GENERAL KNOWLEDGE

GK

FAMOUS PERSONALITIES

Question [CLICK ON ANY CHOICE TO KNOW THE RIGHT ANSWER]
Ramabai Ranade founded ____ to help women and orphans.
A
Sampurna Sewa Sadan
B
Poona Sewa Sadan
C
Sewa Sadan
D
Sewa sansthan
Explanation: 

Detailed explanation-1: -Seva Sadan. In 1908, Parsee social reformer B. M. Malbari and Dayaram Gidumal came up with the idea of founding home for women and training Indian women to be nurses. They then turned to Ramabai, for her guidance and help for starting a Society and thus Seva Sadan (Bombay) came into being.

Detailed explanation-2: -Notes: To promote the welfare of women, Poona Seva Sadan was founded by G.K.Devadhar and Ramabai Ranade (wife of M.G.Ranade) in 1909 at Pune, Maharashtra.

Detailed explanation-3: -After her husband’s death, Ramabai started Arya Mahila Samaj (Arya Women’s Society) at Pune. The purpose of the Society was to provide education to women and to discourage and fight against the practice of child marriage. The government of India appointed a commission to look into the matter of education in 1882.

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