Consider the following statements: 1. Dayananda Saraswati published Satyarth Prakash. 2. Dayananda Saraswati made a call to “Back to the Vedas”. Which of the statements given above is/are correct? |ForumIAS

Q. Consider the following statements:
1.Dayananda Saraswati published Satyarth Prakash.
2.Dayananda Saraswati made a call to “Back to the Vedas”.
Which of the statements given above is/are correct?

[A] 1 only

[B] 2 only

[C] Both 1 and 2

[D] Neither 1 nor 2

Answer: C

Notes:

Explanation: In 1875 Dayananda Saraswati founded the Arya Samaj and published his major work the Satyarth Prakash. In his view, contemporary Hinduism had become degenerate.

Therefore, he rejected puranas, polytheism, and idolatry, the role of Brahmin priests, pilgrimages, many rituals and the prohibition on widow marriage.
As a good Sanskrit scholar, he made a call to“Back to the Vedas”.

Source: NCERT

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