With reference to Ishwar Chandra Vidyasagar, consider the following statements.

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Step 1: Evaluate (a) — True. Ishwar Chandra Vidyasagar campaigned against social evils like child marriage and polygamy as part of his reform work.

Step 2: Evaluate (b) — True. His sustained advocacy led to the Hindu Widow Remarriage Act of 1856, enabling remarriage of Hindu widows.

Step 3: Evaluate (c) — False. Vidyasagar was primarily a Sanskrit and Bengali scholar and educationist, not mainly known for Persian scholarship.

Conclusion: Only statements (a) and (b) are correct, which corresponds to option (2). Mapping the options 1→a, 2→b, 3→c, 4→d, the correct choice is b.

FINAL_ANSWER: b

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