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VERY SHORT QUESTION ANSWER :-

Q1. Who wrote Amar Jiban?

Ans. Rashsundari Devi wrote Amar Jiban.

Q2. Why was Satyarani's daughter murdered?

Ans. Satyarani's daughter was murdered for dowry.

Q3. Who was Satyarani?

Ans. Satyarani was an active member of the anti-dowry movement.

Q4. When is International Women's Day celebrated?

Ans. On 8 March, International Women’s Day is celebrated.

Q5. What percentage of women in India engaged in agricultural work?

Ans. 83.6 per cent of working women in India is engaged in agricultural work.

Q6. How did Laxmi Lakra break the stereotype that only men could be engine drivers?

Ans. She became the first woman engine driver for Northern Railways.

Q7. Which is the first known autobiography written by an Indian woman?

Ans. Amar Jiban is the first known autobiography written by an Indian woman.

Q8. Who is Laxmi Lakra?

Ans. Laxmi Lakra is a young tribal woman from Jharkhand who has become the first woman train driver with Northern Railway.

Q9. Why it is believed that women make better nurses?

Ans. People believe that women make better nurses because they are more patient and gentle. This is linked to women’s roles within the family.

Q10. How did Rokeya Sakhawat Hossain learn to read and write Bangla and English?

Ans. Rokeya learnt to read and write Bangla and English with the support of her elder brother and an elder sister.

SHORT QUESTION ANSWER :-

Q1. Mention any two stereotypes, about what women can or cannot do.

Ans.

Stereotypes, about what women can or cannot do are:

i. Many people believe that women make better nurses because they are more patient and gentle.

ii. It is believed that science requires a technical mind and girls and women are not capable of dealing with technical things.

Q2. List one reason why learning the alphabet was so important to women like Rashsundari Devi, Ramabai and Rokeya?

Ans. Learning the alphabet was so important to women like Rashsundari Devi, Ramabai and Rokeya because alphabet is the building block of literacy.

After learning that, they were able to put an impact on the societies by writing stories, letters, and autobiographies.

Q3. Why was Ramabai given the title ‘Pandita’?

Ans. She was given the title ‘Pandita’ because she could read and write Sanskrit, a remarkable achievement as women then were not allowed such knowledge.

LONG QUESTION ANSWER.

Q1. “Poor girls drop out of school because they are not interested in getting an education.” explain.

Ans.

Poor girls do not drop out of school because they are not interested in getting an education. They leave the school because of the following reasons:

i. In many parts of the country, especially in rural and poor areas, there may not even be proper schools nor teachers who teach on a regular basis.

ii. If a school is not close to people’s homes, and there is no transport like buses or vans, parents may not be willing to send their girls to school.

iii. Many families are too poor and unable to bear the cost of educating all their children. Boys may get preference in this situation.

iv. Many children also leave school because they are discriminated against by their teacher and classmates.

True/False

i. Laxmi Lakra is from a poor tribal family in Madhya Pradesh.

False

ii. Many women and men made efforts to open schools for girls.

True

iii. In 1910, Rokeya Sakhawat Hossain started a school for girls in Kolkata, and to this day, the school is still functioning.

True

iv. Rokeya Sakhawat Hossain was born into a poor family who owned no land.

False

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