Status of Women in India through the ages Book Back Questions 8th Social Science Lesson 8
8th Social Science Lesson 8
8] Status of Women in India through the ages
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Jauhar refers to the practice of collective voluntary immolation by wives and daughters of defeated Rajput warriors, in order to avoid capture and dishonour.
Akbar prohibited child marriage and made it obligatory for the parents to obtain the approval of both the bride and the bridegroom before the marriage. He prescribed 14 years as the age of constant for girls and 16 years for boys.
The Madras Devadasi Act was a law that was enacted on 9th October 1947. The law was passed in the Madras presidency and gave Devadasis the legal right to marry and made it illegal to dedicated girls to Indian temples.
Choose the best answers:
1. _________ society is constantly changing with additions, assimilations and omissions from within and outside.
(a) Human
(b) Animal
(c) Forest
(d) Nature
2. The first women doctor in India was
(a) Dharmambal
(b) Muthulakshmi Ammaiyar
(c) Moovalur Ramamirdham
(d) Panditha Ramabai
3. The practice of sati was abolished in _________
(a) 1827
(b) 1828
(c) 1829
(d) 1830
4. B.M. Malabari was a
(a) Teacher
(b) Doctor
(c) Lawyer
(d) Journalist
5. Which of the following was/were the reform movement(s) ?
(a) Brahma Samaj
(b) Prarthana Samaj
(c) Arya Samaj
(d) All the above
6. The Bethune school was founded in _____________ by J.E.D. Bethune.
(a) 1848
(b) 1849
(c) 1850
(d) 1851
7. Which commission recommended to start primary schools for girls in 1882?
(a) Wood’s
(b) Welby
(c) Hunter
(d) Muddiman
8. Sarada’s child marriage bill fixing the minimum marriageable age for girls at ________
(a) 11
(b) 12
(c) 13
(d) 14
Fill in the blanks:
1. __________ society was setup by the Christian missionaries in 1819.
2. _________ of Sivaganga fought bravely against the British.
3. Servants of India society was started by ___________
4. ________ was the one of the greatest social reformer of Tamil Nadu.
5. Kandukuri Veeresalingam published a journal called _________
Match the following:
1. Theosophical society – Italian traveller
2. Sarada Sadan – Social evil
3. Wood’s despatch – Annie Besant
4. Niccolo Conti – Pandita Ramabhai
5. Dowry – 1854
State true or false. If false, correct the statement:
1. Women were honoured in Rig Vedic period.
2. Devadasi system was a social evil.
3. Raja Rammohan Roy was the pioneer of Indian social reform movement.
4. Reservation of 23% to women envisaged an improvement in the socio-political status of women.
5. The age of marriage was raised for boys and girls by the Sharda Act of 1930.
Consider the following the statements and tick the appropriate answer:
1. Find out the correct Pair:
a) Women’s university – Prof. D.K. Karve
b) Justice Ranade – Arya Samaj
c) Widow Remarriage Act – 1855
d) Rani Lakshmi Bhai – Delhi
2. Find the Odd one out:
(a) Child marriage
(b) Sati
(c) Devadasi System
(d) Widow remarriage
3. Consider the following the statements:
i) Begum Hazarat Mahal, Rani Lakshmi Bhai led an armed revolt against the British.
ii) Velunachiyar of Sivaganga, Tamil Nadu fought bravely against the British.
Which of the statement(s) given above is/or correct?
(a) i only
(b) ii only
(c) i and ii
(d) neither i nor ii
4. Assertion (A): Raja Rammohan Roy is most remembered by all Indians.
Reason (R): He wiped out the evil practice of Sati form the Indian Society.
(a) A and R are Wrong
(b) A is correct and R is Wrong
(c) A is correct and R explains A
(d) A is correct and R does not explain A
Answers:
Choose the best answers:
1. Human 2. Muthulakshmi Ammaiyar 3. 1829 4. Journalist 5. all the above 6. 1849 7. Hunter 8. 14
Fill in the blanks:
1. Calcutta female Juvenile 2. Velu Nachiyar 3. Gopal Krishna Gokhale 4. Periyar 5. Kandukuri Veeresalingam
Match the following:
1.Theosophical society – Annie Besant
2.Sarada Sadan- Pandita RamaBhai
3.Wood’s Despatch- 1854
4.Niccolo Conti- Italian traveler
5.Dowry- Social evil
State true or false. If false, correct the statement:
1.True
2.True
3.True
4.False
Correct answer: Reservation of 33 percent to women envisaged an improvement in the socio-political status of women
5.True
Consider the statements given below and choose the correct option:
1. Women’s university – Prof. D.K. Karve
2. widow remarriage
3. i and ii
4. A is correct and R explains A