"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:
Answer & explanation
Correct answer: option 4
The correct answer is Option (4) → (A), (C), (D) only
(A) Social reformers from North-South could exchange ideas. Correct. The printing press, telegraph, steamship and railways speeded up communication, so reformers from Punjab and Bengal exchanged ideas with reformers from Madras and Maharashtra; Keshav Chandra Sen of Bengal visited Madras in 1864.
(B) People were scared and worried about losing their identity. Incorrect. The new means of communication spread new ideas, and with them came a new self-conscious pride in culture and tradition, not fear. Reformers used both modern and traditional ideas with confidence.
(C) Social organizations like Brahmo-Samaj and Arya-Samaj and more set up. Correct. Modern social organisations like the Brahmo Samaj in Bengal and the Arya Samaj in Punjab were set up, and the All-India Muslim Ladies Conference was founded in 1914.
(D) The value of education becomes important. Correct. Among the new ideas, the value of education became very important; it was seen as necessary for a nation to become modern and yet keep its ancient heritage, and female education was debated intensely.
(E) People did not want to change their lifestyle. Incorrect. The period brought new ideas of liberalism and freedom, of homemaking and marriage, and new roles for mothers and daughters. Ways of living were being questioned and changed, not held fixed.
NCERT (2025-26): “2.1 Social reform movements in the 19th and early 20th century … 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 (AnjumanE-Khawatn-E-Islam) was founded in 1914.…” “…New ideas of liberalism and freedom, new ideas of homemaking and marriage, new roles for mothers and daughters, new ideas of self-conscious pride in culture and tradition emerged. The value of education became very important.…” |