Sociologist Satish Saberwal elaborates upon the modern context by sketching three aspects to the modern framework of change in colonial India.
A. Forms of organisation
B. Modes of communication
C. The idea of knowledge
D. The nature of ideas
Choose the correct answer from the options given below:
Answer & explanation
Correct answer: option 4
The correct answer is Option (4) → A, B, D Only
A. Forms of organisation Correct. New, modern social organisations came up, such as the Brahmo Samaj in Bengal and the Arya Samaj in Punjab, and the All-India Muslim Ladies Conference was founded in 1914.
B. Modes of communication Correct. New technologies speeded up communication: the printing press, telegraph and later the microphone, and the movement of people and goods by steamship and railways, carried new ideas quickly across the country.
C. The idea of knowledge Incorrect. This is not one of Saberwal’s three aspects. His third aspect is the nature of ideas, the new ideas themselves; ‘the idea of knowledge’ only sounds like it.
D. The nature of ideas Correct. New ideas of liberalism and freedom, of homemaking and marriage, of new roles for mothers and daughters, and of self-conscious pride in culture and tradition emerged.
NCERT (2025-26): “2.1 Social reform movements in the 19th and early 20th century … Sociologist Satish Saberwal elaborates upon the modern context by sketching three aspects to the modern framework of change in colonial India:
“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.…” “…Modern social organisations like the Brahmo Samaj in Bengal and Arya Samaj in Punjab were set up.…” “…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.…” |