2015 · Q5
Which of the following statement about the social reformer, Raja Rammohun Roy is false?
General KnowledgeHistory of India
- ARammohun Roy belonged to the genry class whose power had diminished because of the imposition of the Permanent Settlement
- BHe studied both Vedantic Monism and Christian Unitarianism
- CHe translated the Upanishad into Bengali
- DHis first organization was the Atmya Sabha, founded in Calculatta in 1815.
Explanation
Raja Rammohun Roy studied both Vedantic monism and Christian Unitarianism through his engagement with missionaries; he translated several Upanishads into Bengali to make them accessible; and his first organisation was indeed the Atmiya Sabha, founded in Calcutta in 1815. He was born into a wealthy Brahmin zamindari family that actually prospered under the Permanent Settlement of 1793, rather than a gentry class whose power diminished because of it. Statement A is therefore the false one.