What was the primary goal of the Chartist Movement in England?

The correct answer is Option (2) → To achieve universal male suffrage and parliamentary reforms.

Option (2) To achieve universal male suffrage and parliamentary reforms. — Correct. In Britain voting rights were limited to property-owning men. Chartism was a social movement for parliamentary representation: in 1839 more than 1.25 million people signed the People’s Charter asking for universal male suffrage, voting by ballot and the right to stand for elections without owning property.

Option (4) To ensure universal female suffrage. — Incorrect. The Charter asked for the vote for all men. The cause of all adult women’s right to vote was taken up later by the suffragettes, whose movement was bitterly opposed.