CBSE Class 8 Social Studies Worksheet
History - Women, Caste And Reform
1.
When did Indian women begin to enter universities?
2.
Who founded primary schools for girls at Aligarh?
3.
Who has treated as untouchable 200 years ago?
4.
Fill in the blanks: Tarabai Shinde criticized the social differences based on ____________; in her bok .
5.
Who were not allowed to enter into the temples?
6.
Fill in the blanks: From the early nineteenth century, debates about ____________ were usually initiated by various Indian reformers and reform groups.
7.
Fill in the blanks: From the early nineteenth century, books, ____________, magazines, leaflets and pamphlets began to be printed in India.
8.
What did Ramaswamy Naicker felt about untouchables?
9.
Fill in the blanks: From the early nineteenth century, ____________ was a pioneer social reformer .
10.
Fill in the blanks: Raja Rammohun Roy quoted the ancient Buddhist text to criticise the ____________.
11.
Who used ancient texts to convince people against social evils?
12.
Fill in the blanks: Pandit Ramabai wrote about the miserable lives of upper caste ____________ women.
13.
State True or False: Jyotirao Phule was born in 1828.
A)
true
B)
false
14.
Who were considered as the upper castes?
15.
State True or False: Child Marriage Restraint Act was subsequently amended to 11 for men and 18 for women.
A)
true
B)
false
16.
State True or False: Swami Dayanand Saraswati also supported widow remarriage.
A)
true
B)
false
17.
State True or False: In the latter part of the nineteenth century, the Arya Samaj established girls schools in Punjab.
A)
true
B)
false
18.
State True or False: Jyotirao Phule studied in Christian missionary college.
A)
true
B)
false
19.
Fill in the blanks: Nationalist leaders; like Jawaharlal Nehru and Subhas Chandra Bose assured of universal ____________ franchise after the independence.
20.
Fill in the blanks: Ramaswamy Naicker felt that all religious authorities saw social divisions and ____________ as something which was God-given.
CBSE Class 8 Social Studies Worksheet
History - Women, Caste And Reform
Answers
1.
By the 1880s, Indian women began to enter universities.
2.
The Begums of Bhopal founded primary schools for girls at Aligarh.
3.
Two hundred years ago, shudras were treated as untouchable.
4.
Gender
5.
The dalits were not allowed to enter into the temples.
6.
Social reforms
7.
Newspapers
8.
Ramaswamy Naicker felt that untouchables were the true upholders of an original Tamil and Dravidian culture.
9.
Raja Rammohun Roy
10.
Caste system
11.
Ishwarchandra Vidyasagar used ancient texts to convince people against social evils.
12.
Hindu
13.
Option B
14.
Two hundred years ago, Brahmans and Kshatriyas were considered as the upper castes.
15.
Option B
16.
Option A
17.
Option A
18.
Option B
19.
Adult
20.
Inequality
