Previous Year Question
Match List-I with List-II and select the correct answer from the code given below the lists:
List-I (Persons) | List-II (Associated works/Posts) | |
A. D. K. Karve | 1. | Establishment of Girls School in Calcutta |
B. J. E. D. Bethune | 2. | Secretary, Widow Re-marriage Association |
C. Ishwar Chandra Vidyasagar | 3. | Starting a crusade against child marriage |
D. B. M. Malabari | 4. | Principal of Sanskrit College in Calcutta |
Code:
A-1, B-2, C-3, D-4
A-2, B-1, C-4, D-3
A-2, B-1, C-3, D-4
A-1, B-2, C-4, D-3
Correct Answer: B
Detailed Solution
The correct matching is — D. K. Karve–Secretary of Widow Re-marriage Association, J. E. D. Bethune–Establishment of Girls School in Calcutta, Ishwar Chandra Vidyasagar–Principal of Sanskrit College and B. M. Malabari–Crusade against child marriage.
D. K. Karve was associated with the widow remarriage movement. Dhondo Keshav Karve himself married a widow in 1893 and actively campaigned in favour of widow remarriage. He was associated with the Widow Remarriage Association and became its Secretary.
Karve did not limit his work to widow remarriage. He established institutions for the education and self-reliance of widows and subsequently played an important role in promoting women's education. The women's university established in 1916, which later developed into SNDT Women's University, was an important result of his efforts.
J. E. D. Bethune was associated with the establishment of a girls' school in Calcutta. He established the Calcutta Female School in 1849, initially with 21 girls on its rolls. The institution subsequently became known as Bethune School and acquired an important place in the history of women's education.
Ishwar Chandra Vidyasagar was associated with Sanskrit College, Calcutta. He became the first Indian Principal of Sanskrit College in 1851. He introduced reforms in its educational system and attempted to make Sanskrit education more modern and wider in scope.
Vidyasagar also made a major contribution to social reform. He conducted an extensive campaign in favour of widow remarriage, helping create the background for the enactment of the Hindu Widows' Remarriage Act, 1856.
B. M. Malabari conducted a major campaign against child marriage. Through his 1884 Notes on Infant Marriage and Enforced Widowhood, he brought the problems of child marriage and enforced widowhood into public and governmental debate.
Malabari's campaign strengthened demands for reforms relating to the minimum age of marriage and consent. His efforts formed an important part of the late nineteenth-century social reform movement against child marriage.