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SSC MTS 2022 PYQ — Question 40

SSC MTS - 15 July 2022 - Shift 3 • General Awareness • Q40

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 Who was the founder of the reform movement, Arya Samaj?

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Correct answer: A

Explanation

The correct answer is Option 1 i.e. Swami Dayananda Saraswati.

  • The Arya Samaj is a reform movement and a religious/social organization which was formally established in Bombay in 1875 by Swami Dayananda Saraswati .

  • Swami Dayanand founded Arya Samaj on two basic tenets. They wer Infallible authority of the Vedas & Monotheism.

  • The primary mission of the Arya Samaj is to eradicate  Ignorance  (Agyan),  Indigence or Poverty (Abhav) and Injustice (Anayay) from this earth.