UPSC CSE Prelims
Question 56
Who among the following was associated as Secretary with Hindu Female School which later came to be known as Bethune Female School?
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Correct answer: C
Correct Option: C (Ishwar Chandra Vidyasagar)
Explanation: Ishwar Chandra Vidyasagar actively supported women’s education and served as secretary of the Bethune-led Hindu Female School in Calcutta.
Option-wise Analysis:
A. Incorrect-Annie Besant later championed educational and Theosophical causes, not this secretaryship.
B. Incorrect-Debendranath Tagore was a Brahmo Samaj leader, not the school secretary referred to.
C. Correct-Vidyasagar was closely involved with Hindu Female/Bethune School.
D. Incorrect-Sarojini Naidu belonged to a later generation and was not its founding-era secretary.