Practicing Success

Target Exam

CUET

Subject

Sociology

Chapter

Social Change and Development in India: Cultural Change

Question:
The social reform movements which emerged in India in the 19th century arose to the challenges that colonial Indian society faced. You probably are familiar with what were termed social evils that plagued Indian society. The well-known issues are that of sati, child marriage, widow remarriage and caste discrimination.
Choose a correct option which can describe the nature of modern education, which played an important role in the emergence of nineteenth-century social reform movements.
Options:
Nationalist and liberal
Marxist and materialist
Modernising and liberal
Nationalist Secular
Correct Answer:
Modernising and liberal
Explanation:
The content of new education was modernising and liberal. The literary content of the courses in the humanities and social sciences was drawn from the literature of the European Renaissance, Reformation and Enlightenment. Its themes were humanistic, secular and liberal.