Question Paper
Class / Subject: Class 8 (SSC) · History-Political Science (इतिहास-राज्यशास्त्र)
Chapter: Chapter 5 — Chapter 5: Social and Religious Reforms
Time Allowed: 32 minutes
Max Marks: 16
1. Who founded the Brahmo Samaj? [1]
(A) Raja Ram Mohan Roy
(B) Jyotirao Phule
(C) Swami Dayananda Saraswati
(D) Mahatma Gandhi
2. What practice did Raja Ram Mohan Roy oppose? [1]
(A) Sati (widow burning)
(B) Education for women
(C) Social reform
(D) Religious tolerance
3. What did Jyotirao Phule work to address? [1]
(A) Caste discrimination
(B) Only foreign trade
(C) Only political issues
(D) Only economic issues
4. Who founded the Arya Samaj? [1]
(A) Swami Dayananda Saraswati
(B) Raja Ram Mohan Roy
(C) Jyotirao Phule
(D) Mahatma Gandhi
5. What did the Arya Samaj promote? [1]
(A) A return to Vedic principles
(B) Idol worship
(C) Caste discrimination
(D) Foreign customs
6. What did these reform movements collectively challenge? [1]
(A) Social injustices
(B) Only foreign rule
(C) Only economic policy
(D) Nothing significant
7. What did these movements lay groundwork for? [1]
(A) Social change and modernisation
(B) No lasting impact
(C) Only religious conflict
(D) Only economic growth
8. Why learn about these reform movements? [1]
(A) To understand social progress in colonial India
(B) No reason
(C) It's not useful
(D) Only for tests
9. Who founded the Brahmo Samaj? [1]
(A) Raja Ram Mohan Roy
(B) Jyotirao Phule
(C) Swami Dayananda Saraswati
(D) Mahatma Gandhi
10. What practice did Raja Ram Mohan Roy oppose? [1]
(A) Sati (widow burning)
(B) Education for women
(C) Social reform
(D) Religious tolerance
11. What did Jyotirao Phule work to address? [1]
(A) Caste discrimination
(B) Only foreign trade
(C) Only political issues
(D) Only economic issues
12. Who founded the Arya Samaj? [1]
(A) Swami Dayananda Saraswati
(B) Raja Ram Mohan Roy
(C) Jyotirao Phule
(D) Mahatma Gandhi
13. What did the Arya Samaj promote? [1]
(A) A return to Vedic principles
(B) Idol worship
(C) Caste discrimination
(D) Foreign customs
14. What did these reform movements collectively challenge? [1]
(A) Social injustices
(B) Only foreign rule
(C) Only economic policy
(D) Nothing significant
15. What did these movements lay groundwork for? [1]
(A) Social change and modernisation
(B) No lasting impact
(C) Only religious conflict
(D) Only economic growth
16. Why learn about these reform movements? [1]
(A) To understand social progress in colonial India
(B) No reason
(C) It's not useful
(D) Only for tests