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A. Tick (3) the correct option.

1. The ___________ were excluded from education and employment opportunities.
( a) lower castes (b) upper castes (c) none of these

2. Jyotiba Phule went to a Scottish missionary school in:
( a) Bombay ( b) Kolkata (c) Poona
3. In which year, Jyotiba Phule founded the Satyashodhak Samaj?
( a) 1873 ( b) 1872 (c) 1874

4. Who constructed the first Brahmo Mandir in Andhra, in 1887?
(a) Jyotiba Phule (b) Mahatma Gandhi (c) Veersalingam

5. Dr Bhimrao Ramji Ambedkar is also known as the:
(a) Father of Nation (b) Father of Movements
(c) Father of Indian Constitution

B. Fill in the blanks.
1. The ________________ were reduced to the status of untouchables.

2. The ________________ movement required unity between people of all classes and
castes.

3. ________________ compiled his ideas and views in his work entitled Satya Sodh,
Published in 1887.
4. ________________ criticised misconceptions, superstitions and religious orthodoxy in his
writings.
5. Periyar Ramasamy was born on September 17, ________________ , in Tamil Nadu.
6. ________________ was appointed as India’s first Law Minister in the Cabinet of
Jawaharlal Nehru.

C. Match the following columns.
Column A Column B
1. Self-Respect Movement (a) Dr B.R. Ambedkar

2. Sevagram Ashram (b) Jyotiba Phule
3. Satyashodhak Sabha (c) Periyar Ramasamy
4. Electorates for depressed classes (d) Sree Narayana Guru

5. SNDPY Movement (e) Mahatma Gandhi
D. Write one sentence on each of the following.

1. Jyotiba Phule __________________________________________________________
2. Veerasalingam __________________________________________________________
3. Sree Narayana Guru __________________________________________________________

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