Practicing Success

Target Exam

CUET

Subject

Sociology

Chapter

Social Change and Development in India: Cultural Change

Question:

Select a social movement fought against practices of social discrimination in ancient India.

Options:

Bhakti movement

Sufi Movements

Buddhism

All of the above

Correct Answer:

All of the above

Explanation:

The well-known issues are sati, child marriage, widow remarriage and caste discrimination. It is not that attempts were not made to fight social discrimination in pre-colonial India. They were central to Buddhism. They were central to Bhakti and Sufi movements. (Bhakti and Sufi movement were in Medieval India) What marked these 19th-century social reform attempts was the modern context and mix of ideas.