Target Exam

CUET

Subject

Sociology

Chapter

Indian Society: Patterns of Social Inequality and Exclusion

Question:

The concept of Women's equality is not new to India. In the early 1900's a Maharashtrian housewife, wrote a book, as a protest against the double standards of a male dominated society. Name the book that addressed this issue:

Options:

Stree Purush Tulana

Beti Bachao

Ladki Meri Mai

Aadmi aur stree

Correct Answer:

Stree Purush Tulana

Explanation:

The correct answer is option 1: Stree Purush Tulana

Stree Purush Tulana (or Comparison of Men and Women) was written by a Maharashtrian housewife, Tarabai Shinde, as a protest against the double standards of a male dominated society. A young Brahmin widow had been sentenced to death by the courts for killing her newborn baby because it was illegitimate, but no effort had been made to identify or punish the man who had fathered the baby.