{"id":70065,"date":"2024-04-20T10:51:38","date_gmt":"2024-04-20T10:51:38","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/exam.pscnotes.com\/mcq\/?p=70065"},"modified":"2024-04-20T10:51:38","modified_gmt":"2024-04-20T10:51:38","slug":"the-social-reformer-who-fought-against-untouchability-and-founded-the-prarthana-samaj-was","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/exam.pscnotes.com\/mcq\/the-social-reformer-who-fought-against-untouchability-and-founded-the-prarthana-samaj-was\/","title":{"rendered":"The social reformer who fought against untouchability and founded the Prarthana Samaj was:"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>[amp_mcq option1=&#8221;Kandukuri Veeresalingam&#8221; option2=&#8221;Raja Ram Mohan Roy&#8221; option3=&#8221;Swami Vivekananda&#8221; option4=&#8221;Gurajada Apparao&#8221; correct=&#8221;option2&#8243;]<!--more--><\/p>\n<p>The correct answer is: b) Raja Ram Mohan Roy.<\/p>\n<p>Raja Ram Mohan Roy was a Bengali polymath, social reformer, writer, and thinker who reshaped Bengali society in the 19th century. 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