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Social and Religious Reformers

Total questions: 15

Worksheet time: 15mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

A person who wanted to end slavery was known as a(n)______

a)

abolitionist

b)

conductor

c)

suffragist

d)

overseer

2.

Second Great Awakening

a)

A renewal of religious faith that led people to join reform movements

b)

The action or process of settling among and establishing control over the indigenous people of an area

c)

Acceptance of others’ beliefs—often religious beliefs

3.

Define the term suffrage

a)

the right to live

b)

the right to protest

c)

the right to vote

d)

the right to educate

4.

Who was the first Headmistress (HM) of India's first school for girls?

a)

Savitri Bai Phule

b)

Sarojini Bai

c)

Nirmala Bai

5.

Who preached 'One God, One Caste, One religion for all people' ?

a)

Jyothirao Phule

b)

Dr B R Ambedkar

c)

Narayana Guru

6.

The first Social and Religious movement in India was _____ .

a)

Hinduism

b)

Buddhism

c)

Jainism

7.

The Indian Leader who faced 'Caste Discrimination' at the age of nine years was ________ .

a)

Dr B R Ambedkar

b)

Abdul Kalam

c)

Babu Jagjivan Ram

8.

During the 19th and 20th centuries many social reformers tried to form a new society based on _________ .

a)

Freedom, Equality, Fraternity

b)

Respect to individual and economic justice

c)

Both 1 & 2

9.

During the 19th & 20th Centuries the new social system was created by ________ .

a)

Jyotirao & Savitri bai Phule, Periyar

b)

Narayana Guru, EV Ramasami Naickar

c)

All of the above

10.

The Youth League of Ambedkarites was formed with the objective of ________ .

a)

Eradicate religious discrimination

b)

Eradicate social evils

c)

Educate dalit youth & create awareness of caste based discrimination

11.

Adi Dravida Sangham was established in the year _______ .

a)

1921

b)

1922

c)

1923

12.

Adi Hindu Maha Sabha was established in the year ______ .

a)

1927

b)

1926

c)

1925

13.

Horace Mann

a)

abolitionist newspaper

b)

book portraying the cruelties of slavery

c)

religious camp meetings

d)

leader of educational reform

e)

poet

14.

By 1830 what was the most pressing social issue for reformers?

a)

antislavery movement

b)

free education

c)

prohibition

d)

women’s right to vote

15.

Which social reformer founded the Brahmo Samaj in 1828 to promote monotheism and fight against social evils like sati?

a)

A) Raja Ram Mohan Roy

b)

B) Swami Vivekananda

c)

C) Dayananda Saraswati

d)

D) Ishwar Chandra Vidyasagar