Education for Girls

Q. The first girl's school in India was established in .

1. Pune (1848)
2. Nagpur (1850)
3. Allahabad (1845)
4. Trichy (1865)

Q. Begum Rokeya Sakhawat Hossain built schools for Muslim girls in ____.

1. Patna
2. Calcutta
3. Calcutta and Patna
4. Bhopal and Calcutta

Q. Stri Purush Tulana was written by .

1. Ramabai
2. Tarabai Shinde
3. Mumtaz Ali
4. Rashsundari Debi

Q. Pandita Ramabai was a ____ scholar.

1. Sanskrit
2. English
3. Tamil
4. Bengali

Q. Nationalist leaders promised _______ for women after independence.

1. education
2. job opportunities
3. voting rights
4. healthcare

Q. Which of the following statements is/are true regarding the shelter that was run by Ramabai?

1. It was a widows' shelter.
2. The shelter accommodated women who had faced domestic abuse.
3. The sheltered women were taught skills.
4. The women had to hail from rich and affluent places to get themselves a spot in the shelter.

Q. Several women like Pandita Ramabai, Rassundari Devi, and Begum Rokeya fought against patriarchy with regard to which of the following?

1. Women's education
2. Fighting child marriage
3. Men's education
4. Contesting elections

Q. What does the book Stri Purush Tulana talk about?

1. Women empowerment
2. Political differences between men and women
3. Economic differences between men and women
4. Social differences between men and women

Q. Reformers considered ____ as an important tool for women empowerment.

1. health
2. social status
3. education
4. political power

Q. Which period witnessed the active participation of women in socialist and nationalist movements?

1. 1900s
2. 1920s
3. 1940s
4. 1960s

Q.

What did ambedkar want to achieve through temple entering movement?

Q. Pandita Ramabai was a ____ scholar.

1. English
2. Tamil
3. Bengali
4. Sanskrit

Q. Why do you think it was important that women and just men worked for reform during the colonial period?

Q. Why did Begum Rokeya Sakhawat Hossain criticise the views of religious leaders?

1. Religious leaders accorded inferior status to women.
2. Religious leaders encouraged equality.
3. Religious leaders accorded superior status to women.
4. Religious leaders were corrupt.

Q. Begums of ____ played an important role in promoting the education of Muslim women.

1. Bengal
2. Lahore
3. Bombay
4. Bhopal

Q. Which of the following statements is/are true regarding the shelter that was run by Ramabai?

1. It was a widows' shelter.
2. The shelter accommodated women who had faced domestic abuse.
3. The sheltered women were taught skills.
4. The women had to hail from rich and affluent places to get themselves a spot in the shelter.

Q. Several women like Pandita Ramabai, Rassundari Devi, and Begum Rokeya fought against patriarchy with regard to which of the following?

1. Women's education
2. Fighting child marriage
3. Men's education
4. Contesting elections

Q. ___________ feared women adopting western culture to liberate themselves from conservative practices.

1. British government
2. Hindu nationalists
3. Orthodox Muslims
4. Hindu nationalists and orthodox Muslims