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निम्नलिखित पर विचार कीजिए : कलकत्ता यूनिटेरियन कमिटी (Calcutta Unitarian Committee)

UPSC Civil Services (Preliminary) Examination 2016, General Studies Paper I, Question 69 — Social & religious reform movements.

Prelims 2016 · Q69

Social & religious reform movements Medium

निम्नलिखित पर विचार कीजिए :

  1. 1.कलकत्ता यूनिटेरियन कमिटी (Calcutta Unitarian Committee)
  2. 2.टेबरनेकल ऑफ़ न्यू डिस्पेंसेशन (Tabernacle of New Dispensation)
  3. 3.इंडियन रिफॉर्म असोसिएशन (Indian Reform Association)

केशव चन्द्र सेन का संबंध उपर्युक्त में से किसकी/किनकी स्थापना से है?

Read this question in English

Consider the following:

1. Calcutta Unitarian Committee

2. Tabernacle of New Dispensation

3. Indian Reform Association

Keshab Chandra Sen is associated with the establishment of which of the above?

(a) 1 and 3 only · (b) 2 and 3 only · (c) 3 only · (d) 1, 2 and 3

उत्तर और व्याख्या · explanation in English

Answer: (b) केवल 2 और 3

Keshab Chandra Sen set up the New Dispensation (Nava Vidhan) church (1881). The Calcutta Unitarian Committee (1821) was founded long before he was active, by William Adam and Rammohun Roy.

  • ✗ 1. The Calcutta Unitarian Committee was founded in September 1821 by William Adam and Rammohun Roy. Keshab was born in 1838, so he had no hand in it.
  • ✓ 2. Keshab founded the New Dispensation (Naba Bidhan or Nava Vidhan) in 1881, an institution meant to bring the truths of all great religions together. The question's 'Tabernacle of New Dispensation' is this church.
  • ✓ 3. UPSC's official key treats this statement as correct; we could not confirm the detail from an official source, so we do not explain it here.

Remember · Keshab Chandra Sen: Brahmo Samaj of India (1866), New Dispensation (1881). The Unitarian Committee (1821) belongs to Rammohun Roy and William Adam.

Sources

Question and answer: UPSC's official GS Paper I (2016, Series A) — paper ↗ · answer key ↗. Explanation: Minimalist IAS, checked 1 Oct 2026 (how we verify). ·

Cite this question: UPSC CSE Prelims 2016, Q69 — minimalistias.com/pyqs/prelims/2016/q69

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