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Published on: 29/08/2019
Women, Caste and Reform
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1.
Begum Rokeya Sakhawat Hossain established schools for Muslim girls in Patna and Calcutta.
2.
Raja Rammohan Ray founded the Satyashodhak Samaj.
3.
Reformers got full support from all sections of the people of the country.
4.
Social reformers had to discard the ancient texts in order to argue for reform in social practices.
5.
When the British captured Bengal, they framed many new laws to regulate the rules regarding marriage, adoption, inheritance of property etc.
6.
Sri Narayan Guru, in present day's Kerala belonged to a low caste of:
Ezhavas
Mahar
Madigas
Agarias
7.
Arya Samaj, an organisation to reform Hinduism was formed in 1875 by :
Swami Vivekananda
Sri Paramhans
Swami Dayananda Saraswati
Pandit Ishwar Chandra Vidyasagar
8.
In her book Stripurushtulna, she wrote "Isn't a woman's life as dear to her as yours is to you. Her face is not be seen, a widowed woman is a bad woman". Who wrote these words?
Pandita Ramabai
Tarabai Shinde
Begum Rokeya Shekhawat Hossain
Rashsundari Devi
9.
The Satyashodhak Samaj was founded by
Periyar
Mumtaz Ali
Jyotirao Phule
Dr BR Ambedkar
10.
Widow Remarriage Act was passed in the year
1826
1846
1856
1876
11.
What formed the basis for the division of Indian society ?
12.
What is the literal meaning of the word "Sati" ?
13.
Name any two religious communities in India that allowed men to marry more than one women in the early 19th century.
14.
Who are considered as upper castes in our society?
15.
What do you mean by sati?
16.
___________, ___________, __________ founded the Brahmo Samaj in Calcutta.
17.
Women who died on the funeral pyre of their husbands were called ___________________
18.
Two hundred years ago, most ______________ had no access to education.
19.
The Satnami Movement was founded by ______________ who belonged to a low caste family.
20.
Tarabai Shinde wrote a book named ________________
21.
Modigas
22.
Sati
23.
Veda Samaj
24.
The Singh Sabha Movement
25.
The Brahmo Samaj
1.
(a)
2.
(b)
3.
(b)
4.
(b)
5.
(a)
6.
(a)
Ezhavas
7.
(c)
Swami Dayananda Saraswati
8.
(b)
Tarabai Shinde
9.
(c)
Jyotirao Phule
10.
(c)
1856
11.
( )
The society in India was divided on the lines of castes or the Varna system.
12.
( )
The word "Sati" literally means a virtuous woman.
13.
( )
Hindu and Muslim were two major religious communities that allowed men to marry more than one women in the early 19th century.
14.
( )
Brahmans and Kshatriyas are considered as upper castes in our society.
15.
( )
Widows who chose death by burning themselves on the funeral pyre of their husbands were called 'sati'.
16.
( )
Raja Rammohan Roy
17.
( )
Sati
18.
( )
Women
19.
( )
Ghasidas
20.
( )
Stripurushtulna
21.
( )
Leather workers
22.
( )
Burning of women at husband's funeral pyre
23.
( )
Madras
24.
( )
Amritsar
25.
( )
Calcutta
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