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    Question

    Consider the following statements and identify the

    personality related to it. 1. Founder of Indian National Association. 2. Worked for the upliftment of women’s condition and status of education in India. 3. Wrote a biography on Raja Ram Mohan Roy. Select the correct answer from the following options:
    A Mary Carpenter. Correct Answer Incorrect Answer
    B Anand Mohan Bose. Correct Answer Incorrect Answer
    C Edith Ellen Gray. Correct Answer Incorrect Answer
    D Satyendranath Tagore. Correct Answer Incorrect Answer

    Solution

    · Mary Carpenter was an English educational and social reformer who came to India in 1866 and established the National Indian Association to improve communications between Indian and British reformers. She was particularly concerned about the lack of good female education that led to shortage of women teachers, nurses etc. and worked for the upliftment of women’s condition and status of education in India. While in India, she participated in the inauguration of the Bengal Social Science Association, and addressed a paper to the Governor General on proposals for female education and reformatory schools. She wrote the biography of Raja Ram Mohan Roy: The Last Days in England of the Rajah Rammohun Roy.

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