Top 50+ Solved Status of Women in India MCQ Questions Answer
Q. Social evils like female infanticide, Sati, child marriage, purdah system and zenana were prevalent during the:
a. Middle age
b. Vedic period
c. Buddhism period
d. Ancient period
Q. The practice of voluntary immolation by wives and daughters of defeated warriors in order to avoid capture and consequent molestation by the enemy is called:
a. Jauhar
b. Sati
c. Devadasi system
d. None of the above
Q. Which movement flourished during the medieval age giving rise to a new class ofmen and women who cared for gender bias?
a. Bhakti movement
b. Quit India movement
c. Civil Disobedience movement
d. None of the above
Q. Which Article of the Indian Constitution has a provision of equal pay for equal workfor men and women?
a. Article 14
b. Article 16
c. Article 42
d. Article 39(d)
Q. The first college open to women in India is the:
a. Bethune college
b. Lady Shri Ram college
c. Miranda House
d. Banasthali University
Q. The social movement of women was restricted in the medieval period due to:
a. The advent of Muslims in India
b. The advent of British in India
c. polygamy
d. None of the above
Q. The Brahmo Samaj was founded in 1828 by:
a. Ishwar Chandra Vidyasagar
b. Raja Ram Mohan Roy
c. Dayananda Sarasvati
d. None of the above
Q. The Arya Samaj was founded in 1875 by :
a. Dayananda Sarasvati
b. Raja Ram Mohan Roy
c. Ishwar Chandra Vidyasagar
d. None of the above
Q. The first Indian female teacher who went on to set up 17 more schools that imparted education to women of all castes was:
a. Indira Gandhi
b. Rani Bai
c. Savitribai Phule
d. 1859
Q. The evil practice of sati was formally banned on:
a. January 2, 1829
b. January 4, 1830
c. December 4, 1830
d. December 4, 1829
Q. In which year did the Hunter Commission emphasized on the need for femaleeducation?
a. 1881
b. 1882
c. 1883
d. 1884
Q. The first Muslim woman teacher of India is:
a. Nur Jahan
b. Razia Sultan
c. Fatima Sheikh
d. None of the above
Q. Who played an important role in getting Sati system abolished, raised voice against child marriage and fought for the right of inheritance for women?
a. Maharaja S. Rao
b. Ishwar Chandra Vidyasagar
c. Raja Ram Mohan Roy
d. None of the above
Q. Who launched a movement for the right of widows to remarry and worked to improvethe status of women in India?
a. Raja Ram Mohan Roy
b. Ishwar Chandra Vidyasagar
c. Maharaja S. Rao
d. Annie Besant