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 ✓ UPSC's answer
- (c) 3 only
- (d) 1, 2 and 3
Why the answer is (b)
• Keshab Chandra Sen founded the Indian Reform Association (1870) for social reform, women's education and temperance (3), and in 1881 the Nava Vidhan or 'Church of the New Dispensation' (2), blending Hindu, Christian and other faiths.
• The Calcutta Unitarian Committee (1) was founded in 1821 by Raja Rammohan Roy with William Adam, before Sen was born.
• Hence 2 and 3 only, option (b).
Why the other options are wrong
- (a) 1 and 3 only
- The Unitarian Committee was Rammohan Roy's, not Sen's.
- (c) 3 only
- The Tabernacle of New Dispensation was also Sen's.
- (d) 1, 2 and 3
- The Unitarian Committee predates Sen.
Asked in the GS Paper I of the UPSC Civil Services Preliminary Examination 2016, held on 7 August 2016. Question and answer key: Union Public Service Commission. Explanation: UPSC Answer Check.