The Position of Women in Medieval India

Q. Which of the following were not followed/observed by women of the medieval period?

1. Child Marriage
2. Pursuing higher education
3. Widow remarriage
4. Purdah

Q. In which year did the Wood’s Despatch on education lay emphasis on the importance of female education?

1. 1854

Q. Identify the social evils that existed in India from the following:

1. Sati
2. Polygamy
3. Child marriage
4. Inter caste marriage

Q. Medieval women were often subjected to which of the following practices?

1. Monogamy
2. Sati
3. Jauhar
4. Child Marriage
5. Equal Education
6. Purdah System
7. Female Infanticide
8. Slavery

Q. Choose the incorrect statements with respect to the lives of women during the ancient and medieval periods.

1. Girls were allowed to study with boys.
2. Widows were allowed to remarry.
3. Poor people had no access to education.
4. Women were allowed to choose their husbands.

Q. Which of the following statements about life during the medieval period are correct?

1. Women during the medieval period were treated equally.
2. Women were often subjected to practices like Sati and Purdah.
3. Women began setting up education institutions and care homes like Sarada Sadan.
4. Women belonging to upper economic families like zamindars were often allowed to study.

Q. In, a man is allowed to marry more than one woman at a time.

1. Polygamy
2. Monogamy
3. Polyandry

Q. ____ is the practice of collective voluntary immolation by wives and daughters of defeated Rajput warriors, in order to avoid capture and dishonour.

1. Sati
2. Child marriage
3. Jauhar
4. Polygamy

Q. Which among the following practices were only followed by the Rajput women?

1. Sati
2. Polygamy
3. Jauhar
4. Widow remarriage