Which of the following is/are the objectives of Arya Samaj?1. It fixed the minimum marriageable age at twenty-one years for boys and fifteen years for girls. 2. To promote social services like helping the people in crises like floods, famines and earthquakes.Select the correct answer using the code given below:

Q. Which of the following is/are the objectives of Arya Samaj?:
1. It fixed the minimum marriageable age at twenty-one years for boys and fifteen years for girls.
2. To promote social services like helping the people in crises like floods, famines and earthquakes.
Select the correct answer using the code given below:

[A] 1 only

[B] 2 only

[C] Both 1 and 2

[D] Neither 1 nor 2

Answer: B

Notes:

Dayananda subscribed to the Vedic notion of chaturvarna system in which a person was not born in any caste but was identified as a brahmin, kshatriya, vaishya or shudra according to the occupation the person followed.

The Arya Samaj fixed the minimum marriageable age at twenty-five years for boys and sixteen years for girls.
Swami Dayananda once lamented the Hindu race as “the children of children”.
Inter-caste marriages and widow remarriages were also encouraged.
Equal status for women was the demand of the Samaj, both in letter and in spirit.
The Samaj also helped the people in crises like floods, famines and earthquakes.

Source: Spectrum Modern India.

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