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Subject: Modern History Chapter: Socio-Religious Reform Movements In 19th-Century India

2016 PYQ

Question 83

Satya Shodhak Samaj organized

Choose one answer Aa movement for upliftment of tribals in Bihar Ba temple-entry movement in Gujarat Can anti-caste movement in Maharashtra Da peasant movement in Punjab

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Correct answer: C

Correct Option: C Explanation: Jyotirao Phule founded the Satyashodhak Samaj in 1873 in Maharashtra to challenge caste oppression and Brahmanical social hierarchy and promote education and equality. Option-wise Analysis: A: Incorrect - This was not chiefly a Bihar tribal-uplift campaign. B: Incorrect - It was not a Gujarat-based temple-entry campaign. C: Correct - Correct-it was an anti-caste social reform movement in Maharashtra. D: Incorrect - A Punjab peasant revolt is geographically and organisationally distinct.

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