Question

3. How did the knowledge of ancient texts help the reformers promote new
laws?
4. What were the different reasons people had for not sending girls to
school?
5. Why were Christian missionaries attacked by many people in the country?
Would some people have supported them too? If so, for what reasons?
6. In the British period, what new opportunities opened up for people who
came from castes that were regarded as "low"?
7. How did Jyotirao the reformers justify their criticism of caste inequality
in society?
8. Why did Phule dedicate his book Gulamgiri to the American movement to
free slaves?
9. What did Ambedkar want to achieve through the temple entry movement?
10. Why were Jyoti rao Phule and Ramaswamy Naicker critical of the national
movement? Did their criticism help the national struggle in any way?​

Answer 1

Answer:

a) Rammohun Roy

(b) Dayanand Saraswati

(c) Veerasalingam Pantulu

(d) Jyotirao Phule

(e) Pandita Ramabai

(f) Periyar

(g) Mumtaz Ali

(h) Ishwar Chandra Vidyasagar

Answer:

(a) Rammohun Roy suported the ban of practice of sati.

(b) Dayanand Saraswati supported widow remarriage.

(c) Veerasalingam Pantulu also supported widow remarriage.

(d) Jyotirao Phule supported equality amongst all castes.

(e) Pandita Ramabai supported women's education and remarriage of the widows.

(e) Periyar supported equality amongst all castes.