Question

Why were women not educated in India in the early part of nineteenth century ? Give any two reasons.
OR
How did access to books create a new culture of reading ? Examine any three points.

CBSE Class X Social Science SA ( 3 marks)

Answer 1

(i) This was because of the superstitions and myths that prevailed in the society.

 (ii) Conservative Hindus believed that a literate girl would be widowed and Muslims feared that educated women would be corrupted by reading Urdu romances.

OR

 (i) The worlds created by novels were absorbing and believable, and seemingly real.

 (ii) While reading novels, the reader was transported to another person's world, and began looking at life as it was experienced by the characters of the novel.

(iii) Besides, novels allowed individuals the pleasure of reading in private, as well as the joy of publicly reading or discussing stories with friends or relatives.