Q 1. Who supported the idea of self-respect movement?
(a) Mumtaz Ali
(b) Rammohun Roy
(c) Periyar
(d) Pandita Ramaba
Ans. (c) Periyar
Q 2. The idea of widow remarriage was advocated by
(a) Dayanand Saraswati
(b) Jyotirao Phule
(c) Periyar
(d) Pandita Ramabai
Ans. (a) Dayanand Saraswati
Q 3. The Satyashodhak Samaj association was founded by
(a) Mumtaz Ali
(b) Periyar
(c) Jyotirao Phule
(d) B.R. Ambedkar
Ans. (c) Jyotirao Phule
Q 4. Widow Remarriage Act was passed in the year
(a) 1826
(b) 1856
(c) 1876
(d) 1886
Ans. (b) 1856
Q 5. 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
Ans. (b) A ship that carried many Indians to Mauritius
Q 6. E.V. Ramaswamy was known by the name
(a) Phule
(b) Periyar
(c) Vidyasagar
(d) Dayanand Saraswati
Ans. (b) Periyar
Q 7. 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
Ans. (b) Between 1927 to 1935
Q 8. Prarathana Samaj was founded by
(a) H.L.V. Derozio
(b) Swami Vivekananda
(c) R.G. Bhandarkar
(d) Raja Rammohun Roy
Ans. (c) R.G. Bhandarkar
Q 9. Which of the reforms movement was founded by H.L.V. Derozio?
(a) Young Bengal
(b) Brahmo Samaj
(c) Veda Samaj
(d) Aligarh Movement
Ans. (a) Young Bengal
Q 10. 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
Ans. (b) Begum Rokeya Sakhawat Hossain
Q 11. 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
Ans. (d) the late nineteeth century
Q 12. 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
Ans. (b) They were not considered as inferior human beings
Q 13. 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
Ans. (c) Raj Ram Mohan Roy
Q 13. 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.
(a) Ramakrishna Mission
(b) Theosophical Society
(c) Prarthana Samaj
(d) Arya Samaj
Ans. (c) Prarthana Samaj
Q 14. 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
Ans. (c) Tarabai Shinde
Q 15. Among the following, which class belonged to the traders and money lenders
(a) Brahmans
(b) Shudras
(c) Vaishyas
(d) None of these
Ans. (c) Vaishyas
Q 16. Name the person who founded the Theosophical Society in India.
(a) Madame Blavatsky and Col
(b) Sarojini Naidu
(c) Rama Bai Ranade
(d) Raja Ram Mohan Roy
Ans. (a) Madame Blavatsky and Col
Q 17. Montheism means
(a) Belief in many gods
(b) Widow remarriage
(c) Belief in one god
(d) Child Marriage
Ans. (c) Belief in one god
Q 18. Name the uppermost caste in the social ladder that existed in ancient India
(a) Kshatriyas
(b) Shudras
(c) Vaishyas
(d) Brahmans
Ans. (d) Brahmans
Q 19. 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
Ans. (d) Shudras
Q 20. 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
Ans. (c) Arabic
Q 21. 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
Ans. (b) William Bentick
Q 21. The Mohammedan Anglo Oriental College was founded by
(a) Muhammad Ali
(b) Shaukat Ali
(c) Sayyid Ahmed Khan
(d) Deoband School
Ans. (c) Sayyid Ahmed Khan
Q 22. Where did the first primary school for girls start at?
(a) Kanpur
(b) Maharashtra
(c) Aligarh
(d) Bhopal
Ans. (b) Maharashtra
Q 23. 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
Ans. (b) Rajaram Mohan Roy encouraged the study of local languages and wanted to abolish Western education.
Q 24. 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
Ans. (a) Jyotirao Phule
Q 25. Name the personality, from the list given below, who secretly learned to read and write in the flickering light of candles at night.
(a) Rashsundari Debi
(b) Ragma Bai Ranade
(c) Annie Besant
(d) Sarojini Naidu
Ans. (a) Rashsundari Debi
Q 26. 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 Na
Ans . (c) Ishwara Chandra Vidyasagar
Q 28. 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
Ans. (a) Mumtaz Ali