Match the social thinkers in List - I with their work in List - II.
| LIST-I (Thinkers) | LIST-II (Work) | ||
| (A) | Ram Mohan Roy | (I) | Remarriage of widows |
| (B) | Ranade | (II) | Free enquiry (ijtihad) |
| (C) | Sir Sayed Ahmed Khan | (III) | Attacked practice of sati |
| (D) | Kandukiri Viresalingam | (IV) | Navya-nyaya logic |
Choose the correct answer from the options given below:
Answer & explanation
Correct answer: option 1
The correct answer is Option (1) → (A)-(III), (B)-(I), (C)-(II), (D)-(IV)
(A) Ram Mohan Roy — this matches (III) Attacked practice of sati. Raja Rammohun Roy led the anti-sati campaign in Bengal, attacking sati on the basis of both humanitarian and natural rights doctrines and the Hindu shastras.
(B) Ranade — this matches (I) Remarriage of widows. Ranade was one of the leading reformers of the widow remarriage movement in the Bombay Presidency.
(C) Sir Sayed Ahmed Khan — this matches (II) Free enquiry (ijtihad). His interpretation of Islam emphasised the validity of free enquiry (ijtihad) and the similarities between Koranic revelations and the laws of nature discovered by modern science.
(D) Kandukiri Viresalingam — this matches (IV) Navya-nyaya logic. His work The Sources of Knowledge reflected his familiarity with navya-nyaya logic, while he also translated the works of Julius Huxley.
NCERT: Social Change and Development in India — Chapter 2: Cultural Change, Box 2.1 (2025-26)
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