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Q40 (CDS-I/2004) History & Culture › Modern India (Pre-1857) › Socio-religious reform movements Answer Verified

Which of the following statements about the religious ideas of Raja Ram Mohun Roy is not correct?

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Raja Ram Mohun Roy was a universalist who sought to harmonize the core tenets of various religions rather than asserting the superiority of one over another. He vigorously opposed idol worship and meaningless rituals, viewing them as deviations from the original monotheistic essence of the Vedas [2]. Roy preached the unity of God and monotheism, drawing inspiration from the Upanishads, Islamic monotheism, and the ethical teachings of Christianity [2]. He founded the Brahmo Samaj in 1828 specifically to purify Hinduism of social evils and superstitious practices [4]. Far from demonstrating the inferiority of Islam or Christianity, he defended the universal principles of all faiths, such as Christian unitarianism, while critiquing trinitarianism and Hindu polytheism as departures from pure theism. Therefore, the statement claiming he demonstrated the inferiority of other religions is incorrect.

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  1. [1] Rajiv Ahir. A Brief History of Modern India (2019 ed.). SPECTRUM. > Chapter 9: A General Survey of Socio-Cultural Reform Movements > Socio-Cultural Reform Movements and their Leaders > p. 207
  2. [2] Rajiv Ahir. A Brief History of Modern India (2019 ed.). SPECTRUM. > Chapter 9: A General Survey of Socio-Cultural Reform Movements > Socio-Cultural Reform Movements and their Leaders > p. 206
  3. [4] Rajiv Ahir. A Brief History of Modern India (2019 ed.). SPECTRUM. > Chapter 8: Socio-Religious Reform Movements: General Features > The Intellectual Criteria > p. 192
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