Question : “Of the evils which corroded Indian society in the nineteenth century were probably those stunted its womanhood”.
(2007)
Answer : Of the several evils cording the Indian society in the nineteenth century, the most growing with the stunting the women. For countless centwise, women in India had been subordinated to men and severally opposed. The various religions practiced in India as well as the personal laws based on them cognized women to a status inferior to that of men. The condition of upper class women was in this regard worse than that of peasant women. ....
Question : “So long as the million live in hunger and ignorance, I hold every man a traitor who, having been educated at their expense, pays not the least heed to them.”
(2006)
Answer : Among the string of the socio-religious reformers, the name of Swami Vivekanand stands tallest. He besides raising the status of Indian culture in international arena also boosted the self assurance and self confidence of Indians and contributed powerful to the emergence of nationalism in India. His teachings played an important role in awakening the Indian masses from slumber.
Foremost Vivekananda was a humanist. He was deeply pained by the plight of majority of Indian masses. He ....
Question : “The National Democratic Awakening of the Indian people found expression also in the religious sphere”.
(2005)
Answer : Immense intellectual and cultural stirrings characterized the 19th century India. The impact of the western empire and consciousness of defeat by a foreign power gave birth to a new awakening. There was awareness that a vast country like India had been colonized by foreigners because of internal weakness of Indian social structure and culture. Thoughtful Indians began to look for the strengths and the weaknesses of their society and means of removing the weaknesses. This ....
