Choose the correct answer:
Question 1.
Who supported the idea of self-respect movement?
(a) Mumtaz Ali
(b) Rammohun Roy
(c) Periyar
(d) Pandita Ramabai
Answer
Answer: (c) Periyar
Question 2.
The idea of widow remarriage was advocated by
(a) Dayanand Saraswati
(b) Jyotirao Phule
(c) Periyar
(d) Pandita Ramabai
Answer
Answer: (a) Dayanand Saraswati
Question 3.
The Satyashodhak Samaj association was founded by
(a) Mumtaz Ali
(b) Periyar
(c) Jyotirao Phule
(d) B.R. Ambedkar
Answer
Answer: (c) Jyotirao Phule
Question 4.
Widow Remarriage Act was passed in the year
(a) 1826
(b) 1856
(c) 1876
(d) 1886
Answer
Answer: (b) 1856
Question 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
Answer
Answer: (b) A ship that carried many Indians to Mauritius
Question 6.
E.V. Ramaswamy was known by the name
(a) Phule
(b) Periyar
(c) Vidyasagar
(d) Dayanand Saraswati
Answer
Answer: (b) Periyar
Question 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
Answer
Answer: (b) Between 1927 to 1935
Question 8.
Prarathana Samaj was founded by
(a) H.L.V. Derozio
(b) Swami Vivekananda
(c) R.G. Bhandarkar
(d) Raja Rammohun Roy
Answer
Answer: (c) R.G. Bhandarkar
Question 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
Answer
Answer: (a) Young Bengal
Question 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
Answer
Answer: (b) Begum Rokeya Sakhawat Hossain
Question 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
Answer
Answer: (d) the late nineteeth century
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 |
Answer
Answer:
| 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 |
State whether true or false:
1. Pandita Ramabai supported economic independence of women, set up widow homes,
Answer
Answer: True
2. Reformers got full support from all sections of the people of the country.
Answer
Answer: False
3. Jyotirao Phule set up schools for girls in Punjab.
Answer
Answer: False
4. Raja Rammohun Roy was the founder of Braham Samaj.
Answer
Answer: True
5. People were dissatisfied with British rule in the 1870s and 1880s.
Answer
Answer: True
Fill in the blanks:
1. The Child Marriage Restraint Act was passed in …………………..
Answer
Answer: 1929
2. In 1873, Phule wrote …………………..
Answer
Answer: Gulamgiri
3. In ………………….. the Muslim league demanded ‘Independent State’ for Muslims.
Answer
Answer: 1940
4. ………………….. was observed on 26th January 1930 all over the country.
Answer
Answer: Independence day
5. The knowledge of ………………….. texts help the reformers promote new laws.
Answer
Answer: ancient
6. Ambedkar was born into a ………………….. family.
Answer
Answer: Mahar
7. Periyar was an outspoken critic of …………………..
Answer
Answer: Hindu scriptures