Solution of Chapter 9. Women, Caste and Reform (Social Science- Our Pasts III- Part-II Book)

What social ideas did the following people support?

(i) Raja Ram Mohan Roy

(ii) Dayanand Saraswati

(iii) Veerasalingam Pantulu

(iv) Jyotirao Phule

(v) Pandita Ramabai

(vi) Periyar

(vii) Mumtaz Ali

(viii) Ishwarchandra Vidyasagar

State whether true or false:

(a) When the British captured Bengal they framed many 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 1829.

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

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

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

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

How did Jyoti Rao the reformer justify their criticism of caste inequality in society?

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

what did Ambedkar wanted to achieve through the temple entry movement?

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