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History-Women, Cast And Reform

Total questions: 19

Worksheet time: 10mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

The idea of widow remarriage was advocated by

a)

Dayanand Saraswati

b)

Jyotirao Phule

c)

Periyar

d)

Pandita Ramabai

2.

Brahmo Samaj was founded by _______.

a)

Raja Rammohan Roy

b)

Swami Vivekananda

c)

M C Mukherjee

d)

Ravindranath Tagore

3.

The practise of Sati was banned in ____.

a)

1829

b)

1845

c)

1833

d)

1822

4.

Which of the following is considered as lower caste people-

a)

Shudras.

b)

Brahmins.

c)

Kshatriyas.

d)

None of the above.

5.

Raja Rammohan Roy was born on-

a)

1833

b)

1796

c)

1772

d)

1896

6.

Which of the following were the reasons by which families were not allowing women or girls to study.

a)

They feared that schools would take girls away from home and prevent them from doing their domestic duties.

b)

Girls had to travel through public places in order to reach school.

c)

They believed that girls should stay away from public spaces.

d)

All of the above.

7.

Social reformers had to discard the ancient texts in order to argue the reform in social practices

a)

True.

b)

False

8.

Schools for girls was established by _____________ Samaj in punjab.

a)

Brahma

b)

Arya

c)

Satyashodak

d)

None of the above

9.

Iswarchandra Vidya Sagar & Dayanand saraswati supoorted

a)

Sati

b)

Widow remarriage

c)

Right to vote

d)

Casteism

10.

Gulamgiri was written by

a)

Rabindranath tagore

b)

Jyotirao Phule

c)

Ambedkar

d)

Pandita Ramabai

11.

Reformers got full support from all sections of the people of the country

a)

True

b)

False

12.

Peasants and artisans were refer to as

a)

Vaishyas

b)

Shudras

c)

Kshatriyas

d)

Brahmans

13.

When did Raja Ram Mohun Roy found the Brahmo Samaj

(a)  

14.

When was Swami Dayanand Saraswati born

a)

1856

b)

1824

c)

1875

d)

1857

15.

Who persuaded to abolish Sati

a)

John Bethune

b)

Raja Ram Mohun Roy

c)

Lord Bentinck

d)

Ishwar Chandra Vidya Sagar

16.

Who started schools for Muslim girls in Patna and Calcutta?

a)

Mumtaz Ali

b)

Begum Rokeya Sakhawat Hossain

c)

Sayyid Ahmed Khan

d)

None of these

17.

B.R. Ambedkar belonged to ____ caste.

a)

Mahar

b)

Brahman

c)

Gond

d)

Dubla

18.

Sati was seen as evidence of _______ of the East by the British.

a)

cannibalism

b)

barbarism

c)

crimes

d)

sacrifices

19.

Traders and moneylenders belonged to the _______ caste.

a)

Vaishya

b)

Kshatriya

c)

Shudra

d)

Untouchable