Step 1: Reframe by target of reform:
Movements targeted two broad fronts: caste-based social evils (untouchability, exclusion of Dalits) and gender-based social evils (sati, child marriage, women's lack of education), both seen as barriers to a just, modern Indian society.
Step 2: Note the method used:
Rather than rejecting Indian tradition wholesale, most reformers worked by reinterpreting religious texts and appealing to reason, arguing that genuine tradition itself supported equality and dignity, which is what made these movements persuasive to contemporaries.
Final Answer:
Socio-reform movements arose to end caste oppression and the degraded status of women, using rational critique and reinterpretation of tradition, rather than its rejection, as their chief method of persuasion.