Target Exam

CUET

Subject

Sociology

Chapter

Indian Society: Patterns of Social Inequality and Exclusion

Question:

Choose the incorrect Statement from the given statements.

Options:

Jotiba Phule who founded the Satyashodak Samaj, was against caste and gender discrimination.

Ishwar Chandra Vidyasagar worked for widow remarriage and fought against child marriage.

Ranade started the widow remarriage movement in the Bombay Presidency and also attacked the caste and gender oppression.

Dayanand Sarawati of the Brahmo Samaj, worked for women's education and training in the arts of housekeeping and handicrafts and rearing of children.

Correct Answer:

Dayanand Sarawati of the Brahmo Samaj, worked for women's education and training in the arts of housekeeping and handicrafts and rearing of children.

Explanation:

The correct answer is Option 4: Dayanand Saraswati of the Brahmo Samaj, worked for women's education and training in the arts of housekeeping and handicrafts and rearing of children.

Option 1: Jotiba Phule who founded the Satyashodak Samaj, was against caste and gender discrimination. This statement is correct. Jotiba Phule founded the Satyashodak Samaj and launched a simultaneous attack on caste and gender oppression. His reform efforts focused especially on improving the condition of women and the untouchables.

Option 2: Ishwar Chandra Vidyasagar worked for widow remarriage and fought against child marriage. This statement is correct. Ishwar Chandra Vidyasagar was one of the leading social reformers in Bengal who strongly advocated widow remarriage and opposed practices such as child marriage that discriminated against women.

Option 3: Ranade started the widow remarriage movement in the Bombay Presidency and also attacked the caste and gender oppression. This statement is correct. M.G. Ranade was one of the leading reformers of the widow remarriage movement in the Bombay Presidency and worked for improving the status of women through social reform.

Option 4: Dayanand Saraswati of the Brahmo Samaj, worked for women's education and training in the arts of housekeeping and handicrafts and rearing of children. This statement is incorrect. The description of his views on women's education is correct, but he belonged to the Arya Samaj, not the Brahmo Samaj.