Women, Caste and Reform

  1. Who supported the idea of self-respect movement?
    (a) Mumtaz Ali
    (b) Rammohun Roy
    (c) Periyar
    (d) Pandita Ramabai
  2. The idea of widow remarriage was advocated by
    (a) Dayanand Saraswati
    (b) Jyotirao Phule
    (c) Periyar
    (d) Pandita Ramabai
  3. The Satyashodhak Samaj association was founded by
    (a) Mumtaz Ali
    (b) Periyar
    (c) Jyotirao Phule
    (d) B.R. Ambedkar
  4. Widow Remarriage Act was passed in the year
    (a) 1826
    (b) 1856
    (c) 1876
    (d) 1886
  5. What is coolie ship?
    (a) Luggage lifter at railway platform
    (b) A ship that carried many Indians to Mauritius
    (c) Association of Coolies
    (d) None of the above
  6. E.V. Ramaswamy was known by the name
    (a) Phule
    (b) Periyar
    (c) Vidyasagar
    (d) Dayanand Saraswati
  7. During which period did Ambedkar lead three temple entry movement?
    (a) Between 1900 to 1927
    (b) Between 1927 to 1935
    (c) Between 1935 to 1940
    (d) Between 1940 to 1945
  8. Prarathana Samaj was founded by
    (a) H.L.V. Derozio
    (b) Swami Vivekananda
    (c) R.G. Bhandarkar
    (d) Raja Rammohun Roy
  9. Which of the reforms movement was founded by H.L.V. Derozio?
    (a) Young Bengal
    (b) Brahmo Samaj
    (c) Veda Samaj
    (d) Aligarh Movement
  10. 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
  11. The first Urdu novels began to be written from
    (a) the late sixteenth century
    (b) the late seventeenth century
    (c) the late eighteenth century
    (d) the late nineteeth century
  12. The Child Marriage Restraint Act was passed in ……………1929
  13. ……….. was observed on 26th January 1930 all over the country- Independence day

True/False

  1. Pandita Ramabai supported economic independence of women, set up widow homes- True
  2. Reformers got full support from all sections of the people of the country- False
  3. Jyotirao Phule set up schools for girls in Punjab- False
  4.  Raja Rammohun Roy was the founder of Braham Samaj- True
  5. People were dissatisfied with British rule in the 1870s and 1880s- True

Match the following:

Column AColumn B
(i) Orthodox(a) Peasants, artisans like weavers and potters  
(ii) Suffrage(b) An important untouchable caste of Andhra Pradesh
(iii) Vaishyas(c) The women who died on the funeral of her dead husband
(iv) Shudras(d) Fanatic, fundamentalists
(v) Sati(e) Right to vote
(vi) Madigas(f) Traders and moneylenders

Answers

Column AColumn B
(i) Orthodox(d) Fanatic, fundamentalists
(ii) Suffrage(e) Right to vote
(iii) Vaishyas(f) Traders and moneylenders
(iv) Shudras(a) Peasants, artisans like weavers and potters
(v) Sati(c) The women who died on the funeral of her dead husband
(vi) Madigas(b) An important untouchable caste of Andhra Pradesh