- Who supported the idea of self-respect movement?
(a) Mumtaz Ali
(b) Rammohun Roy
(c) Periyar
(d) Pandita Ramabai - The idea of widow remarriage was advocated by
(a) Dayanand Saraswati
(b) Jyotirao Phule
(c) Periyar
(d) Pandita Ramabai - The Satyashodhak Samaj association was founded by
(a) Mumtaz Ali
(b) Periyar
(c) Jyotirao Phule
(d) B.R. Ambedkar - Widow Remarriage Act was passed in the year
(a) 1826
(b) 1856
(c) 1876
(d) 1886 - 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 - E.V. Ramaswamy was known by the name
(a) Phule
(b) Periyar
(c) Vidyasagar
(d) Dayanand Saraswati - 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 - Prarathana Samaj was founded by
(a) H.L.V. Derozio
(b) Swami Vivekananda
(c) R.G. Bhandarkar
(d) Raja Rammohun Roy - Which of the reforms movement was founded by H.L.V. Derozio?
(a) Young Bengal
(b) Brahmo Samaj
(c) Veda Samaj
(d) Aligarh Movement - 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 - 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 - The Child Marriage Restraint Act was passed in ……………1929
- ……….. was observed on 26th January 1930 all over the country- Independence day
True/False
- Pandita Ramabai supported economic independence of women, set up widow homes- True
- Reformers got full support from all sections of the people of the country- False
- Jyotirao Phule set up schools for girls in Punjab- False
- Raja Rammohun Roy was the founder of Braham Samaj- True
- People were dissatisfied with British rule in the 1870s and 1880s- True
Match the following:
| Column A | Column 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 A | Column 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 |