"Industrialization and Urbanization transformed the lives of people by bringing new technology and new means of communication." Choose the impacts of the statement made above from the following options.

(A) Social reformers from North-South could exchange ideas.
(B) People were scared and worried about losing their identity.
(C) Social organizations like Brahmo-Samaj and Arya-Samaj and more set up.
(D) The value of education becomes important.
(E) People did not want to change their lifestyle.

Choose the correct answer from the options given below:

(A), (C), (D) only

The correct answer is Option (4) - (A), (C), (D) only

a. New technologies speeded up various forms of communication. The printing press, telegraph, and later the microphone, movement of people and goods through steamship and railways helped quick movement of new ideas. Within India, social reformers from Punjab and Bengal exchanged ideas with reformers from Madras and Maharashtra. Keshav Chandra Sen of Bengal visited Madras in 1864. Pandita Ramabai travelled to different corners of the country. Some of them went to other countries. Christian missionaries reached remote corners of present day Nagaland, Mizoram and Meghalaya.

Modern social organisations like the Brahmo Samaj in Bengal and Arya Samaj in Punjab were set up. The All-India Muslim Ladies Conference (Anjuman-E-Khawatn-E-Islam) was founded in 1914. Indian reformers debated not just in public meetings but through public media like newspapers and journals. Translations of writings of social reformers from one Indian language to another took place. For instance, Vishnu Shastri published a Marathi translation of Vidyasagar’s book in Indu Prakash in 1868.

New ideas of liberalism and freedom, new ideas of homemaking and marriage, new roles for mothers and daughters, new ideas of selfconscious pride in culture and tradition emerged. The value of education became very important. It was seen as very crucial for a nation to become modern but also retain its ancient heritage. The idea of female education was debated intensely.