Match (List I) Personalities with their contributions (List II)
| LIST-I (Personality) | LIST-II (Contribution) | ||
| (A) | Ayankali | (I) | Truth Seeker's Society |
| (B) | Jyoti Rao Phule | (II) | Dalit Leader |
| (C) | Sri Narayan Guru | (III) | One caste, one religion, one God for all |
| (D) | M.N. Srinivas | (IV) | The Remembered Village |
Choose the correct answer from the options given below:
Answer & explanation
Correct answer: option 4
The correct answer is Option (4) → A-II, B-I, C-III, D-IV
(A) Ayankali — this matches (II) Dalit Leader. Ayyankali, born in Kerala, was a leader of the lower castes and Dalits; through his efforts Dalits got the freedom to walk on public roads.
(B) Jyoti Rao Phule — this matches (I) Truth Seeker's Society. In 1873 Phule founded the Satyashodhak Samaj (Truth Seekers Society).
(C) Sri Narayan Guru — this matches (III) One caste, one religion, one God for all. Sri Narayana Guru gave the watchwords ‘One Caste, One Religion, One God for all men’.
(D) M.N. Srinivas — this matches (IV) The Remembered Village. His book The Remembered Village is one of the best known village studies in Social Anthropology.
NCERT (2025-26): “Ayyankali, born in Kerala, was a leader of the lower castes and Dalits. With his efforts, Dalits got the freedom to walk on public roads, and Dalit children were allowed to join schools.” “Jotirao Govindrao Phule denounced the injustice of the caste system and scorned its rules of purity and pollution. In 1873 he founded the Satyashodhak Samaj (Truth Seekers Society), which was devoted to securing human rights and social justice for low-caste people.” “Mysore Narasimhachar Srinivas was one of India’s foremost sociologists and social anthropologists. He was known for his works on the caste system and terms such as ‘sanskritisation’ and ‘dominant caste’. His book The Remembered Village is one of the best known village studies in Social Anthropology.”
Margin box on Sri Narayana Guru (NCERT 2025-26) |
