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UGC NET December 2014 History
Who among the following opined that women should be confined to the house and work on the spinning wheel?
AMinhaj Siraj and Hasan Nizami
BAmir Khusrau and Isami ✓ Correct
CYahya bin Ahmad and Ziauddin Barani
DShams-i-Siraj Afif and Mahmud Shadiabadi
Correct answer: (B) Amir Khusrau and Isami — Amir Khusrau and Isami held this view, so the answer is Amir Khusrau and Isami.
Explanation
★Amir Khusrau and Isami held this view, so the answer is Amir Khusrau and Isami.
★They expressed the narrow social attitudes of their time about women.
★They felt that women should stay within the home.
★They thought women should busy themselves at the spinning wheel.
★Such views reflect the limits placed on women in that age.
★They are not, however, a judgement of the real abilities of women.
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