversary and Victory Celebration were marked at Prerana Sthal, was the queen of which princely state?
- A.Kittur
- B.Jhansi
- C.Keladi
- D.Mysore
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The official account of the programme calls her Kittur Rani Chennamma and describes her as the brave queen of Kittur, the nation's unparalleled woman warrior who challenged an imperial power and stands in history as an immortal symbol of resistance.
Read the full explanation →Which Victory Celebration of Kittur Rani Chennamma was observed at the Parliament premises in New Delhi?
- A.The 150th
- B.The 175th
- C.The 200th
- D.The 202nd
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The ceremony at Prerana Sthal in the Parliament premises combined two occasions, the birth anniversary of Kittur Rani Chennamma and the 202nd Victory Celebration, or Vijayotsava, of her win against the British.
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