Question

The Headquarters of the Ramakrishna Math and Mission established by Vivekananda in 1898 are at:
(A) Kanyakumari
(B) Belur
(C) Hyderabad
(D) Murshidabad

Answer 1

Hint: Ramakrishna Paramahamsa was a Hindu saint who was born in the state of West Bengal on 18th February 1936. Apart from Ramakrishna Math Mission, the other organisations were Ramakrishna Vedanta Society which was launched by Swami Abhedananda in the year 1923. Ramakrishna Vivekananda Mission was the initiative that was inaugurated by Swami Nityananda in 1976.

Complete answer:
Ramakrishna mission (RKM) is a Hindu strict and otherworldly association which shapes the centre of an overall profound development known as the Ramakrishna Movement or the Vedanta Movement. The mission is named after and roused by the Indian holy person Ramakrishna Paramahamsa and established by Ramakrishna's central pupil Swami Vivekananda on 1 May 1897. The association engenders the Hindu way of thinking of Vedanta–Advaita Vedanta and four yogic beliefs jnana, bhakti, karma, and Raja Yoga. Aside from strict and otherworldly training the association does broad instructive and altruistic work in India.

The Headquarter of Ramakrishna Math Mission that was opened by Swami Vivekanada was situated in the city of Belur. There it is famous by the name of Belur Math. The Math Mission of Ramakrishna is currently running 748 educational institutions throughout the country which includes colleges, secondary school, higher schools, orphanage, hostels, training centres and many more. More than 2,00,000 students are taking advantage of this mission from all over the world.

Hence, the correct answer is option (B).

Note: This mission of Ramakrishna has attained legal importance in the country under the Act XXI of 1860 in the year 1909. The Math and Math Mission has become so popular throughout the world that about 214 centres of it have been built all over the world in different countries including Bangladesh, UK, Russia, Brazil and many more. In India, there are 163 centres established in different cities of the country.