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Q66 (CDS-II/2025) History & Culture › National Movement (1857–1947) › Social reform movements Answer Verified

With reference to the women achievers in modern India, consider the following statements : 1. Pandita Ramabai published a book "A Comparison Between Women and Men" where she protested against the colonial view that men enjoyed all the rights, opportunities and benefits of change. 2. Tarabai Shinde worked in the field of medicine to reduce child mortality in rural India. 3. Sarojini Naidu led a delegation to London to demand for female franchise. How many of the statements given above is/are correct ?

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Explanation

Statement 1 is incorrect because 'A Comparison Between Women and Men' (Stri Purush Tulana), published in 1882, was written by Tarabai Shinde, not Pandita Ramabai [2]. Shinde used this work to critique the double standards of patriarchal society and the treatment of widows. Statement 2 is incorrect; Tarabai Shinde is primarily known as a social activist and author of the aforementioned feminist text, while Pandita Ramabai was the one who pleaded for medical education for women, leading to the start of medical training at Lady Dufferin College [1]. Statement 3 is correct; Sarojini Naidu was a prominent leader who led a 14-woman deputation to meet the Montagu-Chelmsford committee in 1917 and later traveled to London in 1919 as part of a delegation to the Joint Select Committee to demand female franchise and voting rights for Indian women [1].

Sources

  1. [2] India and the Contemporary World – II. History-Class X . NCERT(Revised ed 2025) > Chapter 5: Print Culture and the Modern World > 8.1 Women and Print > p. 124
  2. [1] Rajiv Ahir. A Brief History of Modern India (2019 ed.). SPECTRUM. > Chapter 8: Socio-Religious Reform Movements: General Features > Direction of Social Reform > p. 198
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