Match List – I of social reformers with List – II of their societies and choose answer from the code given below :List – I List – II a. Brahma Samaj i. Vishnu Shastri Pandit b. Ramkrishna Mission ii. Swami Vivekananda c. Servants of India Society iii. Raja Rammohan Roy d. Vidhwa Vivah Samaj iv. Gopal Krishna Gokhale
a – iii, b – ii, c – iv, d – i
The correct matching is a – iii, b – ii, c – iv, d – i, option 2.
| Society | Founder | Detail |
|---|---|---|
| Brahmo Samaj | Raja Rammohan Roy | Founded at Calcutta in 1828 (as the Brahmo Sabha); worship of one formless God, opposition to idolatry, caste and sati, which was abolished in 1829 |
| Ramakrishna Mission | Swami Vivekananda | Founded in 1897; practical Vedanta — service to man as service to God |
| Servants of India Society | Gopal Krishna Gokhale | Founded at Pune in 1905 to train men to devote their lives to the country’s service, on a modest allowance; Gokhale was Gandhi’s political guru |
| Vidhwa Vivah Samaj (Widow Remarriage Association) | Vishnu Shastri Pandit | Founded in Bombay in 1861 to promote the remarriage of widows, following the Act of 1856 |
How to answer it quickly. Three of the four options begin with a – iii, so the Brahmo Samaj pairing does not discriminate. What does is c : the Servants of India Society is unmistakably Gokhale’s, so c – iv, and only option 2 has it.
About the least familiar name. Vishnu Shastri Pandit worked in western India in the generation after Ishwar Chandra Vidyasagar, whose campaign secured the Hindu Widows’ Remarriage Act of 1856. Legalising remarriage was one thing; making it socially possible was another, and the Vidhwa Vivah Samaj existed to arrange such marriages and to protect the couples from the consequences. D. K. Karve, who married a widow himself and founded a home and later a women’s university, carried the same work forward.
A related list worth carrying : Prarthana Samaj — Atmaram Pandurang; Arya Samaj — Dayanand Saraswati, 1875; Satyashodhak Samaj — Jyotirao Phule, 1873; Theosophical Society — Blavatsky and Olcott; Aligarh movement — Sayyid Ahmad Khan.
Hence, the answer is a – iii, b – ii, c – iv, d – i.
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