Dayanand Saraswati Quiz
Q.1 Dayananda Saraswati was born on 12th Feb 1824 in Tankara, Kathiawad Gujrat. His original name was
AnswerAnswer:B
Mool Shankar as he was born in Dhanu Rashi and Mul Nakshatra.
Q.2 Who inspired Dayananda Saraswati to devote his life to get Vedas its rightful place in Hinduism?
AnswerAnswer:A
Virajanand Dandeesha also known as Birajananda
Q.3 What is the name of the book written by Maharshi Dayananda in 1875. The book is written in Hindi and has been translated in many other languages. In English the title is "The Light of Meaning of Truth". .
Satyarth Prakash
Q.4 In December of 1874 on an invitation from Hargovind Das Dvarkadas, Dayanand Swamy delivered many impromptu lectures at the Rajkot Prarthana Samaj. This led to something very significant development. What was it?
Founding of Arya Samaj. After the lecture the Prarthana Samaj was dissolved and the first Arya Samaj was formed.
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Q.5 After death of Dayananda Saraswati Arya Samaj grew most in Punjab and also met with lots of opposition. One of such opposition came from "Singh Sabha", which was working against the Proselytism of Brahmo Samaj and Christianity. "Singh Sabha" later developed into something else. what was it?
Akali Dal.
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Q.6 Which organization did Dayananda Saraswati was persuaded to join but eventually he did not, though he found the principles of the organization very close to his own.
AnswerAnswer:D
Brahmo Samaj. It had similar principles like monotheism, abolition of caste system, abolition of rituals, upliftment of masses through education.
Q.7 One of the core principles of Dayananda Saraswati regarding God and name of God has been taken from Yajurveda chapter 40.17. According to this there is One Supreme Almighty or creator and is known by __________.
AUM.
Q.8 Which freedom fighter among the following was a member of Arya Samaj?
AnswerAnswer:C
Lala Lajpat Rai
Q.9 Sri Aurobindo called Dayananda Saraswati as one of the "makers of modern India". Who else also called him as maker of modern India?
AnswerAnswer:A
S Radhakrishnan
Q.10 Which of the following was NOT propounded by Dayananda Saraswati
AnswerAnswer:D
Ahimsa. He was a visionary who propounded many principles that were mainstay of building of modern India.
Q.11 Dayananda Saraswati was pioneer in many ways to propose Hindi as National Language and also something that was later taken up by Bal Gangadhar Tilak. what was it.
Swarajya
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Q.12 On a fateful Diwali on 30 October 1883 Dayananda Saraswati passed away chanting mantras. What was the reason of his death?
AnswerAnswer:C
Poisoning. After surviving multiple assassination attempts finally he succumbed to this last one, where he was poisoned by the cook of Jaswant Singh II.
Q.13 In 1886, in the city of Lahore, based on Dayanand Saraswati's teachings, Lala Hansraj started something that has a budget of more than 2 billion INR today. What is it?
DAV Schools. Dayanand Anglo-Vedic Schools System. It has little less than 700 institutions under its trust.
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Q.14 Arya Samaj was formed by Dayananda Saraswati in 1875 and almost sametime another organization in New York was established by Madame Blavatsky and Henry Olcott. Eventually both of them were merged from 1878 to 1882. Which organization was it?
Theosophical Society and it was named Theosophical Society of the Arya Samaj.
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Q.15 In his treatise called "Gokarunanidhi" Dayanda Saraswati proposed something that became a certain social movement. what was it?
Opposition to Cow slaughter. And this raised to Cow protection movement.
Incidentally as part of principles of Arya Smaj, he opposed and rejected all other practices like child marriage, idol worship, caste system, widow celibacy and polytheism but he accepted cow worship.
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