Q 1.Who proposed a resolution against the evils of polygamy in the All India Muslim Ladies Conference?
(a) Begum Rokeya Sakhawat Hossain
(b) Jahanara Shah Nawas
(c) Sir Sayed Ahmed Khan
(d) Pandita Ramabai
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Ans:(b) Jahanara Shah Nawas
2. The All-India Muslim Ladies Conference (Anjuman-E-Khawatn-E-Islam) was founded in the year:
(a) 1947
(b) 1868
(c) 1914
(d) 1950
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Ans: (c) 1914
3. Srinivas suggested that while 'lower castes' sought to be Sanskritised, 'upper castes' sought to be _________________.
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Ans:westernised
4.Who campaigned against Sati ?
a) Raja Ram Mohan Roy
b) Dayanand Saraswati
c) Shri Narayan Guru
d) Ramabai
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Ans:a) Raja Ram Mohan Roy
5.Muslim social reformers actively debated the meaning of ________ and _______.
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Ans:polygamy, purdah
6.Orthodox members of the Hindu community in Bengal formed an organisation called ________.
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Ans:Dharma Sabha
7.Sati was opposed by the __________.
a) Brahmo Samaj
b) Dharma Sabha
c) Arya Samaj
d) None of the above
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Ans: a) Brahmo Samaj
8.________ appropriated British culture as a move towards a more cosmopolitan life that critiqued caste.
a) Elite Thiyyas
b) Raja Ravi Varma
c) Bankimchandra Chattopadhya
d) Chandu Menon
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Ans: a) Elite Thiyyas
9.Secularisation has usually meant a process of decline in the influence of _______.
a) Culture
b) Caste
c) Religion
d) nation
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Ans: c) religion
10.The painting of Raja Ravi Verma is related to _____________.
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Ans: a family in a matrilineal community of Kerala