Question Paper
Class / Subject: Class 8 (ICSE) · History and Civics
Chapter: Chapter 9 — Chapter 9: Great Reformers and Reform Movements
Time Allowed: 32 minutes
Max Marks: 16
1. Who is called the 'Father of Modern India'? [1]
(A) Raja Ram Mohan Roy
(B) Ishwar Chandra Vidyasagar
(C) Mahatma Gandhi
(D) Jawaharlal Nehru
2. What practice did Raja Ram Mohan Roy campaign against? [1]
(A) Sati (widow burning)
(B) Education for women
(C) Trade with Britain
(D) Farming
3. What did Ishwar Chandra Vidyasagar promote? [1]
(A) Women's education and widow remarriage
(B) Only trade
(C) Only farming
(D) Only warfare
4. What was the Brahmo Samaj? [1]
(A) A reform organisation
(B) A trading company
(C) A military group
(D) A type of festival
5. What was the Arya Samaj? [1]
(A) A reform organisation
(B) A trading company
(C) A military group
(D) A type of festival
6. What did these reform organisations aim to do? [1]
(A) Modernise religious and social practices
(B) Preserve all traditions unchanged
(C) Ignore social issues
(D) Support colonial rule
7. What did these reformers advance? [1]
(A) Social change and education
(B) Nothing significant
(C) Only economic growth
(D) Only military strength
8. Why study these reformers? [1]
(A) They laid groundwork for social progress in India
(B) No reason
(C) It's not important
(D) Only for tests
9. Who is called the 'Father of Modern India'? [1]
(A) Raja Ram Mohan Roy
(B) Ishwar Chandra Vidyasagar
(C) Mahatma Gandhi
(D) Jawaharlal Nehru
10. What practice did Raja Ram Mohan Roy campaign against? [1]
(A) Sati (widow burning)
(B) Education for women
(C) Trade with Britain
(D) Farming
11. What did Ishwar Chandra Vidyasagar promote? [1]
(A) Women's education and widow remarriage
(B) Only trade
(C) Only farming
(D) Only warfare
12. What was the Brahmo Samaj? [1]
(A) A reform organisation
(B) A trading company
(C) A military group
(D) A type of festival
13. What was the Arya Samaj? [1]
(A) A reform organisation
(B) A trading company
(C) A military group
(D) A type of festival
14. What did these reform organisations aim to do? [1]
(A) Modernise religious and social practices
(B) Preserve all traditions unchanged
(C) Ignore social issues
(D) Support colonial rule
15. What did these reformers advance? [1]
(A) Social change and education
(B) Nothing significant
(C) Only economic growth
(D) Only military strength
16. Why study these reformers? [1]
(A) They laid groundwork for social progress in India
(B) No reason
(C) It's not important
(D) Only for tests