Status of Women in India through the ages

Samacheer Book Back Questions And Answers For History Standard 8 Full Book “Status of Women in India through the ages”

I Choose the correct answer:
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

II 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 _____.

Answers:
1. Calcutta Female juvenile society
2. Velu nachiyar
3. Gopal Krishna Gokhale
4. Periyar
5. Vivekavardhini

III Match the following:
1. Theosophical society – Italian traveler
2. Sarada Sadan – Social evil
3. Wood’s Despatch – Annie Besant
4. Niccolo Conti – Pandita RamaBhai
5. Dowry – 1854

Answers:
1. C
2. D
3. E
4. A
5. B

IV State True or False:
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.

Answers:
1. True
2. True
3. True (33%)
4. False
5. True

V Choose the correct statement:
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 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