CLOTHING a SOCIAL HISTORY Multiple Choice Questions and Answers pdf :-
Q1: In medieval France, the royalty could wear expensive clothes like:
(a) silk
(b) ermine
(c) velvet
(d) all of these
Q2: During French revolution, which colours became popular in French clothing:
(a) Red and Black
(b) Blue, White and Red
(c) Black
(d) Red, Yellow and Blue
Q3: Sumptuary Laws in medieval Europe were meant
(a) to allow hunting game in certain areas
(b) to protect home production against imports
(c) to define what the rich and poor could wear
(d) All of these
Q4: Which of the following brought radical changes in women’s clothing?
(a) French Revolution
(b) Rational Dress Reform in America
(c) First World War
(d) Second World War
Q5: The literal meaning of Sans culottes is
(a) without knee breeches
(b) knee breeches
(c) with red caps
(d) without red caps
Q6: Who headed National Woman Suffrage Association in 1870s?
(a) Lucy Stone
(b) Mrs Stanton
(c) Mrs Amelia Bloomer
(d) Mary Somerville
Q7: The main objective(s) of Rational Dress Reform was/were to
(a) simplify dress
(b) shorten skirts
(c) abandon corsets
(d) all of these
Q8: What was the name of the American who launched loose tunics worn over ankle-length trousers?
(a) Lucy Stone
(b) Mrs Stanton
(c) Mrs Amelia Bloomer
(d) Mary Somerville
Q9: Indian chintzes clothes were made of
(a) silk
(b) cotton
(c) velvet
(d) fur
Q10: during First World War, which dress became part of Western women’s clothing giving them greater freedom of movement:
(a) trouser
(b) skirt
(c) scarf
(d) blouse
Q11: Who were among the first to adapt Western-style clothing in Western India?
(a) Bengali’s
(b) Goans
(c) Parsis
(d) Tamils
Q12: Who painted the sarcastic picture ‘The Modern Patriot’, in early twentieth century?
(a) Rabindranath Tagore
(b) Abanidranath Tagore
(c) Gaganendranath Tagore
(d) Dwarkanath Tagore
Q13: In medieval India, headgears used to signify
(a) a fashion style statement
(b) a sign of respectability
(c) a way to protect from heat.
(d) all of these
Q14: Name the Governor- General who made ‘shoe respect’ stricter?
(a) Dalhousie
(b) Hastings
(c) Amherst
(d) Curzon
Q15: Who said these words ‘the King had enough on for both of us’ ?
(a) Mahatma Gandhi
(b) Jawahar Lal Nehru
(c) Motilal Nehru
(d) Babasaheb Ambedkar
Q16: Who among the following started wearing three piece suits, and shoes and socks as a political statement of self-respect?
(a) Mahatma Gandhi
(b) Jawahar Lal Nehru
(c) Motilal Nehru
(d) Babasaheb Ambedkar
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Answers :
1: (d) all of these
2: (b) Blue, White and Red
3: (d) All of these
4: (c) First World War
5: (a) without knee breeches
6: (b) Mrs Stanton
7: (d) all of these
8: (c) Mrs Amelia Bloomer
9: (b) cotton
10: (a) trouser
11: (c) Parsis
12: (c) Gaganendranath Tagore
13: (b) a sign of respectability
14: (a) Dalhousie
15: (a) Mahatma Gandhi
16: (d) Babasaheb Ambedkar
1. Modifications in clothing reflect
(a) grace and beauty
(b) ideas of modesty
(c) ideas of shame
(d) change in societies
2. Before 18th century dresses were not regulated by
(a) social hierarchy
(b) regional codes
(c) democratic values
(d) gender
3. Factor in change in clothes after 18th century was
(a) decolonisation
(b) notions of identity
(c) fashions
(d) industrialisation
4. Laws related to dress codes
(a) Caste laws
(b) Feudal privileges
(c) Livres
(d) Sumptuary
5. Among the materials prescribed for royalty:
(a) Ermine and brocade
(b) Flax and linen
(c) Chintzes
(d) Muslin
6. San culottes meant
(a) loose clothes
(b) without knee breeches
(c) comfortable clothes
(d) tunics
7. Ideas of simplicity in clothing reflected
(a) equality
(b) liberty
(c) fraternity
(d) social inferiors
8. Colour of the cap of Liberty worn by French revolutionaries was
(a) red
(b) green
(c) white
(d) yellow
9. Victorian image of a frail woman was created by
(a) corsets
(b) stays
(c) short hair
(d) short skirts
10. Stays did not
(a) restrict body growth
(b) hamper blood circulation
(c) weaken spine
(d) help girls body to grow
11. Traditional feminine clothes were
(a) long and voluminous
(b) short and elegant
(c) long and graceful
(d) dull and languid
12. Conservatives opposed dress reforms on the ground
(a) women looked more beautiful
(b) vulgarity
(c) grace
(d) lost their femininity
13. The Rational Dress Society was started in
(a) France (1881)
(b) USA (1881)
(c) Britain (1881)
(d) India (1881)
14. The National Women’s Suffrage Association was headed by
(a) Mrs Stanton
(b) Lucy Stone
(c) Amelia Bloomer
(d) Elizabeth II
15. Bloomers were
(a) knickers
(b) trousers
(c) tunics
(d) short skirts
16. Radical changes in women’s clothing were enabled by
(a) New times
(b) Women’s movements
(c) World Wars
(d) Industrial Revolution
17. Which of the following was not a pressure for change?
(a) New materials
(b) World Wars
(c) New values
(d) Decolonisation
18. Which of the following was not a change brought about in women’s dress as a result of the World Wars?
(a) Skirts and hair became shorter
(b) Women stopped wearing jewellery
(c) Bright colours came into vogue
(d) Clothes became plainer and simpler
19. Plain and austere style in clothes reflected
(a) simplicity
(b) practicability
(c) mobility
(d) professionalism
20. In India factor in change in male and female clothing was
(a) western ideas of equality
(b) western dress form
(c) indigenous traditions
(d) national culture
21. The first community to incorporate western styles in dress form in India were
(a) Muslims
(b) Dalits
(c) Parsis
(d) Hindus
22. Which among the following Indian population were the first to adopt western styles?
(a) Men
(b) Women
(c) Children
(d) Bengalis
23. In India dress codes were regulated by
(a) economic status
(b) wearing shoes
(c) education
(d) wearing gold ornaments
24. The Shanars were attacked by Nairs for
(a) using umbrellas
(b) caste rules
(c) wearing upper cloth
(d) occupation
25. Which of the following two items created misunderstanding among the British and Indians?
(a) Turban and hat
(b) Turban and shoes
(c) Khadi and mill made cloth
(d) Wearing and taking off of shoes
26. Who among the following defied ‘shoe respect’ rule?
(a) Lord Dalhousie
(b) Governor General Amherst
(c) Manockjee Cowasjee Entee
(d) Mahatma Gandhi
27. Which Indian dress symbolises the synthesis of Hindu-Muslim dress form?
(a) Brahmika sari
(b) Chapkan
(c) Nehru jacket
(d) Gandhi’s cap
28. The Chapkan combines the best elements of
(a) Hindu-Muslim dress form
(b) Nehru-Gandhi dress form
(c) Indian and European dress form
(d) Hindu and European form
29. Mark the family which played a significant role in the search for a national dress
(a) Tagores
(b) Nehru’s
(c) Gandhi family
(d) Patel family
30. The sari designed by Jnanadanandini Devi came to be popularly known as
(a) Brahmika
(b) Kota
(c) Chanderi
(d) Kanjeevaram
31. Among which of the following did the pan-Indian style of sari not succeed?
(a) Women of Assam
(b) Women of Maharashtra
(c) Women of Uttar Pradesh
(d) Non-Brahmos
32. Movement linked to the politics of clothing
(a) Non-cooperation
(b) Civil Disobedience
(c) Quit India
(d) Swadeshi
33. Who among the following used cloth as a symbolic weapon against the British rule?
(a) M.K. Gandhi
(b) Gopal Gandhi
(c) Indira Gandhi
(d) Lord Curzon
34. As lawyer in Johannesburg Mahatma Gandhi dressed in
(a) Gujarati dhoti and kurta
(b) Khadi shirt and pyjama
(c) Western suits topped with turban
(d) Three piece suit
35. Khadi to Mahatma Gandhi was a symbol of
(a) poverty
(b) Indian ascetic
(c) Indian culture and traditions
(d) purity, simplicity and of poverty
36. Who among the following did not adopt khadi?
(a) Sarojini Naidu
(b) Jawaharlal Nehru
(c) Sardar Patel
(d) Atal Behari Vajpayee
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1. (d) 2. (c) 3. (d) 4. (d) 5. (a)
6. (b) 7. (a) 8. (a) 9. (a) 10. (d)
11. (a) 12. (d) 13. (c) 14. (a) 15. (b)
16. (c) 17. (d) 18. (c) 19. (d) 20. (b)
21. (c) 22. (a) 23. (b) 24. (c) 25. (b)
26. (c) 27. (b) 28. (a) 29. (a) 30. (a)
31. (a) 32. (d) 33. (a) 34. (c) 35. (d)
36. (a).