extra questions of class 7
CLASS 7 SUBJECT SOCIAL SCIENCE EXTRA QUESTIONS CHAPTER 8 (HISTORY) Q8. For either the Virashaivas or the sants of Maharashtra, discuss their attitude towards caste? Ans: Attitude of the Virashaivas towards caste: 1. They believed in the equality of all human beings. 2. They were against Brahmanical ideas about caste and treatment of women. 3. They wished for a society where people of all backgrounds could live in harmony without any feeling of high and low, rich and poor. Q9. Why do you think ordinary people preserve the memory of Mirabai? Ans: Mirabai was an ardent devotee of Lord Krishna. So she left her royal palace and began to sing bhajans in Krishna’s temple. In her bhajans she openly challenges the norms of upper caste. She ...