Indian-Women-Since-Independence UPSC Questions

History-Post Independence India

Indian-Women-Since-Independence MCQ Questions


7.
Who was the Law minister after independence of India?
A.
Rajendra Prasad
B.
Ram Mohan Roy
C.
Dr. B.R.Ambedkar
D.
Mahatma Gandhi
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ANSWER :
C. Dr. B.R.Ambedkar
8.
Another committee, chaired by B.R. Ambedkar, the law minister after independence, submitted a bill which _____
A.
Raised the age of consent and marriage
B.
Treated dowry as women's property
C.
Gave women the rights to divorce
D.
All the above
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ANSWER :
D. All the above
9.
Strong opposition from conservative sections of society, and hesitation on the part of some senior Congress leaders, including President _____, led to the bill being postponed.
A.
Rajiv Gandhi
B.
Rajendra Prasad
C.
Jawaharlal Nehru
D.
Shah Ismail
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ANSWER :
B. Rajendra Prasad
10.

Identify the WRONG statements from the following
a) Ultimately, sections of the bill were passed as four separate acts.
They were
b) The Hindu Marriage Act, The Hindu Succession Act
c) The Hindu Minority and Guardianship Act
d) The Hindu Adoption and Maintenance Act

A.

Only b

B.

Both a and c

C.

Only d

D.

All the above

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ANSWER :

D. All the above

11.
In 1985, about forty years after Hindu law was reformed, the Supreme Court granted a pittance as maintenance to _____ a divorced Muslim woman
A.
Shah Bano
B.
Shadhi
C.
Both a and b
D.
None of the above
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ANSWER :
A. Shah Bano
12.
In 1954, Communist women left the All India Women’s Conference to form the _____
A.
National Forum of Indian Women
B.
National Forum of International Women
C.
National Federation of Indian Women
D.
National Federation of International Women
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ANSWER :
C. National Federation of Indian Women