Question

Which of the following statements is not correct?

• A. In 1829, William Bentick declared Sati System an offence by law.
• B. The Government had passed an Act in 1856 under which Hindu widows could remarry.
• C. Swami Dayanand Saraswati founded Arya Samaj in 1875.
• D. Raja Ram Mohan Roy was the supporter of Sati System.

Answer 1

Answer:

D. Raja Ram Mohan Roy was the supporter of Sati System.

Raja Ram Mohan Roy strongly opposed Sati system. He appealed to William Bentick, the then Governor of Bengal to ban sati practice in British India and Sati System was banned under provision 17 of 1829, and ordered the court to file a case as culpable Homicide and punish them.