This quiz works best with JavaScript enabled. Home > Cbse > Class 8 > History > Social Science > Class 8 History Chapter 9 Women, Caste And Reform – Quiz 2 🏠 Homepage 📘 Download PDF Books 📕 Premium PDF Books Class 8 History Chapter 9 Women, Caste And Reform Quiz 2 (60 MCQs) Quiz Instructions Select an option to see the correct answer instantly. 1. PERIYAR FOUNDED THE ..... MOVEMENT. A) REMMRIAGES. B) EDUCATION FOR GIRL CHILD. C) SELF-RESPECT. D) EQUALITY FOR WOMEN. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) SELF-RESPECT. 2. Who started the Satnami Movement? A) Ghasidas. B) Sri Narayan Guru. C) Haridas Thakur Matua. D) EV Ramaswamy Naicker. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Ghasidas. 3. Widow remarriage act was passed on ..... by ..... with help of britishers A) 1929 by Pandita rank. B) 120B Jyotira is also swollen. C) 1856 B Ishwarchand Vidyasagar. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) 1856 B Ishwarchand Vidyasagar. 4. Who started the Young Bengal Movement? A) Blavatsky. B) Vivian Derozio. C) Annie Besant. D) H S Olcott. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Vivian Derozio. 5. What was the main argument of the opponent of sati in Rammohun Roy's dialogue? A) Women are naturally inferior. B) Women should be educated. C) Sati is a cultural tradition. D) Women desire to accompany their husbands. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Women should be educated. 6. 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. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) A ship that carried many Indians to Mauritius. 7. Excluded Hitkarini Sabha Photoad B ..... A) Dayanand Saraswati. B) Subhash Chandra bose. C) Mahatma Gandhi. D) Ambedkar. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Ambedkar. 8. Who wrote Gulamgiri? A) Periyar. B) Jyotirao Phule. C) Shivchandra Vidyasagar. D) Tarabai Shinde. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Jyotirao Phule. 9. AT WHICH PLACE VEDA SAMAJ WAS STARTED. A) BOMBAY. B) CALCUTTA. C) MADRAS. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) MADRAS. 10. King Rammohan Roy:Sati System:Ishwar Chandra Vidyasagar: ..... A) Sati System. B) Widow Remarriage. C) Women Education. D) Caste Reform. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Widow Remarriage. 11. Identify them.An important untouchable caste of Andhra Pradesh A) Madigas. B) Shudrasya. C) Dalit. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Madigas. 12. Satnami movement was founded by ..... A) Haridas. B) Ghasidas. C) Mr. Narayana Guru. D) Periyar. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Ghasidas. 13. IN 1873 ..... WROTE A BOOK NAMED GULAMGIRI. A) Jyoti rao pule. B) Mr. Narayana Guru. C) Savitri Full. D) Tarabai Shinde. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Jyoti rao pule. 14. Who wrote the book 'Gulamgiri'? A) King Rammohun Roy. B) Jyotirao Phule. C) Ambedkar. D) Ishwarchandra Vidyasagar. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Jyotirao Phule. 15. Who founded the Brahmo Samaj? A) Jyotirao Phule. B) King Rammohun Roy. C) Ishwarchandra Vidyasagar. D) Husband Dayanand Saraswati. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) King Rammohun Roy. 16. Which social reformer was instrumental in abolishing the practice of Sati in India? A) King Ram Mohan Roy. B) Ishwar Chandra Vidyasagar. C) Jyotirao Phule. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) King Ram Mohan Roy. 17. Which law was passed in 1856? A) Right to vote for women. B) Education Act for girls. C) Law permitting widow remarriage. D) Child Marriage Restraint Act. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Law permitting widow remarriage. 18. Rammohun Roy was well versed in which of the following languages A) Persian. B) Sanskrit. C) Both option 1 and 2. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Both option 1 and 2. 19. The Veda Samaj was established in ..... A) Delhi. B) Madras. C) Punjab. D) Bangalore. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Madras. 20. Who considered themselves as "upper castes" ? A) Brahmanas and Kshatrius. B) Kshatriyas and vaishyas. C) Brahmanas and Vaishya. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Brahmanas and Kshatrius. 21. Ambedkar:Temple entry movement:E. V. Ramaswamy: ..... A) Satyagraha movement. B) Self Respect Movement. C) Non Cooperation Movement. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Self Respect Movement. 22. Pandita Ramabai supported economic independence of women, set up widow homes, State True or False A) True. B) False. C) All the above. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) True. 23. WHAT IS THE OTHER NAME OF E.V. RAMASWAMY A) VIDYASAGAR. B) Swollen. C) PERIYAR. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) PERIYAR. 24. Who started school for girls at Aligarh? A) Mumtaz Ali. B) Begum Rokeya Sakhawat Hossain. C) Ishwarchanadra Vidyasagar. D) Rama's Patta. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Begum Rokeya Sakhawat Hossain. 25. The child marriage restraint act was passed in which year? A) 1937. B) 1929. C) 1995. D) 1957. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) 1929. 26. Schools for girls was established by ..... Samaj in punjab. A) Brahma. B) Arya. C) Satyashodak. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Arya. 27. Keshub Chunder Sen was one of the main leaders of the Brahmo Samaj. A) True. B) False. C) All the above. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) True. 28. WHO FOUND MOHAMMADEN ANGLO ORIENTAL COLLAGE? A) Mohammed Ali. B) SYED AHMED ALI. C) Shaukat Ali. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) SYED AHMED ALI. 29. Who was a notable critic of the caste system and wrote 'Gulamgiri'? A) King Rammohun Roy. B) Jyotirao Phule. C) B.R. Ambedkar. D) Rama's Patta. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Jyotirao Phule. 30. WHY WERE UNTOUCHABLE STUDENTS NOT ALLOWED TO ENTER THE CLASSROOMS WHERE UPPER-CASTE BOYS WERE TAUGHT A) WRONG NOTION THAT THEY WILL POLLUTE THE FOOD. B) WRONG NOTION THAT THEY WILL POLLUTE THE CLASSROOM. C) WRONG NOTION THAT THEY WILL POLLUTE THE WATER. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) WRONG NOTION THAT THEY WILL POLLUTE THE CLASSROOM. 31. Which of the following were the reasons by which families were not allowing women or girls to study. A) They feared that schools would take girls away from home and prevent them from doing their domestic duties. B) Girls had to travel through public places in order to reach school. C) They believed that girls should stay away from public spaces. D) All of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) All of the above. 32. Where did begum rokeya sakhawat hussain started schools for muslim girls A) Calcutta. B) Patna. C) Both a and b. D) None of these. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Both a and b. 33. Why did Phule dedicate his book Gulamgiri to the American movement to free slaves? A) To establish a link between conditions of 'lower' castes in India and black slaves in America. B) To criticise the American movement. C) To support the British rule. D) To promote idolatry and sacrifice. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) To establish a link between conditions of 'lower' castes in India and black slaves in America. 34. Who wrote stri purush tulaana? A) PANDITA READE. B) Savitri Full. C) Tarabai Shinde. D) Ishwar Chandra Vidyasagar. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Tarabai Shinde. 35. Arya Samaj:1875:Paramahans Mandali: ..... A) 1850. B) 1820. C) 1840. D) 1830. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) 1840. 36. Rammohun Roy campaign against A) Sati. B) Child marriage. C) Widow remarriage. D) Education. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Sati. 37. Khalsa college of Amritsar was established in the year A) 1873. B) 1892. C) 1850. D) 1884. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) 1892. 38. The school was established in MAHARASHTRA was by- A) Narendra Modi. B) Donald trump. C) Partner. D) Jyotirao Phule. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Jyotirao Phule. 39. ..... was one of the Muslim women reformers of 19th century. A) Najma khatoon. B) Begum Hazrat Mahal. C) Zinat Mahal. D) Mumtaz Ali. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Mumtaz Ali. 40. Which reformer established schools for girls in the mid-nineteenth century? A) E.V. Ramaswamy Naicker. B) Husband Dayanand Saraswati. C) King Rammohun Roy. D) Ishwarchandra Vidyasagar. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Ishwarchandra Vidyasagar. 41. When was the law passed allowing widow remarriage? Who advocated for it? A) 1840 by the Indian government, advocated for by Swami Vivekananda. B) 1860 by the British colonial government in India, advocated for by Jawaharlal Nehru. C) 1856 by the British colonial government in India, advocated for by Ishwar Chandra Vidyasagar. D) 1850 by the Indian government, advocated for by Mahatma Gandhi. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) 1856 by the British colonial government in India, advocated for by Ishwar Chandra Vidyasagar. 42. Which of the following was a concern for many people regarding girls' education? A) It would corrupt their morals. B) It would improve their social status. C) It would help them find jobs. D) It would allow them to travel. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) It would corrupt their morals. 43. By the second half of the 19th century, the movement in favour of widow remarriage spread to other parts of India beyond Bengal. Which reformer formed an association for widow remarriage in the Telugu-speaking areas of the Madras Presidency? A) Veeresalingam lines. B) Adamma lines. C) Pahlalgunarao lines. D) Baladitya lines. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Veeresalingam lines. 44. Arya Samaj was founded by which of the following reformers at 1875- A) Husband Dayanand Saraswati. B) Raja Rammohan Roy. C) Ramabai Patta. D) Jyotirao Phule. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Husband Dayanand Saraswati. 45. The child marriage restraint act was passed in 1829 A) True. B) False. C) All the above. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) True. 46. In which year remarriage of widows was permitted? A) 1855. B) 1858. C) 1852. D) 1856. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) 1856. 47. Which one of the following is not correct? A) Brahma Samaj-Rajaram Mohan Roy. B) Arya Samaj-Dayanand Saraswati. C) Pratana Society-The Spirit Ram Pandurang. D) Sathya Shodak Samaj-M g ranade. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Sathya Shodak Samaj-M g ranade. 48. Peasants and artisans were refer to as A) Vaishyasya. B) Brahmans. C) Kshatriyas. D) Shudrasya. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Shudrasya. 49. The Satnami movement was founded by A) Naraina Guru. B) Haridas Thakur. C) Ghasi that. D) Jyotirao Phule. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Ghasi that. 50. THE IDEA OF WIDOW REMARRIAGE WAS ADVOCATED BY A) VIDYASAGAR. B) Dayanand Saraswati. C) King Ram Mohan Roy. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Dayanand Saraswati. 51. Name this great social leader from Kerala who proclaimed the ideas of unity of all people within one sect, a single caste and one guru. A) So. B) Mr. Narayana Guru. C) Rajaram Mohan Roy. D) DR. B.R AMBEDKAR. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Mr. Narayana Guru. 52. When was Gulamgiri written? A) 1876. B) 1871. C) 1873. D) 1875. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) 1873. 53. What was one of the main reasons for the change in social customs in the 19th century? A) Development of new forms of communication. B) Increase in agricultural production. C) Expansion of the British Empire. D) Rise of monarchy. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Development of new forms of communication. 54. JAWAHARLAL NEHRU AND SUBHAS CHANDRA BOSE LENT THEIR SUPPORTS AND DEMNDS FOR-THE EQUALITY AND FREEDOM FOR A) BOYS. B) UPPER CASTE. C) VILLAGERS. D) GIRLS. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) GIRLS. 55. In Bengal, he questioned Brahmanical texts. A) Haridas Thakur. B) Mumtaz Ali. C) Rama's Patta. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Haridas Thakur. 56. B.R. Ambedkar belonged to ..... caste. A) Brahman. B) Double. C) Mahar. D) Gond. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Mahar. 57. Rammohun Roy founded a reform association known as ..... in ..... A) Arya Samaj, Calcutta. B) Brahmo Sabha, Madras. C) Brahmo Samaj, Bomaby. D) Brahmo Sabha, Calcutta. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Brahmo Sabha, Calcutta. 58. 'Stripurushtulna' was written by? A) Pandita Ramabai. B) Jyotirao Phule. C) Periyar. D) Tarabai Shinde. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Tarabai Shinde. 59. Gulamgiri was written by A) Jyotirao Phule. B) Rabindranath tagore. C) Rama's Patta. D) Ambedkar. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Jyotirao Phule. 60. Who wrote the book Stripurushtulna A) Rokeya Sakhawat Hossain. B) Jawaharlal nehru. C) Tarabai Shinde. D) Pandora Ramabai. 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