Chhattisgarh State Class 8 Social Science History Chapter 5 Solution

Chhattisgarh State Board Class 8 Social Science History Chapter 5 New Ideas in Indian Society Exercise Multiple Choice, Fill in the Blanks, Questions and Answers here.

Chhattisgarh State Class 8 Social Science History Chapter 5 Solution

I.) Fill in the blanks.

1.) Sharda Act 1929 banned ________.

ANS:

Sharda Act 1929 banned Child Marriage.

2.) Reformer against Sati Pratha was ________.

ANS:

Reformer against Sati Pratha was Raja Ram Mohan Roy.

3.) Famous social reformer of Andhra Pradesh was _______.

ANS:

Famous social reformer of Andhra Pradesh was Vireshlingam.

4.) __________ was the founder of Akhil Bhartiya Harijan Sevak Samaj.

ANS:

 Mahatma Gandhi was the founder of Akhil Bhartiya Harijan Sevak Samaj.

5.) In Chhattisgarh, the position of lower caste was reformed by ______.

ANS:

In Chhattisgarh, the position of lower caste was reformed byPandit Sunder lal Sharma.

6.) Guru Ghashidas was born in __________ district of Raipur.

ANS:

Guru Ghashidas was born in Girodpurdistrict of Raipur.

II.) Match the following –

1.) Raja Ram Mohan Roy – Virtue purifier society.

2.) Dayanand Sarswati – Prarthana Samaj

3.) Sir Sayyed Ahmed Khan – Brahma Samaj

4.) Mahadev Govind Ranade – Arya Samaj

5.) Jyotiba Phule – Aligarh movement.

ANS:

1.) Raja Ram Mohan Roy          – Brahma Samaj

2.) Dayanand Sarswati               – Arya Samaj

3.) Sir Sayyed Ahmed Khan       – Aligarh movement.

4.) Mahadev Govind Ranade       – Prarthana Samaj

5.) Jyotiba Phule                          – Virtue purifier society.

III.) Answer the following Questions:-

1.) When is Guru Ghasidas Jayanti celebrated?

ANS:

Guru Ghasidas Jayanti celebrated on 18 December because Guru Ghasidas was born on 18 December 1756.

2.) Sati Pratha Prohibition act was established by whom and when? Which Governor General enacted it?

ANS:

In 1829, 1829 Governor General William Bentinck passed a law to stop the Sati Pratha system by the effort of Raja Ram Mohan Roy.

3.) Under whose leadership widow-remarriage was established and when?

ANS:

Under Ishwar chandra Vidyasagar, Vishnu Shastri, Ram Krishnagopal Bhandarkar, Mahadev Govind Ranade and Vireshlingam widow-remarriage was established in 1856.

4.) Child marriage was banned under which act and when?

ANS:

Child marriage system was banned under ’Sharda act’ which introduced in 1929. According to this act that minimum 14 years of age limit of marriage was decided.

5.) Where and when was the first Girl’s School established?

ANS:

In Calcutta, in 1849, the first Girl’s School established by Ishwar Chandra Vidyasagar.

6.) What are the merits of English Education on Indians?

ANS:

There are different merits of English Education on Indians.

i) There is total development of our society was due to English Education.

ii) Permanent solution of women problem was the Education.

7.) What are the two important teachings of Satnam Panth?

ANS:

i) The 1^st important teaching of Satnam Panth was Believe truth as God.

ii) 2nd important teaching of Satnam Panth was all caste and religion were the same.

8.) How was Widow-remarriage possible?

ANS:

i) Ishwar Chandra Vidyasagar made his whole life for widow remarriage legal.

ii) Pandit Vishnu Shastri, himself married a widow, and set an example in the society.

iii) Ram Krishnagopal Bhandarkar, got his widow daughter remarried even after the agitations of fundamentalists.

iv)In1856 widow-remarriage law was enacted.

9.) What are the contributions of Jyotiba Phule towards fight against casteism?

ANS:

i) Jyotiba Phule was born in a caste which looks after gardens, but he spend his whole life in the upliftment of the lower caste in society.

ii) In 1873 He found ‘virtues purifier – society’ which has motto to give equal rights to lower caste people.

iii) He made primary education was compulsory and without any fees. Appointing lower caste men and women as teachers.

10.) Point out different efforts towards women’s education.

ANS:

i) In Maharashtra Mahatma Jyotiba Phule made 1^st school for women education.

ii) In India 1849, the first Girl’s School established by Ishwar Chandra Vidyasagar.

iii) Pandita Rama Bai Saraswati gave education to widowed women, andopened a school and Ashram named ‘Sharda Sadan’.

11.) Do you think child marriage is wrong and widow marriage is absolutely right? How? Give your views.

ANS:

Yes. I think that child marriage is wrong and widow marriage is absolutely right.

i) When there is child marriage, lots of problems are took place related to the health of women who is child.

ii) Widow marriage is absolutely right because after death of his husband there is no ont took care of their family.

IV.) Write short notes on:-

(a) Rama Bai

ANS:

i) Rama Bai was born on 1856. Her father was a traditional Brahmin named Anant Shastri.

ii) In Calcutta, Rama Bai gave speech in Sanskrit about women’s reformation. People of Calcutta gave her the title of ‘Pandita’ and ‘Sarswati’.

iii) Pandita Rama Bai Saraswati gave education to widowed women, and opened a school and Ashram named ‘Sharda Sadan’.

iv) Pandita Rama Bai Saraswatiwished that women should take active participation in social and political life.

(b) Dr. Bhim Rao Ambedkar

ANS:

i) Dr. Bhim Rao Ambedkar of Maharashtra was born in a lower caste family on 14 April 1891.

ii) He got Law education in England and on returning to India, Hesacrificed his life in the upliftment of lower caste.

iii) In making constitution of India, Dr. Bhim Rao Ambedkar played an important role.