Who among the following was associated as Secretary with Hindu Female School which later came to be known as Bethune Female School? ​

The right answer is C) Ishwar Chandra Vidyasagar. The Hindu Female School was set up in Calcutta in 1849 by John Elliot Drinkwater Bethune, and Vidyasagar actively helped it and served as its secretary. After Bethune's death in 1851 the school was renamed Bethune Female School. It later grew into Bethune College, among the oldest women's colleges in India.

Why the others are wrong:

• Annie Besant was linked with the Theosophical Society and the Home Rule League, not with this school.
• Debendranath Tagore led the Tattvabodhini Sabha and the Brahmo Samaj, but had no secretarial role here.
• Sarojini Naidu was a poet and Congress leader, and she was not connected with the school's administration.

The core concept is women's education in 19th-century Bengal, part of the wider reform movement. Mains often asks about Vidyasagar's contribution to social reform, including the Widow Remarriage Act of 1856, and the role of Bengal reformers in spreading female education.

Trap: Aspirants pick Debendranath Tagore because of his Brahmo links. Keep the founder, the secretary and the reform movements separate in your notes.