CBSE Class 8 Social Science Women Caste and Reform MCQs

Question. Who founded the Satyashodhak Samaj?
(a) Sri Narayan Guru
(b) E.V. Ramaswamy Naicker
(c) Dr. B. R. Ambedkar
(d) Jyotirao Phule

Answer : D

Question. What was the occupation of Madigas?
(a) Plantation
(b) Sewing Sandals
(c) Cleaning work
(d) None of these

Answer : B

Question. _____ were often treated as untouchables.
(a) Shudras
(b) Brahmans
(c) Teachers
(d) Traders

Answer : A

Question. Stripurushtulana was written by _____.
(a) Ramabai Ranade
(b) Begum Rokya Shakhawat Hussain
(c) Tarabai Shinde
(d) Begum Kausar Bi

Answer : C

Question. Name the social reformer who worked for the upliftment of women in Maharashtra
(a) Jyotirao Phule
(b) Rama Bai Ranade
(c) Syed Ahmed Khan
(d) Annie Besant

Answer : A

Question. Name the important women personality who wrote and published a book Stripurushtulna, criticising the social differences between men and women
(a) Sarojini Naidu
(b) Mumtaz Ali
(c) Tarabai Shinde
(d) Rama Bai Ranade

Answer : C

Question. Few important points with respect to Raja Ram Mohan Roy are given below. Select the one that is not true.
(a) Through Brahmo Samaj he attempted to reform Hindu society
(b) Rajaram Mohan Roy encouraged the study of local languages and wanted to abolish Western education.
(c) He tried to show through his writings that the practice of widow burning had no sanction in ancient texts.
(d) Rabindranath Tagore called him as the Father of Indian Renaissance

Answer : B

Question. Who was the important reformer who reinterpreted verses from the Koran to argue for women’s education
(a) Mumtaz Ali
(b) Annie Besant
(c) Rashsundari Debi
(d) Sarojini Naidu

Answer : A

Question. Raja Rammohan Roy focused on spreading ____ all over the country.
(a) Western Education
(b) religious teachings
(c) castism
(d) untouchability

Answer : A

Question. ___ questioned religious texts that supported the caste system.
(a) Haridas Thakur
(b) Narayan Swami
(c) Ghasidas
(d) Patel

Answer : A

Question. _____ was founded by Henry Derozio.
(a) Young Bengal Movement
(b) Home Rule Movement
(c) Aligarh Movement
(d) Prerna Sabha

Answer : A

Question. Among the following, which class belonged to the traders and money lenders
(a) Brahmans
(b) Shudras
(c) Vaishyas
(d) None of these

Answer : C

Question. Name the uppermost caste in the social ladder that existed in ancient India
(a) Kshatriyas
(b) Shudras
(c) Vaishyas
(d) Brahmans

Answer : D

Question. ______ was a book written by Jyotiba Phule.
(a) Abhyas
(b) Gulamgiri
(c) Stripurushtulana
(d) Harijans of India

Answer : B

Question. Women who died by burning themselves on the funeral pyre of their husbands were called ____
(a) Suhagan
(b) Devi
(c) Sati
(d) Mata

Answer : C

Question. Paramhans Mandali was founded in 1840 to work for the:
(a) Demands of Labour
(b) Labour
(c) Plantation Workers
(d) Abolition of Caste

Answer : D

Question. Who was the founder of Arya Samaj?
(a) Rammohan Roy
(b) Balgangadhar Tilak
(c) Swami Dayanand
(d) Vivekananda

Answer : C

Question.. Name the class that belonged to the lower most strata in the social ladder of ancient India
(a) Brahmans
(b) Kshatriyas
(c) Vaishyas
(d) Shudras

Answer : A

Question. ________ encouraged widow remarriages in 19th century India.
(a) Ishwar Chandra Vidyasagar
(b) Bankim Chandra Chatterjee
(c) Narendra Nath Dutt
(d) P C Mukherjee

Answer : A

Question. Widows’ Home in Poona was established by ______
(a) Tarabai Shinde
(b) Rokeya Hussain
(c) Pandita Ramabai
(d) Savitribai Phule

Answer : C

Question. His support for women upliftment made him pass the Widow Remarriage Act of 1856. Who is being referred to here?
(a) Keshab Chandra Sen
(b) Bankim Chandra Chatterjee
(c) Ishwara Chandra Vidyasagar
(d) Dadabai Naoroji

Answer : C

Question. The Mohammedan Anglo Oriental College was founded by
(a) Muhammad Ali
(b) Shaukat Ali
(c) Sayyid Ahmed Khan
(d) Deoband School

Answer : C

Question. With respect to ancient India, a list of statements related to the untouchables are given below. Point out the one that is not true.
(a) They were not allowed to draw water from the wells used by the upper castes
(b) They were not considered as inferior human beings
(c) They were not allowed to bathe in ponds where the upper caste bathed
(d) They were not allowed to enter temples

Answer : B

Question. Who translated an old Buddhist text that was critical of caste.
(a) Pandita Ramabai
(b) Tarabai Shinde
(c) Raja Ram Mohan Roy
(d) Jyotirao Phule

Answer : C

Question. Under which Governor General did Raja Ram Mohan Roy initiative to ban Sati?
(a) Lord Mountbatten
(b) William Bentick
(c) Lord Dalhousie
(d) Lord Ripon

Answer : B

Question. ______ belonged to the Ezhava caste.
(a) Srinath Guru
(b) Sri Narayana Guru
(c) Haridas Thakur
(d) Ambedkar

Answer : B

Question. The slaves of Africa were made to work in _____ plantations of America.
(a) rice
(b) potato
(c) cotton
(d) coffee

Answer : C

Question. What formed the basis for the division of Indian society?
(a) Gender
(b) Castes
(c) Colour
(d) None of these

Answer : B

Question. Which samaj was founded by Jyotirao Phule?
(a) Brahmo samaj
(b) Satyashodhak Samaj
(c) Arya samaj
(d) None of these

Answer : B

Question. Indian labourers were sent to work in the plantations of ____ by the British.
(a) China
(b) Mauritius
(c) USA
(d) Kenya

Answer : B

Question. B R Ambedkar belonged to ______ caste.
(a) Mahar
(b) Brahman
(c) Gond
(d) Dubla

Answer : A