WorksheetsCBSE Class 8 History - Women, Caste and Reform
Total questions: 20
Worksheet time: 12mins
What social ideas did Rammohun Roy support?
Caste distinctions and practices
Gender equality and absence of casteism
Salvation through social service
Idolatry and sacrifice
Why were Christian missionaries attacked by many people in the country?
For setting up schools for tribal groups and lower-caste children
For promoting education among women
For criticising Indian traditions and customs
For spreading new forms of communication
In the British period, what new opportunities opened up for people from castes regarded as 'low'?
None of the above
Work in municipalities
Jobs in factories
Access to education
Why did Phule dedicate his book Gulamgiri to the American movement to free slaves?
To establish a link between conditions of 'lower' castes in India and black slaves in America
To criticise the American movement
To support the British rule
To promote idolatry and sacrifice
What did Ambedkar want to achieve through the temple entry movement?
To promote idolatry and sacrifice
To fight for the dignity of untouchables
To make everyone see the power of caste prejudices within society
To establish a link between conditions of 'lower' castes in India and black slaves in America
What were the different reasons people had for not sending girls to school?
Corrupting influence on girls
Prevention from domestic duties
Travel through public places
How did the reformers use ancient texts to support their views?
By upholding caste distinctions
By promoting idolatry and sacrifice
By finding verses in ancient texts to support their views
By discarding ancient texts
What were the reasons behind the criticism of the national movement by Jyotirao Phule and Ramaswamy Naicker?
For not addressing caste inequalities
For promoting education among women
For supporting the British rule
For upholding caste distinctions
Sati was banned in which year?
(a)
Who founded Brahmo Sabha, also known as Brahmo Samaj, when and where?
When was the law passed allowing widow remarriage? Who advocated for it?
1856 by the British colonial government in India, advocated for by Ishwar Chandra Vidyasagar
Who were the reformers fighting for widow remarriage and where were they from?
Ishwar Chandra Vidyasagar from Bengal
Veerasalingam Pantulu from Telugu-speaking areas
Swami Dayanand Saraswati from Bombay Presidency
Jawarharlal Nehru from Delhi
When, where and by who was Arya Samaj founded?
1875 in Bombay, India by Swami Dayananda Saraswati
1939 in Berlin, Germany by Adolf Hitler
1776 in London, England by Winston Churchill
1869 Delhi, India by Mahatma Gandhi
Who wrote the book "Stripurushtulna"?
(a)
When and where was Prarthana Samaj founded?
When and where was the Paramhans Mandali founded?
1910 in Hyderabd, India
1840 in Bombay, India
Where did the Satnami Movement happen and who was it lead by?
Central India, Ghasidas
North India, Gandhi
South India, Periyar
Bengal, Ishwarchandra Vidyasagar
Who started the Temple Entry Movement and when?
B. R. Ambedkar in 1927
Who started the Self-Respect Movement and when?
When and where was the Veda Samaj founded?
