Class 8 Social Science History MCQ Women, Caste And Reform

Question :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

Question :E.V. Ramaswamy was known by the name

(a) Phule
(b) Periyar
(c) Vidyasagar
(d) Dayanand Saraswati

Question :During which period did Ambedkar lead three temple entry movement?

(a) Between 1900 to 1927
(b) Between 1927 to 1935
(c) Between 1935 to 1940
(d) Between 1940 to 1945

Question :Prarathana Samaj was founded by

(a) H.L.V. Derozio
(b) Swami Vivekananda
(c) R.G. Bhandarkar
(d) Raja Rammohun Roy

Question :Which of the reforms movement was founded by H.L.V. Derozio?

(a) Young Bengal
(b) Brahmo Samaj
(c) Veda Samaj
(d) Aligarh Movement

Question :Who started schools for Muslim girls in Patna and Calcutta?

(a) Mumtaz Ali
(b) Begum Rokeya Sakhawat Hossain
(c) Sayyid Ahmed Khan
(d) None of these

Question :The first Urdu novels began to be written from

(a) the late sixteenth century
(b) the late seventeenth century
(c) the late eighteenth century
(d) the late nineteeth century

Question : The Satnami Movement in central India was founded by:

(a) Jyotirao Phule
(b) Ghasidas
(c) Dr. Ambedkar
(d) Pandit Rama Bai

Question :Who supported the idea of self-respect movement?

(a) Mumtaz Ali
(b) Rammohun Roy
(c) Periyar
(d) Pandita Ramabai

Question :The idea of widow remarriage was advocated by

(a) Dayanand Saraswati
(b) Jyotirao Phule
(c) Periyar
(d) Pandita Ramabai

Question :The Satyashodhak Samaj association was founded by

(a) Mumtaz Ali
(b) Periyar
(c) Jyotirao Phule
(d) B.R. Ambedkar

Question :Widow Remarriage Act was passed in the year

(a) 1826
(b) 1856
(c) 1876
(d) 1886

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

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

Question :The idea of widow remarriage was advocated by

(a) Dayanand Saraswati
(b) Jyotirao Phule
(c) Periyar
(d) Pandita Ramabai

Question :What was the occupation of Madigas?

(a) Plantation
(b) Sewing Sandals
(c) Cleaning work
(d) None of these

Question :The practise of Sati was banned in __.

(a) 1829
(b) 1845
(c) 1833
(d) 1822

Question :Who was the founder of Arya Samaj?

(a) Rammohan Roy
(b) Swami Dayanand
(c) Balgangadhar Tilak
(d) Vivekananda

Question :Among the following, which class belonged to the traders and money lenders

(a) Brahmans
(b) Shudras
(c) Vaishyas
(d) None of these

Question :Montheism means

(a) Belief in many gods
(b) Widow remarriage
(c) Belief in one god
(d) Child Marriage

Question :Widow Remarriage Act was passed in the year

(a) 1826
(b) 1856
(c) 1876
(d) 1886

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

Question :Widows’ Home in Poona was established by __

(a) Tarabai Shinde
(b) Rokeya Hussain
(c) Pandita Ramabai
(d) Savitribai Phule

Question :Who formed the ‘Brahmo Samaj’?

(a) Raja Ram Mohan Roy
(b) Pandit Ishwar Chandra Vidyasagar
(c) Keshav Dutt
(d) Rabindranath Tagore

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

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

Question :E.V. Ramaswamy was known by the name

(a) Phule
(b) Periyar
(c) Vidyasagar
(d) Dayanand Saraswati

Question :which class belonged to the traders and money lenders

(a) Brahmans
(b) Shudras
(c) Vaishyas
(d) None of these

Question :Stripurushtulana was written by _.

(a) Ramabai Ranade
(b) Begum Rokya Shakhawat Hussain
(c) Tarabai Shinde
(d) Begum Kausar Bi

Question :Who wrote these words “Isn’t a woman’s life is a dear to her as yours is to you. Her face is not be seen, a widowed woman is a bad woman”?

(a) Pandita Ramabai
(b) Tarabai Shinde
(c) Begum Rokeya Shekhawat Hossain
(d) Rashsundari Devi

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

Question :What did Raja Ram Mohan Roy do to oppose the caste system?

(a) Translated an old Buddhist text
(b) Translated an old Mughal text
(c) Wrote an Autobiography
(d) None of these

Question :The Mohammedan Anglo Oriental College was founded by

(a) Muhammad Ali
(b) Shaukat Ali
(c) Sayyid Ahmed Khan
(d) Deoband School

Question :Prarathana Samaj was founded by

(a) H.L.V. Derozio
(b) Swami Vivekananda
(c) R.G. Bhandarkar
(d) Raja Rammohun Roy

Question :Paramhans Mandali was founded in 1840 to work for the:

(a) Demands of Labour
(b) Labour
(c) Plantation Workers
(d) Abolition of Caste

Question :Where did the first primary school for girls start at?

(a) Kanpur
(b) Maharashtra
(c) Aligarh
(d) Bhopal

Question :What was the occupation of Madigas?

(a) Plantation
(b) Sewing Sandals
(c) Cleaning work
(d) None of these

Question :Name the countries where the lower caste people went for plantation work.

(a) Mauritius
(b) Trinidad
(c) Indonesia
(d) All of these

Question :What did Raja Ram Mohan Roy do to oppose the caste system?

(a) Translated an old Buddhist text
(b) Translated an old Mughal text
(c) Wrote an Autobiography
(d) None of these

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

(a) Persian
(b) Hindi
(c) Arabic
(d) English

Question :Dubla caste people are primarily from the state of _.

(a) Arunanchal Pradesh
(b) Gujarat
(c) Odisha
(d) Delhi

Question :Who formed the ‘Brahmo Samaj’?

(a) Raja Ram Mohan Roy
(b) Pandit Ishwar Chandra Vidyasagar
(c) Keshav Dutt
(d) Rabindranath Tagore

Question :Who founded the Mohammedan Anglo Oriental College?

(a) Muhammad All
(b) Shaukat All
(c) Sayyid Ahmed Khan
(d) Deoband School

Question :Who founded the Satyashodhak Samaj?

(a) Sri Narayan Guru
(b) Jyotirao Phule
(c) Dr. B. R. Ambedkar
(d) E.V. Ramaswamy Naicker

Question : Paramhans Mandali was founded in 1840 to work for the:

(a) Demands of Labour
(b) Labour
(c) Plantation Workers
(d) Abolition of Caste

Question :The Satnami Movement in central India was founded by:

(a) Jyotirao Phule
(b) Ghasidas
(c) Dr. Ambedkar
(d) Pandit Rama Bai

Question :Rammohan Roy founded a reform association that was known as:

(a) Brahmo Samaj
(b) Arya Samaj
(c) Home Rule League
(d) Socialist Party

Question :Who was the founder of Arya Samaj?

(a) Rammohan Roy
(b) Swami Dayanand
(c) Balgangadhar Tilak
(d) Vivekananda

Question :Stripurushtulna is a book that was written by.

(a) Tarabai Shinde
(b) Pandita Ramabai
(c) J.L. Nehru
(d) Ishwarchandra Vidyasagar

Question :Which low caste did the Sri Narayan Guru belonged to?

(a) Ezhavas
(b) Mahar
(c) Madigas
(d) Agarias

Question :Who wrote these words “Isn’t a woman’s life is a dear to her as yours is to you. Her face is not be seen, a widowed woman is a bad woman”?

(a) Pandita Ramabai
(b) Tarabai Shinde
(c) Begum Rokeya Shekhawat Hossain
(d) Rashsundari Devi

Question :What formed the basis for the division of Indian society?

(a) Gender
(b) Castes
(c) Colour
(d) None of these

Question :Name any two religious communities in India that allowed men to marry more than one wife in the early 19th century?

(a) Hindu
(b) Muslims
(c) Both a and b
(d) None of these

Question :Which of the following is an important untouchable caste of Andhra Pradesh?

(a) Mahar
(b) Shudras
(c) Madigas
(d) None of these

Question :Which college was founded by Sayyid Ahmed Khan?

(a) Delhi College
(b) Mohammedan Anglo Oriental College
(c) Bombay College
(d) None of these

Question :Which samaj was founded by Jyotirao Phule?

(a) Brahmo samaj
(b) Satyashodhak Samaj
(c) Arya samaj
(d) None of these

Question :Who among following belonged to a low caste of Ezhavas?

(a) Raja Ram Mohan Roy
(b) Sri Narayan Guru
(c) Dayanand Saraswati
(d) None of these

Question :Name one social reformer who used the religious texts to argue in favor of widow remarriage?

(a) Ishwarchandra Vidyasagar
(b) Swami Vivekananda
(c) Raja Ram Mohan Roy
(d) None of these

Question : Paramhans Mandali was founded in 1840 to work for the:

(a) Demands of Labour
(b) Labour
(c) Plantation Workers
(d) Abolition of Caste

Question : The Satnami Movement in central India was founded by:

(a) Jyotirao Phule
(b) Ghasidas
(c) Dr. Ambedkar
(d) Pandit Rama Bai

Question : Rammohan Roy founded a reform association that was known as:

(a) Brahmo Samaj
(b) Arya Samaj
(c) Home Rule League
(d) Socialist Party

Question : Who was the founder of Arya Samaj?

(a) Rammohan Roy
(b) Swami Dayanand
(c) Balgangadhar Tilak
(d) Vivekananda

Question : Stripurushtulna is a book that was written by.

(a) Tarabai Shinde
(b) Pandita Ramabai
(c) J.L. Nehru
(d) Ishwarchandra Vidyasagar