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Who used cloth as a symbolic weapon against the British rule?

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  1. Mahatma Gandhi

  2. Babasaheb Ambedkar

  3. Sarojini Naidu

  4. Kamala Nehru

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Correct Option: A

Radical changes in women's clothing were enabled by ______.

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  1. The new governments

  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 the U.S in war, the clothing of women was simplified to save textiles. Earlier women used to wear heavy clothes and had bulky wardrobes. Wool became a precious commodity and was reserved for soldiers to send abroad. Sweaters, socks were knitted for soldiers.

 Why were the Shanar women attacked by Nairs in May 1822?

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  1. They refused to do work of Nair families.

  2. They began to wear dress covering upper part of their bodies.

  3. They used bad Languages for the Nairs.

  4. They were attacked unnecessarily.

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Correct Option: B

From 1294 to 1789 people of France strictly followed which of the following?

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  1. Parliamentary laws

  2. Republican laws

  3. Sumptuary laws

  4. Revenue laws

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Correct Option: C

The existing dress codes in Europe were swept away by ________.

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  1. American Revolution

  2. French Revolution

  3. Russia Revolution

  4. The First World War

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Correct Option: B
Explanation:

The French Revolution transformed many aspects of social and political life. The revolution also swept away existing dress codes, known as the sumptuary laws. The laws tried to control the behaviour of those considered social inferiors, preventing them from wearing certain clothes, consuming certain foods and beverages (usually this referred to alcohol) and hunting game in certain areas. 

Where did the Brahmika Sari become popular?

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  1. Kerala and Assam

  2. Gujarat and Tamil Nadu

  3. Maharashtra and Uttar Pradesh

  4. Bihar and West Bengal

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Correct Option: C

The simplicity of clothing of 'Sans-Culottes' was meant to express __________________.

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  1. the poverty among the common people

  2. the prosperity of textile industries

  3. the idea of equality

  4. none of the above

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Correct Option: C
Explanation:

 Members of the Jacobin clubs called themselves the ‘sans culottes’ to distinguish themselves from the aristocracy who wore the fashionable ‘knee breeches’. Sans culottes literally meant those ‘without knee breeches’.  The simplicity of clothing was meant to express the idea of equality.

The National Woman Suffrage Association and American Woman Suffrage Association during 1870 campaigned for which reform? Choose the appropriate one.

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  1. Suffrage reforms

  2. Dress reforms

  3. Political reforms

  4. Parliamentary reforms

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Correct Option: B

What were the major demands of National Woman Suffrage Association?

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  1. Simplify dress

  2. Shorten skirts

  3. Discard corsets

  4. All the above

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Correct Option: D

What was the Mysore turban called?

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  1. Pugree

  2. Hat

  3. Cap

  4. Peta

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Correct Option: D