Assertion [A] : Social reform movements encouraged women’s education. Reason [R] : Educated women were considered essential for social progress.
Both [A] and [R] are true and [R] is the correct explanation of [A]
The socio-religious reform movements of the nineteenth and twentieth centuries, such as the Brahmo Samaj, Prarthana Samaj, Arya Samaj and the efforts of reformers like Ishwar Chandra Vidyasagar, Jyotiba and Savitribai Phule and D.K. Karve, actively promoted schools for girls.
The Assertion is true: these movements opened girls’ schools, encouraged female literacy and campaigned against customs that kept women out of education.
The Reason is also true and explains the Assertion: the reformers believed that educated women were essential for the progress of the family and society, and this belief was precisely why they encouraged women’s education.
Hence, Both [A] and [R] are true and [R] is the correct explanation of [A].
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