INDIAN HISTORY

Detailed explanation-1: -Option D Solution: untouchability was not a common social reform attempted by all the Hindu social reformers of the 19th century.

Detailed explanation-2: -The three main nineteenth century social reform movements – abolition, temperance, and women’s rights – were linked together and shared many of the same leaders. Its members, many of whom were evangelical Protestants, saw themselves as advocating for social change in a universal way.

Detailed explanation-3: -These social and religious reform movements arose among all communities of the Indian people. They attacked bigotry, superstition and the hold of the priestly class. They worked for the abolition of castes and untouchability, the purdah system, sati, child marriage, social inequalities and illiteracy.

Detailed explanation-4: -The social reforms by the British were considered an interference in the customs and traditions of the Hindus. Many Indians opposed the introduction of western education and the conversion of Indians to Christianity.