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What type of national dress did Rabindranath Tagore suggest in the late 19th century ?

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  1. Such a dress should have the elements of the Hindus' dress

  2. Such a dress should have the elements of the Muslims' dress

  3. Such a dress should have the elements of both the Hindu and the Muslim dresses

  4. Such a dress should have the elements of the western dress

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Correct Option: C
Explanation:

Rabindranath Tagore suggested that elements of Hindu and the Muslim dresses should be combined to create the national dress.

What was the Chapkan?

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  1. A three-piece suit

  2. A hat

  3. A long-buttoned coat

  4. None of the above

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Correct Option: C

Which one of the following was not taught to women in the Victorian England?

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  1. To wear tight clothing

  2. To be dutiful and submissive

  3. To be strong and aggressive in behaviour

  4. To bear pain and suffering

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Correct Option: C

Which nationalist never gave up the western style suit?

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  1. Motilal Nehru

  2. B.R. Ambedkar

  3. Jawaharlal Nehru

  4. Vallabhbai Patel

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Correct Option: B

Which one of the following dress was popularised in India by the Swadeshi movement of 1905?

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  1. Western style of clothing

  2. Home-spun khadi

  3. Chintz clothes

  4. Silk clothes

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Correct Option: B

Why were Shanar women attacked by the upper caste Nairs in the southern princely state of Travancore ?

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  1. For wearing a cloth across their upper bodies

  2. Due to suffrage movement

  3. For wearing ermine

  4. For wearing cockade

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Correct Option: A
Explanation:

The Shanar women converts began to wear tailored blouses and clothes to cover themselves like the upper castes in 1820s. Complaints were filed in court against this dress change. but this did not prevent Shanar Christian women and even Shanar Hindus from adopting the blouse and upper cloth.
The abolition of slavery in Travancore in 1855 led to riots and attacks on the Shanar women by the upper castes. Their houses were looted and chapels burned, Finally, a proclamation was passed permitting the Shanar women to wear jackets, but not like the women of high caste.

Many women reformers changed back into traditional clothes as:

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  1. Faced by persistent attacks, they decided to conform to conventions

  2. They found the new style of clothing too stylish.

  3. New style of clothing did not fit them well

  4. There were no good tailors to stitch the new style of clothing.

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Correct Option: A
Explanation:

 Conservatives everywhere opposed change. They lamented that women who gave up traditional norms of dressing no longer looked beautiful, and lost their femininty and grace. Faced with persistent attacks, many women reformers changed back into traditional clothes to conform to conventions. 

The spinning wheel used by Mahatma Gandhi to make khadi was called ________.

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  1. charkha

  2. sewing machine

  3. chapkan

  4. None of these

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Correct Option: A
Explanation:

Mahatma Gandhi made spinning on the charkha and the daily use of khadi, or coarse cloth made from homespun yarn, very powerful symbols. These were not only symbols of self-reliance but also of resistance to the use of British mill-made cloth. 

Radical changes in women's clothing were enabled by____________.

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  1. The new times

  2. The women's movements

  3. The world wars

  4. The industrial revolution

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Correct Option: C
Explanation:

With the outbreak of World War I in Europe, the manufacturing in dress and fabric changed. With the entry of U.S in war, the clothing of women was simplified to save textiles. Earlier women used to wear heavy clothing reflective of their status. Wool became a precious commodity and was reserved for soldiers to send abroad. Sweaters, socks were knitted for soldiers. 

Jnanadanandini Tagore is associated with

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  1. Sans Culottes

  2. Community of toddy tappers

  3. Brahmika Sarees

  4. Partition of Bengal.

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Correct Option: C
Explanation:

Brahmika Sarees- The Parsi style of wearing the saree adopted by Jnanadanandini Devi, wife of Satyendranath Tagore came to be known as Brahmika saree, because it was adopted by the Brahmo Samaj women.