NCERT 8th Class (CBSE) Social Science: Reforms In Indian Society – Quiz

NCERT 8th Class (CBSE) Social Science: Reforms In Indian Society – Quiz

11 Multiple Choice Questions related to NCERT 8th Class (CBSE) Social Science: Reforms In Indian Society – Quiz:

• To fight socio-religious evils, many reform associations were formed in the nineteenth century. Some of them were – Brahmo Samaj, Veda Samaj, Prarthana Samaj, Satyashodhak Samaj, Arya Samaj and Ramakrishna Mission.
• The reformers attacked the caste system. They worked for caste reforms, including the removal of untouchablity.
• Widows who chose death by burning themselves on the funeral pyre of their husbands were known as ‘sati’, meaning virtuous woman.