Question

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

• A. Women during the medieval period were treated equally.
• B. Women were often subjected to practices like Sati and Purdah.
• C. Women began setting up education institutions and care homes like Sarada Sadan.
• D. Women belonging to upper economic families like zamindars were often allowed to study.

Answer 1

Answer: (B), (D)

Women belonging to upper economic families like zamindars were often allowed to study.

The early Vedic period saw women in equal positions. Evidence from the Indus Valley Civilisation also tells us the same. However, as we entered the medieval period, women were now subjected to practices like Sati, Purdah, child marriage, to name a few. They were also not provided with the same education that men were provided with. Only women and girls from higher economic strata like zamindars and the Rajputs were allowed to study.