History

Women, Caste and Reform

Question:

Write about Raja Rammohun Roy and his reforms

Answer:

Raja Rammohun Roy was a social reformer. He started the Brahmo Samaj in Calcutta.
Rammohun Roy strongly felt that unjust practices against women had to end. He also felt that there were many changes that were necessary for the Indian society to develop.
Rammohun Roy and members of his Samaj felt that the best way to ensure such changes was by persuading people to give up old practices and adopt a new way of life.
He wanted to spread the knowledge of Western education in the country and bring about greater freedom and equality for women.
He wrote about the way women were forced to bear the burden of domestic work, confined to the home and the kitchen, and not allowed to move out and become educated.
Rammohun Roy was well versed in Sanskrit, Persian and several other Indian and European languages. Roy pointed out to the people that ‘sati' was not practiced during the olden days. Through his writings he condemned the practice of ‘sati'. As the British were also opposed to the practice of ‘sati' they supported Roy and a law was passed banning ‘sati' in the year 1829.

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Women, Caste and Reform

Q 1.

What was the plight of Indian women 200 years ago?

Q 2.

What were the different reasons people had for not sending girls to school?

Q 3.

What were the different reasons people had for not sending girls to school?

Q 4.

State whether true or false:
(a) When the British captured Bengal they framed many new laws to regulate the rules regarding marriage, adoption, inheritance of property, etc.
(b) Social reformers had to discard the ancient texts in order to argue for reform in social practices.
(c) Reformers got full support from all sections of the people of the country.
(d) The Child Marriage Restraint Act was passed in 1929.

Q 5.

Who was Ishwar Chandra Vidyasagar?

Q 6.

Mention the caste system that was prevalent in those days in India.

Q 7.

Write about Raja Rammohun Roy and his reforms

Q 8.

State whether true or false:
(a) When the British captured Bengal they framed many new laws to regulate the rules regarding marriage, adoption, inheritance of property, etc.
(b) Social reformers had to discard the ancient texts in order to argue for reform in social practices.
(c) Reformers got full support from all sections of the people of the country.
(d) The Child Marriage Restraint Act was passed in1829.

Q 9.

What were the reasons for the awareness among women?

Q 10.

Why were Christian missionaries attacked by many people in the country? Would some people have supported them too? If so, for what reasons?

Q 11.

Why were Christian missionaries attacked by many people in the country? Would some people have supported them too? If so, for what reasons?

Q 12.

State whether true or false:
(a) When the British captured Bengal they framed many new laws to regulate the rules regarding marriage, adoption, inheritance of property, etc.
(b) Social reformers had to discard the ancient texts in order to argue for reform in social practices.
(c) Reformers got full support from all sections of the people of the country.
(d) The Child Marriage Restraint Act was passed in1829.

Q 13.

How did Jyotirao, the reformer, justify their criticism of caste inequality in society?

Q 14.

What were the changes that could be seen as women became actively involved in reforms?

Q 15.

How did the knowledge of ancient texts help the reformers promote new laws?

Q 16.

How did Jyotirao the reformers justify their criticism of caste inequality in society?

Q 17.

Why did Phule dedicate his book Gulamgiri to the American movement to free slaves?

Q 18.

Why were Jyotirao Phule and Ramaswamy Naicker critical of the national movement? Did their criticism help the national struggle in any way?

Q 19.

In the British period, what new opportunities opened up for people who came from castes that were regarded as "low"?

Q 20.

In the British period, what new opportunities opened up for people who came from castes that were regarded as “low”?

Q 21.

What did Ambedkar want to achieve through the temple entry movement?

Q 22.

What social ideas did the following people support?

    • Rammohun Roy
    • Dayanand Saraswati
    • Veerasalingam Pantulu
    • Jyotirao Phule
    • Pandita Ramabai
    • Periyar
    • Mumtaz Ali
    • Ishwarchandra Vidyasagar

 

Q 23.

How did Jyotirao, the reformer, justify their criticism of caste inequality in society?

Q 24.

Why did Phule dedicate his book Gulamgiri to the American movement to free slaves?

Q 25.

How did the knowledge of ancient texts help the reformers promote new laws?