Practicing Success

Target Exam

CUET

Subject

History

Chapter

Modern India: Mahatma Gandhi and the Nationalist movement

Question:

With reference to Swami Vivekananda, which of the following statements is/are correct?
1.He considered Vedanta as a fully rational system.
2.He opposed the use of technology in the service of mankind.
3.He founded the Ramakrishna Mission, which recognizes the image worship.
Select the correct answer using the codes given below:

Options:

1 and 3 only

1 only

1 and 2 only

all of these

Correct Answer:

1 and 3 only

Explanation:

Swami Vivekananda was a Hindu spiritual leader and reformer who attempted to combine Indian spirituality with Western material progress, maintaining that the two supplemented and complemented one another. Swami Vivekananda subscribed to the Vedanta, which he considered a fully rational system with a superior approach. He attempted to focus the attention of educated people on the plight of the downtrodden masses, and for their uplift by the application of the principles of Practical Vedanta. Swami Vivekananda established the Ramakrishna Mission in 1897 to propagate the ideals of Sri Ramakrishna Paramahamsa. Ramakrishna Mission recognises the utility and value of image worship in developing spiritual fervour and worship of the eternal omnipotent God.