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History Ch - 7 Women, Caste and Reform — Social Studies STD 8 — Question

CBSE BoardEnglish MediumSTD 8Social StudiesHistory Ch - 7 Women, Caste and Reform1 Mark
MCQ
Assertion (A) Ishwarchandra Vidyasagar used ancient text to suggest that widows could remarry. 
Reason (R) His suggestions were adopted by the British officials and a law was passed, permitting widows remarriage in 1856.
  • ✓
    Both A and R are true and R is the correct explanation of A
  • B
    Both A and R are the true, but R is not the correct explanation of A
  • C
    A is true, but R is false
  • D
    A is false, but R is true
✓

Answer

Correct option: A.
Both A and R are true and R is the correct explanation of A
(a) Both A and R are true and R is the correct explanation of A

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