CBSE Class 9 History Clothing A Social History MCQs Set B

Question: Who was Manockfee Cowasjee Entee?

a) An assessor

b) A taxpayer

c) A revenue collector

d) A technocrat

Answer: An assessor

Question: Which Governor General asked the Indians to remove their shoes as a mark of respect before him?

a) Amherst

b) Ripon

c) Hastings

d) Wellesley

Answer: Amherst

Question: Wearing of which two things created misunderstanding between the British and the Indians?

a) Both Turbans and Hat

b) Turbans

c) Hat

d) Shirt

Answer: Both Turbans and Hat

Question: 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

Question: 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: Why were Shanar women attacked by Nairs 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: 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: 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: Who was the first among the Indians to adopt the western-style clothing?

a) Parsis

b) Christians

c) Gujaratis

d) Maharashtrians

Answer: Parsis

Question: 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 womens 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

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Question: Why did the clothes get shorter during the First World War?

a) Out of practical necessity at workplace

b) Shortage of cloth

c) New dressing laws were passed

d) None of the options

Answer: Out of practical necessity at workplace

Question: Which of the following events had an impact on the dressing style of women?

a) Both Women working in industries during the First and Second World Wars and Gymnastics and games entered school curriculum for women

b) Women working in industries during the First and Second World Wars.

c) Gymnastics and games entered school curriculum for women.

d) The Battle of Waterloo

Answer: Both Women working in industries during the First and Second World Wars and Gymnastics and games entered school curriculum for women

Question: Which of the statements given below is correct?

a) All the options

b) After 1600, trade with India brought cheap and beautiful chintz within the reach of many Europeans

c) During the Industrial Revolution in the 19th century, cotton clothes became more accessible to people in Europe

d) By the late 1870s, heavy, restrictive underclothes were gradually discarded

Answer: All the options

Question: Radical changes in womens 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: When and where was Rational Dress Society started?

a) 1881, England

b) 1880, USA

c) 1882, France

d) 1883, Russia

Answer: 1881, England

Question: Who was the first American dress reformer to launch loose tunics?

a) Mrs Amelia Bloomer

b) Martha Somerville

c) Queen Victoria

d) None of the options

Answer: Mrs Amelia Bloomer

Question: Which of the following associations in the USA campaigned for dress reform in the 1870s?

a) BothNational Woman Suffrage Association and American Woman Suffrage Association

b) National Woman Suffrage Association

c) American Woman Suffrage Association

d) Global Woman Suffrage Association

Answer: BothNational Woman Suffrage Association and American Woman Suffrage Association

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

a) All the options

b) Long skirts swept the grounds collecting filth and causing illness

c) The skirts were voluminous and difficult to handle

d) They hampered movement and prevented women from working and earning

Answer: All the options

Question: Who said the following, It is evident physiologically that air is the pabulum of life, and that the effect of a tight cord round the neck and of tight lacing differs only in degrees ... for the strangulations are both fatal. To wear tight stays in many cases is to wither, to waste, to die.

a) The Registrar General in the Ninth Annual Report of 1857

b) Martha Somerville

c) John Keats

d) Thackeray

Answer: The Registrar General in the Ninth Annual Report of 1857

Question: When did women in England start agitating for democratic rights?

a) 1830s

b) 1820s

c) 1840s

d) 1850s

Answer: 1830s

Question: 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: 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: 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: 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 colours of France -blue, white and red

c) The red cap

d) Revolutionary cockade pinned on to a hat

Answer: All the options

Question: 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

Question: Simplicity of clothing was the symbol of which of the following in France?

a) Equality

b) Liberty

c) Fraternity

d) None of the options

Answer: Equality

Question: Which of these sentences is not correct about medieval France?

a) Everybody could wear expensive materials

b) The items of clothing a person could purchase was regulated not only by income but by social rank

c) The material to be used for clothing was legally prescribed

d) None of the options

Answer: Everybody could wear expensive materials

Question: Which one of the following is the most appropriate definition of Sumptuary Laws?

a) Laws meant to emphasize the social hierarchy

b) Laws on taxes framed by the government

c) Laws giving privileges to higher sections of society

d) All the options

Answer: Laws meant to emphasize the social hierarchy

Question: State the period when people of France were expected to strictly follow the Sumptuary Laws?

a) 1294 to 1798

b) 1300 to 1799

c) 1308 to 1800

d) 1350 to 1809

Answer: 1294 to 1798

Question: The existing dress codes in Europe were swept away by

a) French Revolution

b) American Revolution

c) Russian Revolution

d) The First World War

Answer: French Revolution