Answer: A

Explanation:

By the Charter Act of 1833, discrimination on the basis of caste and caste in government selection was abolished. Hence statement 1 is incorrect.

In the Act of 1833, a provision was made to abolish slavery in India. In 1833, the British Parliament abolished slavery in Britain and all the territories it occupied. Later, Lord Alambaro made a law declaring slavery illegal in 1842. Hence, statement 2 is correct.

Answer: C

Explanation:

The Lex Locke Act was passed during the time of Dalhousie in 1850 to protect the right of converts to inherit ancestral property. It gave Christian converts the right to inherit their ancestral properties. Hence, statements 1 and 2 both are correct.

Answer: C

Explanation:

This Act was drafted during the Governor Generalship of Lord Dalhousie. Lord Dalhousie served as the Governor General of India from 1848 to 1856. He passed the Widow Remarriage Act in 1855. This Act legalized the marriage of Hindu widows. The Widow Remarriage Act was enacted on 16 July 1856 by the administration of Governor-General Lord Canning. This Act legalized remarriage. Hence, statements 1 and 2 both are correct.

Answer: D

Explanation:

The Native Marriage Act of 1872 is the Indian Christian Marriage Act . It was implemented during the tenure of Viceroy Lord Northbrook (1872–1876). In this Act, marriage of girls below 14 years of age was prohibited. This act was passed under pressure from social reformers to ban child marriage. Hence, statements 1 and 2 both are incorrect.

Answer: C

Explanation:

B.M. Malabari's efforts bore fruit in the year 1891 when the age of consent was enacted, which prohibited the marriage of girls below the age of 12. This law targeted the Hindu practice of child marriage. Hence, statement 1 is correct.

Bal Gangadhar Tilak had opposed the Age of Consent Act, 1891. In this bill, there was a proposal to increase the age of marriage from 10 years to 12 years. Tilak had said that the government should do nothing in regulating our social customs or ways of living. However, despite opposition this bill was passed. Hence, statement 2 is correct.