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Jyotirao Phule belonged to which traditional community?Read the answer and worked solution →Phule was insulted in 1848 after joining a wedding procession of whose family?Read the answer and worked solution →What did Jyotirao and Savitribai Phule start in Pune in 1848?Read the answer and worked solution →Which book by Thomas Paine did Phule read in 1848, sharpening his sense of social justice?Read the answer and worked solution →On 24 September 1873, Phule founded which organisation for the rights of Shudras, Dalits and women?Read the answer and worked solution →What did the Satyashodhak Samaj campaign for while rejecting the need for priests?Read the answer and worked solution →Which Pune-based newspaper gave voice to the views of the Satyashodhak Samaj?Read the answer and worked solution →Whom did Phule take as a hero in his critique of Aryan domination?Read the answer and worked solution →According to Phule's theory, why was the caste system instituted?Read the answer and worked solution →What did Phule do to fight the stigma of untouchability in his own home?Read the answer and worked solution →At an 1882 education commission hearing, what did Phule advocate for villages?Read the answer and worked solution →In 1863, Phule and his friends started a centre for which purpose?Read the answer and worked solution →Which social reform for women did Phule champion besides girls' education?Read the answer and worked solution →In Bhakti thought, what is Nirguna Brahman?Read the answer and worked solution →Which kind of Bhakti poetry focuses more on love (prema) than on knowledge?Read the answer and worked solution →In which language did Andal compose her hymns in praise of God, instead of Sanskrit?Read the answer and worked solution →Andal's verses in praise of God are known by which name?Read the answer and worked solution →Which Sikh institution of free shared food was introduced by Guru Nanak?Read the answer and worked solution →Which saying is attributed to Guru Nanak?Read the answer and worked solution →Among non-Sikh bhagats, who has the most hymns (541) in the Guru Granth Sahib?Read the answer and worked solution →In which language was the first Indo-Aryan Ramayana translation made by Madhava Kandali?Read the answer and worked solution →Which Vedanta school of Ramanuja teaches a qualified nondualism?Read the answer and worked solution →Which Vedanta thinker's school posits a true dualism between God and the soul?Read the answer and worked solution →Which varna is traditionally the priestly class?Read the answer and worked solution →Which varna is described as the labouring classes?Read the answer and worked solution →How do varnas and jatis compare in number?Read the answer and worked solution →The English word caste comes from which Portuguese and Spanish word?Read the answer and worked solution →Which feature of jatis means marrying only within one's own group?Read the answer and worked solution →Which sociologist offered a 1932 six-point description of caste based on birth, hierarchy and endogamy?Read the answer and worked solution →In early Rigvedic society, which two varnas existed?Read the answer and worked solution →

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Jyotirao Phule belonged to which traditional community?

  1. Mahar
  2. Kunbi
  3. Mali
  4. Chamar
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Correct answer: C. Mali

1. Phule was born into the Hindu Mali caste. 2. The Malis traditionally worked as fruit and vegetable growers. 3. Mahar and Chamar are different communities, so they do not match his family background. _Source: Wikipedia, Jyotirao Phule, Early life_

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Phule was insulted in 1848 after joining a wedding procession of whose family?

  1. A Mali cousin
  2. A British officer
  3. A Muslim neighbour
  4. A Brahmin friend
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Correct answer: D. A Brahmin friend

1. In 1848 Phule attended the wedding of a Brahmin friend and joined the procession. 2. The friend's parents rebuked him because he was from a Shudra caste. 3. This incident shaped his view of caste injustice; the other families are not mentioned in the event. _Source: Wikipedia, Jyotirao Phule, Early life_

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What did Jyotirao and Savitribai Phule start in Pune in 1848?

  1. A school for widows
  2. A school for girls
  3. A weekly newspaper
  4. A free hospital
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Correct answer: B. A school for girls

1. In 1848 the couple started the first indigenously run school for girls in Pune. 2. Phule believed education was vital for emancipation of women and exploited castes. 3. A widows' school, press or hospital is not what the source describes for 1848. _Source: Wikipedia, Jyotirao Phule, Education_

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