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Quiz on Ishwar Chandra Vidyasagar

Quiz on Ishwar Chandra Vidyasagar
Quiz on Ishwar Chandra Vidyasagar

Quiz on Ishwar Chandra Vidyasagar

Quiz on Ishwar Chandra Vidyasagar: Ishwar Chandra Bandyopadhyay, was an Indian educator and social reformer of the nineteenth century. His efforts to simplify and modernise Bengali prose were significant. He is considered the “Father of Bengali prose”.

One of his most prominent campaigns was Hindu widow remarriage. With the help of Lord Dalhousie, Hindu Widows’ Remarriage Act, 1856 was passed. His effort for women empowerment was remarkable.

Ishwar Chandra Vidyasagar

Original NameIshwar Chandra Bandyopadhyay
Born26 September 1820
Birth PlaceBirsingha, Bengal Presidency, Company Raj
(now in West Bengal, India)
Died29 July 1891 (aged 70)
Died AtCalcutta, Bengal Presidency, British India
(now Kolkata, West Bengal, India)
Notable worksWidow remarriage, women’s education, introduction of punctuation mark in Bengali language
SpouseDinamayee Devi
ChildrenNarayan Chandra Bandopadhyay

Important Literacy Work of Vidyasagar

  • Betaal Panchavinsati (1847)
  • Banglar Itihaas (1848)
  • Jivancharita (1849)
  • Shakuntala (1854)
  • Mahabharata (1860)
  • Seetar Vanavas (1860)
  • Bhrantivilaas (1869)
  • Oti Alpa Hoilo (1873)
  • Aabaar Oti Alpa Hoilo (1873)
  • Brajavilaas (1884)
  • Ratnopariksha (1886).
  • Bidhobabivah on widow’s right to remarry (1855)
  • Bahubivah on banning of polygamy (1871)
  • Balyabivah on the flaws of child marriage.

In Today’s Quiz set we share Ishwar Chandra Vidyasagar Quiz Questions. Lets see how much do you know about Vidyasagar . 

  • Question of

    What was the real name of Vidyasagar ?

    • Ishwar Chandra Vidyasagar
    • Ishwar Bandyopadhyay
    • Ishwar Chandra Bandyopadhyay
    • Vidyasagar Bandyopadhyay

    Correct Wrong

    Ishwar Chandra Bandyopadhyay was an Indian educator and social reformer of the nineteenth century. His real name was Ishwar Chandra Bandyopadhyay.

  • Question of

    Which Institution gave the title “Vidyasagar’ to Ishwar Chandra ?

    • Fort William College
    • Sanskrit College
    • Presidency University
    • Bethune College, Kolkata

    Correct Wrong

    He was so excelled in his undergraduate studies of Sanskrit and philosophy that Sanskrit College in Calcutta, where he studied, gave him the honorable title "Vidyasagar" ("Ocean of Knowledge"; from Sanskrit, Vidya "knowledge" and Sagar "ocean").

  • Question of

    Who was the father of Vidyasagar?

    • Thakurdas Bandyopadhyay
    • Mahadev Bandyopadhyay
    • Birendra Bandyopadhyay
    • Santosh Bandyopadhyay

    Correct Wrong

    Ishwar Chandra Bandyopadhyay was born in a Bengali Hindu Brahmin family to Thakurdas Bandyopadhyay and Bhagavati Devi at Birsingha village in Paschim Medinipur District (erstwhile undivided Midnapore District) on 26 September 1820.

  • Question of

    Mother of Vidyasagar was –

    • Mrinaleni Devi
    • Bhagavati Devi
    • Anila Devi
    • Maya Devi

    Correct Wrong

    Ishwar Chandra Bandyopadhyay was born in a Bengali Hindu Brahmin family to Thakurdas Bandyopadhyay and Bhagavati Devi at Birsingha village in Paschim Medinipur District (erstwhile undivided Midnapore District) on 26 September 1820.

  • Question of

    What was the name of the only Child of Vidyasagar ?

    • Indradeb Bandopadhyay
    • Ram Chandra Bandopadhyay
    • Narayan Chandra Bandopadhyay
    • Mahadev Bandopadhyay

    Correct Wrong

    Vidyasagar had only one Child and his name was Narayan Chandra Bandopadhyay .

  • Question of

    Meaning of the name “Vidyasagar” is –

    • Mountain of Knowledge
    • Ocean of Knowledge
    • Height of Knowledge
    • Depth of Knowledge

    Correct Wrong

    Vidyasagar was so excelled in his undergraduate studies of Sanskrit and philosophy that Sanskrit College in Calcutta, where he studied, gave him the honorable title "Vidyasagar" ("Ocean of Knowledge"; from Sanskrit, Vidya "knowledge" and Sagar "ocean")

  • Question of

    Ishwar Chandra was born in which village of West Bengal ?

    • Birbhadra
    • Pathra
    • Jorasnako
    • Birsingha

    Correct Wrong

    He was born in Birsingha, Bengal Presidency, Company Raj (now in West Bengal, India).

  • Question of

    By which name Vidyasagr used to sign ?

    • Ishwar Chandra Bandyopadhyay
    • Ishwar Chandra
    • Ishwar Chandra Sharma
    • Ishwar

    Correct Wrong

    He used to sign by the name Ishwar Chandra Sharma .

  • Question of

    In which year, Vidyasagar first came to Kolkata ?

    • 1925
    • 1928
    • 1932
    • 1935

    Correct Wrong

    In the year, 1928, he first came to Kolkata.

  • Question of

    The first book written by him was –

    • Sitar Banabash
    • Bhranti Bilash
    • Betaal Panchavinsati
    • Jivancharita

    Correct Wrong

    In the year 1847 he wrote his first book Betaal Panchavinsati .

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