The correct answer is A - III, B - I, C - IV, D - II Explanation & Key Takeaways: • Jyoti Rao Phule: • Jyotirao Phule was an Indian social reformer, thinker, and activist who lived during the 19th century. • He founded the Satyashodhak Samaj in 1873, which aimed to educate and empower people from all castes and religions. • Jyotirao Phule was a strong advocate for women's education and established schools for girls in Maharashtra. • Begum Rokeya Sakhawat: • Begum Rokeya Sakhawat Hossain started schools for Muslim girls in Patna and Calcutta. • She was a fearless critic of conservative ideas, arguing that religious leaders of every faith accorded an inferior place to women. • Tarabai Shinde: • Tarabai Shinde, a woman educated at home at Poona, published a book, Stripurushtulna, (A Comparison between Women and Men), criticising the social differences between men and women. • Pandita Ramabai: • Pandita Ramabai, a great scholar of Sanskrit, felt that Hinduism was oppressive towards women, and wrote a book about the miserable lives of upper-caste Hindu women. • She founded a widows’ home at Poona to provide shelter to widows who had been treated badly by their husbands’ relatives. Hence, the correct matching is: +-----+-----------------------+-------+--------------------------------------------------+ | (A) | Jyoti Rao Phule | (III) | opened schools for girls in Maharashtra. | +-----+-----------------------+-------+--------------------------------------------------+ | (B) | Begum Rokeya Sakhawat | (I) | started schools for girls in Patna and Calcutta. | | (C) | Tarabai Shinde | (IV) | wrote “Stripurushtulna”. | | (D) | Pandita Ramabai | (II) | founded widow's home in Poona. | +-----+-----------------------+-------+--------------------------------------------------+