Civil Services Prep

Prelims MCQ · Modern History and the Freedom Struggle

Consider the following pairs:

No. Measure Description
1 Regulation XVII of 1829 Initially applied to the Bengal Presidency and made sati punishable as culpable homicide
2 Hindu Widows’ Remarriage Act, 1856 Legalised widow remarriage and recognised children of such marriages as legitimate
3 Native Marriage Act, 1872 Had limited effect because it did not apply to Hindus, Muslims and other recognised faiths
4 Sarda Act, 1930 Raised the marriage age to twenty-one for boys and eighteen for girls

How many of the pairs given above are correctly matched?

  1. Only one
  2. Only two
  3. Only three
  4. All four
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