Which among the following were the characteristics of early nineteenth century socio religious refor...........

Modern Indian History Socio-religious reform Movements

Which among the following were the characteristics of early nineteenth century socio-religious reformers?

1. These reformers gained from western education but were not West-sponsored.

2. The reforms promoted by these reformers were not meant to structurally reorganize the whole society.

3. Issues dealt by these reformers were applicable and common to the higher classes of the Hindu society and had no meaning for the lower classes.

Choose appropriate answer:

1&2 only

1&3 only

2&3 only

All of the above

These reformers though gained from western education were not West-sponsored but they themselves created the reforms and promoted them.
It is also undeniable that the reform movements had a strong intellectual base which kept them aloof from the masses and were confined to the educated sections of the society.
The reforms were not meant to structurally reorganize the whole society for the benefit of the underprivileged or the depressed sections of the society. The aim of the reforms was to infuse a new life into the existing social structure.
It has been noted by most historians that the issues dealt with by the social reformers in the early part of the nineteenth century were applicable and common to the higher classes of the Hindu society and had no meaning for the lower classes.
The movements of the later part of the nineteenth century along with those of the twentieth century were the ones that reached across to the wider society including the lower and depressed sections of the society