WorksheetsWomen and Reform
Total questions: 20
Worksheet time: 10mins
The minimum marriageable age of girls and boys according to the Sharda Act
14 for girls
21 for boys
19 for girls
18 for boys
Who persuaded to abolish Sati
John Bethune
Raja Ram Mohun Roy
Lord Bentinck
Ishwar Chandra Vidya Sagar
When was the Sharda Act passed
1956
1856
1920
1929
Who supported the idea of self-respect movement?
Mumtaz Ali
Raja Rammohun Roy
Periyar
Pandita Ramabai
The idea of widow remarriage was advocated by
Dayanand Saraswati
Jyotirao Phule
Periyar
Pandita Ramabai
Widow Remarriage Act was passed in the year
1826
1856
1876
1886
E.V. Ramaswamy was known by the name
Phule
Periyar
Vidyasagar
Dayanand Saraswati
Who started schools for Muslim girls in Patna and Calcutta?
Mumtaz Ali
Begum Rokeya Sakhawat Hossain
Sayyid Ahmed Khan
None of these
Brahmo Samaj was founded by _______.
Raja Rammohan Roy
Swami Vivekananda
M C Mukherjee
Ravindranath Tagore
The practise of Sati was banned in ____.
1829
1845
1833
1822
Who is known as the Father of Modern India?
Mahatma Gandhi
Raja Rammohun Roy
Swami Dayanand Saraswati
Sir Syed Ahmed Khan
When a women became a widow, which of the following would she have to do?
wear white clothes
shave their heads
eat all types of food
Go abroad
Which of the following are ways in which women were treated in the medieval time?
Sati
Female Infanticide
Widow Remarriage
Education for all girls
Ishwar Chandra Vidyasagar was instrumental in passing of the _________ Act in 1856.
Widow Remarriage
Sati Abolishment
Triple Talaaq
None of the above
Swami Vivekananda was a follower of __________________.
Ramakrishna Paramahamsa
Raja Rammohun Roy
Ishwar Chandra VidyaSagar
Jyotirao Phule
Monotheism means:
belief in one god
belief in all gods
unity of all faiths
women empowerment
The idea of widow remarriage was advocated by
Ishwar Chandra Vidyasagar
Jyotirao Phule
Periyar
Pandita Ramabai
Iswarchandra Vidya Sagar & Dayanand saraswati supoorted
Sati
Widow remarriage
Right to vote
Casteism
Widows' home in Poona was founded by
Pandita Ramabai
Koran
Dayanand saraswati
Rokeya Sakhawat Hossain
The Sharda Act in 1929:
fixed the marriage age for boys and girls
abolished Sati
abolished Female Infanticide
preached Monotheism
