Widow Remarriage Act was passed in the year

1

(a)

1826

(b)

1846

(c)

1856

(d)

1876

A widow's home was established at Poona by

1

(a)

Tarabai Shinde

(b)

Pandita Ramabai

(c)

Bal Gangadhar Tilak

(d)

Begum Rokeya Sakhawat Hossain

Periyar founded

1

(a)

Temple Entry Movement

(b)

Self-Respect Movement

(c)

Dalit Movement

(d)

None of the above

Sri Narayan Guru, in present day's Kerala belonged to a low caste of:

1

(a)

Ezhavas

(b)

Mahar

(c)

Madigas

(d)

Agarias

Madigas were an important untouchable caste of present day's:

1

(a)

Madhya Pradesh

(b)

Orissa

(c)

Bihar

(d)

Andhra Pradesh

Tarabai Shinde wrote a book named ________________

1

(a)

Stripurushtulna

Ambedkar was born into a _____________family.

1

(a)

Mahar

In aristocratic Muslim household in North India, women learnt to read the __________________ in Arabic.

1

(a)

Koran

Swami Oayanand Saraswati founded the reform association called in __________ __________ in ______________

1

(a)

Arya Samaj, 1875

___________ _____________ urged the people to strive for racial equality in America.

1

(a)

Abraham Lincoln

The Child Marriage Restraint Act was passed in 1829.

1

(a) True

(b) False

Rashsundari Debi secretly learned to read and write in the flickering light of candles at night.

1

(a) False

(b) True

The Veda Samaj was founded in Madras in 1864.

1

(a) False

(b) True

What do you mean by sati?

1

(a)

Widows who chose death by burning themselves on the funeral pyre of their husbands were called 'sati'.

Who was Mumtaz Ali?

1

(a)

Mumtaz Ali was a social reformer who reinterpreted verses from the Koran to argue for the education of women.

Name one of the lower castes of Gujarat who work for the upper caste.

1

(a)

Dublas of Gujarat laboured for upper caste landowners cultivating their fields and working at a variety of odd jobs at the landlord's house.

When did Dr BR Ambedkar start temple entry movement?

1

(a)

In 1927, Dr BR Ambedkar started temple entry movement and led three such movements between 1927 and 1935.

What formed the basis for the division of Indian society ?

1

(a)

The society in India was divided on the lines of castes or the Varna system.

How many "Varnas" are there? Name them.

1

(a)

There are four Varnas-Brahmans, Kshatriyas, Vaishyas and Shudras.

Name one social reformer who used the religious texts to argue in favour of widow remarriage.

1

(a)

Ishwarchandra Vidyasagar used the ancient religious texts to argue in favour of widow remarriage. 

Imagine you are a teacher in the school set-up by Rokeya Hossain. There are 20 girls in your charge. Write an account of the discussions that might have taken place on anyone day in the school.

3

(a)

What were the different reasons people had for not sending girls to school?

3

(a)

Describe the role played by Muslim women in promoting education among women.

3

(a)

1. Who were "the untouchables"? What was their social condition in the Indian Society ?

   6

   (a)

2. Discuss the work and contribution of Ishwarchandra Vidyasagar for the upliftment of women.

   6

   (a)

Look at the given picture and answer the following questions.

(i) Name the artist of painting 1 and 2.
(ii) In Which year these paintings were made.

5

(a)

What was the condition of women in the earlier days?

5

(a)