NCERT MCQ ON CLOTHING : A SOCIAL HISTORY
Question 1: Wearing of which two things created misunderstanding and conflict between the British and the Indians?
- a) The wearing of turban and shoes
- b) The umbrella and gold ornaments
- c) The wearing of saris and dhotis
- d) The wearing of gowns and long skirts
Answer: The wearing of turban and shoes
Question2: When was slavery abolished in Travancore? What did it result in?
- a) 1855, frustration among upper castes
- b) 1865, shortage of labour force
- c) 1867, end of caste system
- d) 1895, permission to Shanar women to cover the upper part of their body
Answer: 1855, frustration among upper castes
Question 3: Why were Shanar women attacked by Nair’s in May 1922?
- a) For using umbrellas
- b) For wearing a tailored blouse
- c) For wearing a cloth across their upper bodies
- d) For wearing gold ornaments
Answer: For using umbrellas
Question 4: Dresses in India were defined by
- a) Both Sumptuary laws and Caste system
- b) Sumptuary laws
- c) Caste system
- d) None of the options
Answer: Both Sumptuary laws and Caste system
Question 5: To some Indians western clothes were a sign of
- a) Both Progress and Modernity
- b) Progress
- c) Modernity
- d) Freedom from poverty
Answer: Both Progress and Modernity
Question 6: Who was the first among the Indians to adopt the western-style clothing?
- a) Parsies
- b) Christians
- c) Gujaratis
- d) Maharashtrians
Answer: Parsies
Question 7: Which of the following were among other important changes that came about for women?
- a) All the options
- b) Trousers became a vital part of western women’s clothing
- c) Women took to cutting their hair short for convenience
- d) As women took to gymnastics and games, they had to wear clothes that did not hamper movement
Answer: All the options
Question 8: Radical changes in women’s clothing came about due to the`
- a) Both World War I and World War II
- b) Russian Revolution
- c) World War I
- d) World War II
Answer: Both World War I and World War II
Question 9: When and where was Rational Dress Society started?
- a) 1881, England
- b) 1880, USA
- c) 1882, France
- d) 1883, Russia
Answer: 1881, England
Question 10: When did women in England start agitating for democratic rights?
- a) 1830s
- b) 1820s
- c) 1840s
- d) 1850s
Answer: 1830s
Question 11: How did clothing play a part in creating the image of frail, submissive women?
- a) All the options
- b) From childhood, girls were tightly laced up
- c) When slightly older, girls had to wear tight fitting corsets
- d) Tightly laced, small waisted women were admired as attractive, elegant and graceful
Answer: All the options
Question 12: In Victorian England why were women from childhood tightly laced up and dressed in stays, because:
- a) Women looked graceful in these dresses
- b) They were dutiful and docile
- c) These clothes helped in creating the expected image of girls
- d) Women were trained to bear and suffer
Answer: Women looked graceful in these dresses
Question 13: England passed a law which compelled all persons over 6 years of age, except those of high position, to wear woolen caps made in England on Sundays and all holy days. What does this mean?
- a) Some sumptuary laws were passed to protect home production against imports
- b) All sumptuary laws were meant to emphasis social hierarchy
- c) Some sumptuary laws were made to promote the religion
- d) None of the options
Answer: Some sumptuary laws were passed to protect home production against imports
Question 14: Which of the following were among the things that became a symbol of equality and liberty among the French people?
- a) All the options
- b) The color’s of France -blue, white and red
- c) The red cap
- d) Revolutionary cockade pinned on to a hat
Answer: All the options
Question 15 : The simplicity of clothing of Sans-Culottes was meant to express
- a) The idea of equality
- b) The poverty among the common people
- c) The prosperity of textile industries
- d) None of the options
Answer: The idea of equality
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