Question

Swami Dayanand Saraswati was against the ______________

A. Vedas

B. Upanishads

C. Idol worship

D. Karma

Answer 1

Hint: Swami Dayanand Saraswati was a Hindu social reformer and ascetic who was the founder of the Arya Samaj. His original name was Mula Sankara. This was the call of Swami Dayanand Saraswati when he founded the Arya Samaj, known today more for 'instant' marriages than for high philosophy.

Complete answer:

Arya Samaj was established by Swami Dayanand Saraswati in 1875. He was a reformer in society and used to believe in "Karma".  The slogan 'Go back to the Vedas' was given by him. He offered equal treatment and dignity to all nations and faiths. The Arya Samaj, which brought about reforms in Indian religious understanding, was founded by Swami Dayanand Saraswati. He was against idolatry and man-made orders that the Vedas could not be read by women. By initiating Anglo-Vedic schools to give Indian students a revised curriculum that teaches both the knowledge of the Vedas and modern English education, he has changed the education system. He encouraged widows' remarriage. With particular focus on educating women. By the early 1890s, Arya Samaj had been working for the cause of women's education in schools. Furthermore, Swami Dayanand Saraswati encouraged the widow's remarriage and lifted his voice against this social taboo.

Hence, the correct answer is Option (C).

Note: In 1876, as "India for Indians" Swami Dayanand was the first to campaign for Swaraj, a call later taken up by Lokmanya Tilak.

He was sincerely devoted to God and translated the Vedas into Sanskrit and Hindi from Vedic Sanskrit so that they could be understood by the common man as well.

Arya Samaj, a robust reform movement in modern Hinduism in Sanskrit: 'Society of Nobles' founded in 1875 by Dayananda Sarasvati, whose goal was to restore the Vedas, the oldest Hindu scriptures, as the revealed truth.