UPSC Civil Services Model Paper 3

Raja Ram Mohan Roy
● He was keen to spread the knowledge of Western education in the country.
● With the spread of western education, he wanted to bring about greater freedom and equality for women. Hence statement 1 is correct.
● He tried to show through his writings that the practice of widow burning had no sanction in ancient text. Hence statement 2 is correct.
● The strategy adopted by Ram Mohan was used by later reformers as well.
● Whenever they wished to challenge a practice that seemed harmful, they tried to find a verse or sentence in the ancient sacred texts that supported their point of view. Hence statement 3 is not correct.
● They then suggested that the practise as it existed at present was against early tradition.