CBSE - CLOTHING : A SOCIAL HISTORY CONCEPTS

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

In reaction to which measure of the British did the Swadeshi Movement begin? (1) Partition of Bengal in 1905 (2) Surat split in 1907 (3) Starting of World War I in 1914 (4) Montague-Chelmsford Reforms of 1919

What was the idea of national dress as suggested by Rabindranath Tagore? (1) Combination of Hindu and Muslim dress (2) Combination of Indian and European dress (3) Only Hindu dress (4) Combination Hindu and Parsi dress

Why did Mahatma Gandhi adopt loin cloth and a chaddar as his dress? (1) it was easy to wear (2) it was not easy to practise (3) he believed that poor peasants could not afford more than that (4) it was a political statement of self- respect