Class 08 Social Science History Women Caste And Reform CBSE Questions & Answers

Identify the personality based on the clues :Born in a poor Brahmin family , he was a great Sanskrit scholar who became the Principal of a Sanskrit CollegeHe spent his life for the upliftment of women and girls and was instrumental in the passing of Widow Remarriage Act 1856He opposed the monopoly of the Brahmans on the study of Sanskrit

Considered as the Grand Old Man of India, he is one of the co-founders of the Indian National Congress, he also fought for the legal rights of women

Name the social reformer who worked for the upliftment of women in Maharashtra

Followers of Brahmo Samaj started another one in Bombay in 1867. Name this Samaj that fought against social customs like child marriage and remarriage for widows.

Name the personality, from the list given below, who secretly learned to read and write in the flickering light of candles at night.

In which language women of the aristocratic Muslim households of North India learnt to read and write the Koran?

Who was the important reformer who reinterpreted verses from the Koran to argue for women?s education

In which century did the first Urdu novels began to be written?

Who from Bhopal, from the early 20th century, played a notable role in promoting education among women and founded a primary school for girls

Where did the first primary school for girls start at?

Name the person who started schools for Muslim girls in Patna and Calcutta and encouraged education for Muslim girls.

Name the important women personality who wrote and published a book Stripurushtulna , criticising the social differences between men and women

Identify this personality who was a great scholar in Sanskrit. She also founded a widows home at Poona to provide shelter to widows who had been treated badly by their husbands relatives

Who translated an old Buddhist text that was critical of caste.

Which of the following adhered to the tradition of Bhakti that believed in spiritual equality of all castes?