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Question-1
When was the minimum marriageable age of girls raised to 18 years?
(A)
1846
(B)
1930
(C)
1978
(D)
2000
Question-2
Which of these is not true regarding the condition of women during the mid-nineteenth century?
(A)
She was burdened with the practice of Sati and Purdah system.
(B)
Her life was confined within the four walls of her home.
(C)
Bride price and polygamy were prevalent.
(D)
She was only entitled to inherit property.
Question-3
Who was the chairman of the General Committee of Public Instruction in 1835?
(A)
Lord Dalhousie
(B)
Lord Macaulay
(C)
Lord William Bentinck
(D)
Lord Warren Hastings
Question-4
It was Hastings who started the British tradition of educating the Indians. In 1781, he started a Madrasa. Later in 1791, the efforts of another man, helped establish a Sanskrit college in Banaras. Who is the personality in question?
(A)
John Gilbert
(B)
Jonathan Markus
(C)
Jonathan Duncan
(D)
Bruce Duncan
Question-5
Who were the Orientalists?
(A)
The ones who were against the educating of Indians.
(B)
The ones who supported Western education for the Indians.
(C)
The ones who supported Oriental education to the Indians in English language.
(D)
None of the above.
Question-6
Who organized Harijan Sevak Sangh?
(A)
B.R.Ambedkar
(B)
Gandhi
(C)
Nehru
(D)
Bal Gangadhar Tilak
Question-7
Which were the two primary areas of social and religious customs and traditional interest in which laws were passed in the mid-nineteenth century?
(A)
Education and emancipation of women.
(B)
Rituals and caste system.
(C)
Caste system and emancipation of women.
(D)
Caste and social manners.
Question-8
Shri Narayana Dharma Partipalana Yogam was established by whom?
(A)
B.R.Ambedkar
(B)
Gandhi
(C)
Jyotibha Phule
(D)
Narayana Guru
Question-9
Who enacted the first law against Sati for the emancipation of women?
(A)
Bentinck
(B)
Dalhousie
(C)
Curzon
(D)
Hasting
Question-10
B.R.Ambedkar started which institution to fight against caste system?
(A)
Akhil Bharatiya Dalit Varg Sabha
(B)
Hitkarini Sabha
(C)
Satya Sadhak Samaj
(D)
Shri Narayana Dharma Partipalana Yogam
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