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The women’s movement in India started largely under the inspiration of :

aPadmabai Ranaday
bAnnie Besant
cSarojini Naidu
dJyotiba Phule✓ Correct

Explanation

## Page 29 According to the given options, the women’s movement in India began under the inspiration of Jyotiba Phule. Phule believed that social evils could be removed only by uplifting women and Dalits. In 1848, he opened a school for girls. This was India’s first school for girls. In modern India, the main source of inspiration for the women’s movement was Ramabai Ranade. Mrs. Ramabai, the wife of Mahadev Govind Ranade, founded an organisation called Seva Sadan. If option (a) had mentioned Ramabai, that would have been the correct answer. This is why the Bihar Public Service Commission did not accept any option as correct and marked it as “starred”.

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