Knowledge Check: Women Change the World
Knowledge Check
Q1: Fewer opportunities for girls are mainly because of
A) Lack of schools
B) Poverty and social attitude
C) Government rules
D) No teachers
Q2: The women’s movement in India fought for
A) Only household work
B) Voting rights and legal equality
C) Only cooking
D) No rights
Q3: The Hindu Widow Remarriage Act was passed in
A) 1829
B) 1856
C) 1901
D) 1955
Q4: Savitribai Phule opened school for girls in
A) Calcutta
B) Madras
C) Pune
D) Lucknow
Q5: Rashsundari Debi wrote the first full autobiography by an Indian woman called
A) Gulamgiri
B) Amar Jiban
C) Stree-Purush Tulana
D) Kesari
Q6: Tarabai Shinde wrote
A) Amar Jiban
B) Stree-Purush Tulana
C) Gulamgiri
D) Anandmath
Q7: Lower castes were not allowed to enter
A) Markets
B) Temples
C) Roads
D) Rivers
Q8: Jyotirao Phule wrote the book
A) Amar Jiban
B) Gulamgiri
C) Stree-Purush Tulana
D) Kesari
Q9: Satyashodhak Samaj was founded by
A) Dr Ambedkar
B) Periyar
C) Jyotirao Phule
D) Vidyasagar
Q10: Periyar started the
A) Brahmo Samaj
B) Self-Respect Movement
C) Arya Samaj
D) Prarthana Samaj
Q11: Dr B.R. Ambedkar belonged to
A) Upper caste
B) Mahar community
C) Brahmin community
D) Rich family
Q12: Pandita Ramabai opened home for
A) Rich women
B) Widows
C) Only boys
D) Teachers
Q13: Rokeya Sakhawat Hossain started school for
A) Boys
B) Muslim girls
C) Rich children
D) Teachers
Q14: The condition of widows in the past was
A) Happy
B) Very difficult
C) Same as men
D) No rules
Q15: Sati was banned in
A) 1829
B) 1856
C) 1900
D) 1947
Q16: The first girls’ school in India was opened by
A) Raja Rammohan Roy
B) Savitribai Phule
C) Vidyasagar
D) Periyar
Q17: Lower castes were called
A) Upper castes
B) Untouchables
C) Rich people
D) Kings
Q18: The Non-Brahman Movement was led by
A) Gandhi
B) Periyar
C) Nehru
D) Ambedkar
Q19: Dr B.R. Ambedkar organised temple entry movement at
A) Delhi
B) Kalaram temple
C) Tirupati
D) Madras
Q20: Reformers wanted to change
A) Food
B) Old social evils
C) Clothes
D) Games
Q21: Girls’ schooling increased after
A) 1947
B) Independence
C) 1857
D) 1900
Q22: Women reformers wrote to
A) Stay silent
B) Raise voice against inequality
C) Only cook
D) No work
Q23: Caste system created
A) Equality
B) Inequality
C) Same jobs
D) Same food
Q24: Reformers opened schools for
A) Rich boys
B) Lower castes and girls
C) Only teachers
D) Foreign children
Q25: The work of reformers brought
A) More inequality
B) Change in society
C) No change
D) Only fights
Q26: Veeresalingam worked for
A) Widow remarriage and girls’ education
B) Only temples
C) Only trade
D) Only food
Q27: Chief Minister Sri N.T. Rama Rao gave daughters
A) No rights
B) Equal rights in ancestral property
C) Only money
D) Only clothes
Q28: DWCRA groups helped women
A) Only cook
B) Earn money and become independent
C) Only study
D) Only play
Q29: Veeresalingam opened first girls’ school in Andhra at
A) Hyderabad
B) Rajahmundry
C) Vijayawada
D) Visakhapatnam
Q30: Andhra Pradesh was the first state to give daughters
A) No rights
B) Equal share in ancestral property
C) Only money
D) Only land
Q31: DWCRA stands for
A) Development of Women and Children in Rural Areas
B) Only men groups
C) Only city women
D) No groups
Q32: Veeresalingam is known as
A) Father of Telugu Renaissance
B) Only poet
C) Only king
D) Only trader
Q33: The Hindu Succession (Andhra Pradesh Amendment) Act, 1985 was introduced by
A) Sri Y.S. Rajasekhara Reddy
B) Sri N. Chandrababu Naidu
C) ♦ Sri N.T. Rama Rao
D) Sri Jagan Mohan Reddy
Q34: Aim of DWCRA group is
A) Only cooking
B) Women empowerment in rural areas
C) Only study
D) Only play
Q35: Veeresalingam fought against
A) Education
B) Child marriage and caste system
C) Widow remarriage
D) Women’s work
Q36: The Deepam Scheme introduced in Andhra Pradesh provides
A) Free education to girls
B) Free electricity to poor families
C) Free LPG connection to women of poor households
D) Free bus travel for students
Q37: The ‘Free Bus Travel Scheme’ for women in Andhra Pradesh helps in women empowerment by
A) Providing Bank Loans
B) Reducing travel cost
C) Giving Subsidiary GAS Connection
D) Giving free houses
Q38: Which of the following schemes for women’s upliftment was strongly promoted by Govt of AP in support of Women’s welfare?
A) Mid-day meal
B) DWCRA self-help groups
C) MGNREGA
D) PM Awas Yojana
Q39: Andhra Pradesh is known for
A) No women groups
B) Strong women self-help groups
C) Only men groups
D) No groups
Q40: In Andhra Pradesh (2014–2019), household ration cards were issued in the name of
A) Mem as family head
B) Women as family head
C) Children as family head
D) Both A& B