Lecturer and Coach (School Edu. Dept.) Comp. Raja Ram Mohan Roy's Brahmo Samaj aimed to reform Hinduism by emphasizing its monotheistic and rationalistic foundations, aligning it with modern thought.
Consider the following statements: Assertion (A): Raja Ram Mohan Roy founded Brahmo Samaj; not in opposition to sublime ideas and principles of Hinduism. Reason (R): His aim was to liberalize and rationalize Hinduism to make it more adaptive to the modern world. - (5) Question not attempted
Asked in Exam 2024 Group e 2024 · Topic: Social Religious Movement (Brahmo Samaj: Raja Ram Mohan Roy, Debendranath Tagore, Keshub Chandra Sen)
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Answer: A. Both (A) and (R) are individually true and (R) is the correct explanation of (A).
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