women caste and reform

Who persuaded to abolish Sati

• John Bethune

• Raja Ram Mohun Roy

• Lord Bentinck

• Ishwar Chandra Vidya Sagar

Who considered themselves as "upper castes"?

• Brahmans and Kshatriyas

• Kashatriyas and vaishays

• Brahmanas and Vaishyas

(a)   supported widow remarriage

Tarabai Shinde published a book,_____________

• Life of lower castes

• Gulamgiri

• Stripurushtulna

Social reformers had to discard the ancient texts in order to argue for reform in social practices. State true or false

• True

• False

Identify this social reformer

• Haridas Thakur Matua

• Ghasidas

• Shri Narayana Guru

Pandita Ramabai supported economic independence of women, set up widow homes, State True or False

• True

• False

The Satyashodhak Samaj association was founded by

• Mumtaz Ali

• Jyotirao Phule

• B.R. Ambedka

What social idea did Jyotirao Phule support?

• widow remarriage.

• against caste distinctions, girl education.

• economic independence of women,

Who started schools for Muslim girls in Patna and Calcutta?

• Mumtaz Ali

• Begum Rokeya Sakhwat Hossain

• Sayyid Ahmed Khan