Answer:

Class 8 HISTORY Chapter 9 Important Questions

Ch-9 Women Caste and Reform

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

Hindi b. Arabic c. Persian d. English

The BRAHMO Samaj was founded by

Vivekananda

Dayanand Saraswati

Ishwarchandra Vidyasagar

Raja Rammohun Roy

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.

CBSE Class 8 History Women Caste and Reform Extra Questions

Shri Narayana Guru

Pandita Ramabai

Haridas Thakur Matua

Ghasidas

Which one among the following was founded in 1840 to work for the abolition of caste?

Brahmo Samaj

Prarthana Samaj

Paramhans Mandali

Arya Samaj

A teacher at the Hindu College, Calcutta in 1820s promoted radical ideas and encouraged his pupils to question all authority. Name the brain behind this Young Bengal Movement.

Rabindranath Tagore

Gopal Krishna Gokhale

Henry Louis Vivian Derozio

Raja Ram Mohan Roy

Match the following:

Column A Column B

(i) The Brahmo Samaj (a) Madras

(ii) The Singh Sabha Movement (b) Calcutta

(iii) Veda Samaj (c) Bombay

(iv) The Prarthana Samaj (d) Amritsar

Fill in the blanks:

_________ was one of the main leaders of the Brahmo Samaj.

Henry Louis Vivan Derozio was a teacher at _______ College, Calcutta.

_______ was the disciple of Ramakrishna Paramhansa.

_______ Samaj was established in 1867.

State True or False:

When the British captured Bengal they framed many new laws to regulate the rules regarding marriage, adoption, inheritance of property, etc.

Social reformers had to discard the ancient texts in order to argue for reform in social practices.

Reformers got full support of all sections of the people of the country.

Brahman priests were outraged when dalits used water from the temple tank.

Describe the Child Marriage Restraint Act.

Who was Swami Dayanand Saraswati?

How did reformers bring changes in society?

What was the Satyashodhak Samaj? Who founded it?

How did women involve themselves in their upliftment?

Ch-9 Women Caste and Reform