Question

Eminent Social reformer and Women’s education activist Pandita Ramabai Sarasvati was a great scholar of ______
1. English
2. Marathi
3. Sanskrit
4. Hindi

Answer 1

Correct Answer - Option 3 : Sanskrit

The correct answer is Sanskrit.

• Pandita Ramabai Sarasvati
  • She was a Sanskrit scholar.
  • At the age of 12, she had memorized thousands of sacred verses from the Hindu sacred scriptures and gained exceptional knowledge of the Hindu language.
  • She was at the age of 16 during the Great Famine (1876–78).
  • She and her brother travelled across India reciting Sanskrit scriptures.
  • At the age of twenty, she became the first woman in India to earn the title of Pandita after an examination conducted by the faculty of the University of Calcutta. 
  • She later founded the Arya Mahila Samaj, a society of high-caste Hindu women working for the education of girls and against child marriage.
  • She also testified before the Hunter Commission and suggested that teachers be trained, women school inspectors are appointed, and that Indian women should be admitted to medical colleges.