Women's Movement

Q. Which reforms did the women's movement campaign for in the pre-independence period?

Q. was a custom or act of a Hindu widow burning herself to death on her husband’s funeral pyre.

1. Purdah
2. Dhyana
3. Sati

Q. Women's movement is not homogeneous, and it has transformed in recent times. What kind of rights are demanded by women these days?

1. Right to Vote
2. Right to education
3. Right to equal social status
4. Freedom of expression

Q. What is Sati?

1. Custom of a Muslim widow burning herself to death on her husband’s funeral pyre.
2. Custom of a Hindu widow burning herself to death on her husband’s funeral pyre.
3. Custom of a Parsi widow burning herself to death on her husband’s funeral pyre.
4. Custom of a Christian widow burning herself to death on her husband’s funeral pyre.

Q. What were the views of Gandhiji on women?

Q. Due to social reformation by reformers before Independence, women no longer face any kind discrimination.

1. True
2. False