Consider the following statements : 1. Ishwar Chandra Vidyasagar founded the Bethune School at Calcutta with the main aim of encouraging education for women. 2. Bankim Chandra Chattopadhyay was the first graduate of the Calcutta University. 3. Keshav Chan

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Q: 24 (IAS/2005)
Consider the following statements :
1. Ishwar Chandra Vidyasagar founded the Bethune School at Calcutta with the main aim of encouraging education for women.
2. Bankim Chandra Chattopadhyay was the first graduate of the Calcutta University.
3. Keshav Chandra Sen’s campaign against Sati led to the enactment of a law to ban Sati by the then Governor General.
Which of the statements is/are correct?

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History

question_exam: 

IAS

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In option 1, Statement 1 lacks accuracy because Bethune School, the first women`s school in India, was established by John Elliot Drinkwater Bethune, not Ishwar Chandra Vidyasagar.

In option 2, Statement 1 is wrong as we just discussed, but Statement 2 is correct. Bankim Chandra Chattopadhyay was the first graduate of the University of Calcutta.

Option 3 comprises Statements 2 and 3. While Statement 2 is correct, Statement 3 is not. The campaign to abolish Sati was led by Raja Ram Mohan Roy, not Keshav Chandra Sen. The Bengal Sati Regulation was passed by Lord William Bentinck, the then Governor-General of India based on Raja Ram Mohan Roy`s efforts.

In option 4, all the statements are considered correct, but as we have gone through each statement individually, we know that Statements 1 and 3 are incorrect.

Therefore, the correct answer is option 2 which implies only the second statement is correct, i.e., Bankim Chandra Chattopadhyay was the first graduate of the Calcutta University.