Match List-I with List-II
| List-I (Social Reformer) | List-II (Contribution) | ||
| (A) | Raja Rammohun Roy | (I) | Widow remarriage movement |
| (B) | Ranade | (II) | Anti-sati campaign |
| (C) | Dayanand Saraswati | (III) | Social reform movement in Islam |
| (D) | Sir Syed Ahmed Khan | (IV) | Women's education with focus on housekeeping and child rearing |
Choose the correct answer from the options given below:
Answer & explanation
Correct answer: option 3
The correct answer is Option (3) → (A)-(II), (B)-(I), (C)-(IV), (D)-(III)
(A) Raja Rammohun Roy — this matches (II) Anti-sati campaign. A decade before founding the Brahmo Samaj in 1828, he undertook the campaign against sati, the first women’s issue to receive public attention.
(B) Ranade — this matches (I) Widow remarriage movement. He was one of the leading reformers of the widow remarriage movement in the Bombay Presidency.
(C) Dayanand Saraswati — this matches (IV) Women’s education with focus on housekeeping and child rearing. Dayanand Saraswati of the Arya Samaj stood for women’s education with a curriculum that included religious principles, housekeeping, handicrafts and the rearing of children.
(D) Sir Syed Ahmed Khan — this matches (III) Social reform movement in Islam. He led the social reform movement in Islam, drawing on both modern western ideas and the sacred texts.
Note: Item (D) fits two entries of List-II, because the NCERT book (2025-26) gives the curriculum in (IV) to Sir Syed Ahmed Khan as well as to Dayanand Saraswati:• (D)-(III): Sir Syed Ahmed Khan led the social reform movement in Islam, drawing on modern western ideas and the sacred texts.• (D)-(IV): he wanted girls to be educated within their homes and, like Dayanand Saraswati, stood for a curriculum of religious principles, housekeeping, handicrafts and the rearing of children.(III) fits no other reformer in List-I, so (D) must take (III), and (IV) goes to Dayanand Saraswati. Option (3) is the only option that gives these pairs.
NCERT (2025-26): “5.3 Struggle for Women’s Equality and Rights … Many used both these resources to fight for women’s rights. We can only give illustrative examples here. We draw from the anti-sati campaign led by Raja Rammohun Roy in Bengal, the widow remarriage movement in the Bombay Presidency where Ranade was one of the leading reformers, from Jyotiba Phule’s simultaneous attack on caste and gender oppression, and from the social reform movement in Islam led by Sir Syed Ahmed Khan.…” “5.3 Struggle for Women’s Equality and Rights … As in the case of other reformers, a similar trend of drawing upon both modern western ideas as well as the sacred texts characterised Sir Syed Ahmed Khan’s efforts to reform Muslim society. He wanted girls to be educated, but within the precincts of their homes. Like Dayanand Saraswati of the Arya Samaj, he stood for women’s education but sought for a curriculum that included instruction in religious principles, training in the arts of housekeeping and handicrafts and rearing of children.…” |