Arrange the following statements in a logical sequence, beginning with the general statement that the other three illustrate:
A. When Jotiba Phule in Maharashtra pointed to the suffering of the depressed castes, he was demanding economic and social justice.
B. When social reformers opposed child marriage, they were pleading for social justice
C. The National Movement against a government that was oppressive was a struggle for democracy and justice, rights and equality.
D. The Constituent Assembly expressed the aspirations of those who had participated in the movement for independence.
Choose the correct answer from the options given below:
Answer & explanation
Correct answer: option 3
The correct answer is Option (3) → D, B, A, C
(D) The Constituent Assembly expressed the aspirations of those who had participated in the movement for independence. — this is the general statement, so it comes first. The ideals of democracy, equality and justice that the Assembly was to express had grown out of social struggles in India since the nineteenth century; the other three statements are examples of those struggles.
(B) When social reformers opposed child marriage, they were pleading for social justice — the first example: the social reformers of the nineteenth century who opposed child marriage and demanded widow remarriage were pleading for social justice.
(A) When Jotiba Phule in Maharashtra pointed to the suffering of the depressed castes, he was demanding economic and social justice. — the next example: Jyotiba Phule, like the Communists and Socialists who organised workers and peasants, was demanding economic and social justice.
(C) The National Movement against a government that was oppressive was a struggle for democracy and justice, rights and equality. — the last example, the one closest to the Assembly itself: the national movement against a government seen as oppressive and illegitimate was a struggle for democracy and justice, for citizens’ rights and equality.
NCERT (2026-27): “2.1 The will of the people … The Constituent Assembly was expected to express the aspirations of those who had participated in the movement for independence. Democracy, equality and justice were ideals that had become intimately associated with social struggles in India since the nineteenth century. When the social reformers in the nineteenth century opposed child marriage and demanded that widows be allowed to remarry, they were pleading for social justice. When Swami Vivekananda campaigned for a reform of Hinduism, he wanted religions to become more just. When Jyotiba Phule in Maharashtra pointed to the suffering of the depressed castes, or Communists and Socialists organised workers and peasants, they were demanding economic and social justice. The national movement against a government that was seen as oppressive and illegitimate was inevitably a struggle for democracy and justice, for citizens…” |