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GK QUESTION#2796

Assertion (A): Kandukuri Veeresalingam pioneered the movement for widow remarriage and girls’ education in the Andhra region. Reason (R): Sree Narayana Guru was regarded as the father of the Telugu Renaissance movement in Andhra Pradesh.

  1. ABoth A and R are true, and R is the correct explanation of A.
  2. BBoth A and R are true, but R is not the correct explanation of A.
  3. CA is true, but R is false.Correct answer
  4. DA is false, but R is true.
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C. A is true, but R is false.

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The assertion is true: Kandukuri Veeresalingam promoted widow remarriage and girls’ education in the Andhra region. The reason is false: Narayana Guru worked against caste discrimination in Kerala, rather than leading the Telugu reform movement in Andhra.

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