Match List-I with List-II
| List-I | List-II | ||
| (A) | Jyotiba Phule | (I) | Economic and Social Justice |
| (B) | Socialists | (II) | Constitutional reforms |
| (C) | Vivekananda | (III) | Suffering of depressed castes |
| (D) | Government of India Act, 1919 | (IV) | Reform of Hinduism |
Choose the correct answer from the options given below:
Answer & explanation
Correct answer: option 3
The correct answer is Option (3) → (A)-(III), (B)-(I), (C)-(IV), (D)-(II)
(A) Jyotiba Phule — this matches (III) Suffering of depressed castes. Jyotiba Phule in Maharashtra pointed to the suffering of the depressed castes.
(B) Socialists — this matches (I) Economic and Social Justice. When Communists and Socialists organised workers and peasants, they were demanding economic and social justice.
(C) Vivekananda — this matches (IV) Reform of Hinduism. Swami Vivekananda campaigned for a reform of Hinduism, as he wanted religions to become more just.
(D) Government of India Act, 1919 — this matches (II) Constitutional reforms. As the demand for representation grew, the British introduced a series of constitutional reforms through the Acts of 1909, 1919 and 1935; in 1919 the executive was made partly responsible to the provincial legislature.
NCERT (2026-27): “2.1 The will of the people … 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’ rights and equality. In fact, as the demand for representation grew, the British had been forced to introduce a series of constitutional reforms. A number of Acts were passed (1909, 1919 and 1935), gradually enlarging the space for Indian participation in provincial governments. The executive was made partly responsible to the provincial legislature in 1919, and almost entirely so under the Government of India Act of 1935.…” |