Indian Women's Activities in the Late 19th Century

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Who founded the Satnami movement to improve the social status of leather workers?

  • Shri Narayana Guru
  • Haridas Thakur
  • Ghasidas (correct)
  • Jyotirao Phule

Which movement questioned Brahmanical texts that supported the caste system in eastern Bengal?

  • Gulamgiri movement (correct)
  • Shudra-Ati Shudra unity movement
  • Movement by Non-Brahman castes
  • Satnami movement

Who proposed that Shudras and Ati Shudras should unite to challenge caste discrimination?

  • Ghasidas
  • Haridas Thakur
  • Jyotirao Phule (correct)
  • Shri Narayana Guru

According to Jyotirao Phule, who were considered Aryans and came from outside the subcontinent?

<p>Brahmans (C)</p> Signup and view all the answers

Shri Narayana Guru proclaimed the ideals of unity for which group of people?

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What did Ghasidas found to improve the social status of leather workers?

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Who founded the Satyashodhak Samaj that propagated caste equality?

<p>Jyotirao Phule (D)</p> Signup and view all the answers

In which book did Phule address the issue of slavery?

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Who dedicated his book to the Americans who fought to free slaves?

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What initiated the temple entry movement in 1927 led by Ambedkar?

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What movement was founded by Periyar to combat caste discrimination?

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According to non-Brahman castes, who were the heirs of Aryan invaders from the north?

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What was the condition of women two hundred years ago?

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Which system categorized Brahmans and Kshatriyas as 'upper castes'?

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What was one of the restrictions on women's rights two hundred years ago?

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In some parts of the country, what were women forced to practice two hundred years ago?

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What is one modern aspect mentioned in the text with regards to girls today?

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What is one of the rights that all women can enjoy today mentioned in the text?

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Who were placed after the Brahmins according to the text?

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What social class was considered 'untouchable' by the upper castes?

<p>Those who labored to keep cities clean (A)</p> Signup and view all the answers

Which communication development enabled debates on various social issues in the new cities?

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Who founded the Brahmo Sabha (later known as the Brahmo Samaj) in Calcutta?

<p>Raja Rammohun Roy (C)</p> Signup and view all the answers

What campaign did Rammohun Roy start against inhumane practices?

<p>Sati (C)</p> Signup and view all the answers

What strategy did later reformers adopt to challenge harmful practices?

<p>Finding ancient texts supporting their view (B)</p> Signup and view all the answers

What were Indian women trained to be in universities by the 1880s?

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Which Hindu reformer wrote a book about the lives of upper-caste Hindu women?

<p>Pandita Ramabai (D)</p> Signup and view all the answers

What did many Hindu nationalists fear about Hindu women in the late nineteenth century?

<p>Adopting Western ways (C)</p> Signup and view all the answers

What did women in the nineteenth century do as part of their activism for women's rights?

<p>Wrote books and edited magazines (C)</p> Signup and view all the answers

In what century did Jawaharlal Nehru and Subhas Chandra Bose support demands for greater equality and freedom for women?

<p>Twentieth century (C)</p> Signup and view all the answers

Which organization adhered to the tradition of Bhakti and believed in the spiritual equality of all castes?

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