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women caste and reform

Total questions: 13

Worksheet time: 7mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

Who persuaded to abolish Sati

a)

John Bethune

b)

Raja Ram Mohun Roy

c)

Lord Bentinck

d)

Ishwar Chandra Vidya Sagar

2.

Who considered themselves as "upper castes"?

a)

Brahmans and Kshatriyas

b)

Kashatriyas and vaishays

c)

Brahmanas and Vaishyas

3.

(a)   supported widow remarriage

4.

Tarabai Shinde published a book,_____________

a)

Life of lower castes

b)

Gulamgiri

c)

Stripurushtulna

5.

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

a)

True

b)

False

6.

Identify this social reformer

a)

Haridas Thakur Matua

b)

Ghasidas

c)

Shri Narayana Guru

7.

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

a)

True

b)

False

8.

The Satyashodhak Samaj association was founded by

a)

Mumtaz Ali

b)

Jyotirao Phule

c)

B.R. Ambedka

9.

What social idea did Jyotirao Phule support?

a)

widow remarriage.

b)

against caste distinctions, girl education.

c)

economic independence of women,

10.

Who started schools for Muslim girls in Patna and Calcutta?

a)

Mumtaz Ali

b)

Begum Rokeya Sakhwat Hossain

c)

Sayyid Ahmed Khan

11.

Rammohun Roy campaign against

a)

Child marriage

b)

Widow remarriage

c)

Sati

d)

Education

12.

Iswarchandra Vidya Sagar & Dayanand saraswati supoorted

a)

Sati

b)

Widow remarriage

c)

Right to vote

d)

Casteism

13.

Madigas, low caste in Andhra Pradesh were famous for

a)

Making roads

b)

Leatherworks

c)

Making tea

d)

Bricklayers