A) Nathaniel Wallich
B) Raja Ram Mohan Roy
C) Devendra Nath Tagore
D) William Carey
Correct Answer: B
Solution :
Raja Ram Mohan Roy was the founder of the renowned Presidency College of Calcutta. Initially established as the Mahapathshala wing of Hindi College, it was renamed Presidency College, i.e. the college of the Bengal Presidency, in 1855. He is also regarded as the "Father of the Bengal Renaissance. The "superstitious practices" to which Ram Mohan Roy objected included Sati, caste rigidity, polygamy and child marriages.
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