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On what grounds were the traditional feminine clothes criticised in the USA?

  1. Long skirts swept the grounds collecting filth and causing illness.

  2. The skirts were voluminous and difficult to handle.

  3. They hampered movement and prevented women from working and earning.

  4. All the above.


Correct Option: D
Explanation:

Reform of the dress, it was said, would change the position of women. If clothes were comfortable and convenient, then women could work, earn their living, and become independent.

England passed a law which compelled all persons over 6 years of age, except those of high position, to wear woollen caps made in England on Sundays and on all holy days, What does this mean?

  1. All sumptuary laws were meant to emphasise social hierarchy

  2. Some sumptuary laws were passed to protect home production against imports

  3. Some sumptuary laws were made to pro-mote religion

  4. None of the above


Correct Option: B
Explanation:
 This law remained in effect for twenty-six years and was very useful in building up the English woollen industry.

Which of the following options best explains the sumptuary laws?

  1. The laws that prohibited wearing short skirts

  2. The laws that declared that silk clothes could not be used by peasants

  3. The laws that controlled the behaviour of the 'social inferiors'

  4. The laws that prohibited the socially superior class from wearing cotton dresses

  5. None of these


Correct Option: C
Explanation:

From about 1294 to the time of the French Revolution in 1789, the people of France were expected to strictly follow what were known as ‘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.

When was the Rational Dress Society started in England?

  1. 1884

  2. 1883

  3. 1882

  4. 1881


Correct Option: D

Which emperor of Vijayanagara can be equated with the great emperors like Samudragupta, Ashoka, and Harsha?

  1. Krishnadevaraya

  2. Ramaraya

  3. Praudhadevaraya

  4. Bukkaraya


Correct Option: A

Sayana is associated with _______.

  1. The Chola Kingdom

  2. Hoyasala Kingdom

  3. Bahmani Kingdom

  4. Vijayanagar Kingdom


Correct Option: D

Which of the following dynasties did not rule Vijayanagara?

  1. Sangama

  2. Saluva

  3. Tuluva

  4. Kondaveedu


Correct Option: D

Krishnadevaraya was a _______.

  1. Chola King

  2. Pallava King

  3. Rashtrakuta King

  4. King of Vijayanagar empire


Correct Option: D
Explanation:

Krishnadevaraya was the greatest emperor of the Vijayanagara Empire who reigned from 1509–1530. He was the third ruler of the Tuluva Dynasty. Presiding over the empire at its zenith, he is regarded as an icon by many Indians. Krishna Deva Raya earned the titles Kannada Rajya Rama Ramana, Andhra Bhoja and Mooru Rayara Ganda . He became the dominant ruler of the peninsula of India by defeating the Sultans of Bijapur, Golconda, the Bahmani Sultanate and the Raja of Odisha.

The combined armies of four Deccan Sultans attacked Vijayanagara in _______ and defeated and killed Ramaraya.

  1. 1464

  2. 1509

  3. 1565

  4. 1607


Correct Option: C

Krishnadevaraya extended help to the _________ to conquer Goa from the Sultan of Bijapur.

  1. English

  2. French

  3. Dutch

  4. Portuguese


Correct Option: D