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status of women through the ages

Total questions: 15

Worksheet time: 8mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

The practice of sat was abolished in.

a)

1827

b)

1828

c)

1829

d)

1830

2.

The Bethune school was founded in by J.E.D. Bethune.

a)

1848

b)

1849

c)

1850

d)

1851

3.

Which commission recommended to start primary schools for girls in 1882?

a)

Wood’s

b)

Welly

c)

Hunter

d)

Muddiness

4.

……………. society was setup by the Christian missionaries in 1819.

a)

Brahma Samaj

b)

Prarthana Samaj

c)

Arya Samaj

d)

Calcutta Female Juvenile

5.

he Indian women’s university was started by

a)

J.E.D. Bethune

b)

Prof. D.K. Karve

c)

Razia sultana

d)

Chand bibi

6.

the Jauhar was practiced by

a)

the British

b)

women reformers

c)

the Rajputs of Rajastan

d)

Burdwan in Bengal

7.

Hindu Widow Remarriage Act in________

a)

1819

b)

1830

c)

1849

d)

1856

8.

_________was one of the greatest social reformers of Tamil Nadu.

a)

Periyar E.V.R

b)

Gopal Krishna Gokhale

c)

M.G. Ranade

d)

B.M. Malabari

9.

Theosophical society was established at Chennai by__________

a)

Pandita Ramabai

b)

Dr. S. Dharmambal

c)

Dr. Annie Besant

d)

Ramamirdham Ammaiyar

10.

Who published a journal viveka vardhani

a)

Kandukuri Veeresalingam

b)

William Bentinck

c)

Rammohan Roy

d)

B.M. Malabari

11.

______________dedicated herself for the cause of abolishing the cruel practice of Devadasi system from Tamil Nadu.

a)

Dr. Muthulakshmi Ammaiyar

b)

Dr. Annie Besant

c)

Dr. S. Dharmambal

d)

‘Moovalur Ramamirdham Ammaiyar

12.

In 1811,_______________brother of Rammohan Roy, passed away and his wife was burnt along with him.

a)

Niccolo Conti

b)

Jagan Mohan Roy

c)

Pandita Rama bai

d)

Prof D.K. Karve

13.

Charles Wood’s despatch on education in_______laid a great stress on the need for female education.

a)

1814

b)

1818

c)

1854

d)

1837

14.

The Italian traveler__________who visited Vijayanagar about the year A.D. (C.E) 1420, notes that ‘the inhabitants of this region marry as many wives as they please, who are burnt with their dead husbands’

a)

Jagan Mohan Roy

b)

Bhawani Charan Banerji

c)

Niccolo Conti

d)

William Bentinck

15.

The First woman doctor in India was

a)

Dharmambal

b)

Muthulakshmi Ammaiyar

c)

Moovalur Ramamirdham

d)

Panditha Ramabai