Previous Year Question
Which one of the following is correctly matched?
Deva Samaj — Banaras
Bharat Dharma Mahamandal — Delhi
Sanatan Dharma Rakshini Sabha — Calcutta
Radhaswami Satsang — Lahore
Correct Answer: C
Detailed Solution
The correctly matched pair is Sanatan Dharma Rakshini Sabha — Calcutta.
Option (a) is incorrect. Deva Samaj was associated not with Banaras but with Lahore. Shiv Narayan Agnihotri founded the Dev Samaj on 16 February 1887. The movement emphasised moral and social reform and sought to cultivate truth, beauty and goodness in human life.
Option (b) is also incorrect. Bharat Dharma Mahamandal was not associated with Delhi. Its early organisational development was connected with Haridwar, and it subsequently developed a major association with Kashi/Varanasi. It sought to bring different traditional Hindu organisations concerned with Sanatan Dharma onto a common platform.
Option (c) is correct. Sanatan Dharma Rakshini Sabha was associated with Calcutta. During the latter half of the nineteenth century, the organisation was active in Bengal in activities relating to the defence of traditional Sanatan Dharma. It also participated in contemporary religious and social debates in Calcutta.
Option (d) is incorrect. Radhaswami Satsang originated in Agra, not Lahore. Shiv Dayal Singh promulgated the Radhaswami faith at Agra in 1861, and the early Satsang tradition developed there.