Industrial Revolution

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What Were The Sumptuary Laws?

Q. The Industrial Revolution began in ______.

1. Asia
2. Europe
3. The United States of America
4. Ancient Mesopotamia

Q. You are a European trader in the sixteenth and seventeenth century. Choose among the following the clothes that you can import from India to Europe.

1. Machine-made cloth
2. Nylon cloth
3. Rayon cloth
4. Cotton cloth

Q. Mention two changes in clothing, that occurred in the early twentieth century.

Q. Jnanadanandini Tagore is associated with

1. Community of toddy tappers
2. Partition of Bengal.
3. Sans Culottes
4. Brahmika Sarees

Q. What were the drawbacks of corsets?

Q. Blessy was an eighteen year old whose father was away fighting in the First World War. She was the eldest in the house and needed to find work to support her family.

Which of the following clothing styles could she have adopted to help her work better?

1. Close-fitting garments
2. Loose and flowy clothing
3. Shorter skirts
4. Corsets and stays

Q. Which of the following dresses was worn by the women of the Brahmo Samaj?

1. Chintz
2. Brahmaka
3. Achkan
4. Neckties

Q. Which of the following events brought about the need for shorter and more free-flowing clothing styles for women?

1. World War I
2. World War II
3. The Crusades
4. The Revolt of 1857

Q. ______ increased the availability and affordability of clothes after the Industrial Revolution.

1. Machine production of clothes
2. Use of natural fibres for production
3. Use of silkworms for cloth production
4. Hand-made production of clothes

Q. The Woman's Christian Temperance Union's main leader was:

1. Frances Willard.
2. Susan B. Anthony.
3. Carrie Chapman Catt.
4. Margaret Sanger.
5. Jane Addams.

Q. Which of the following was an integral part of a Victorian woman's clothing?

1. Corset
2. Ascot
3. Stays
4. Cravat

Q. Why were young girls in Victorian England suggested to wear corsets?

Q. Match the following:

	Column I		Column II
A.	Cockade	1.	Cotton Cloth printed with designs and flowers
B.	Ermine	2.	The right to vote
C.	Suffrage	3.	Type of fur
D.	Chintz	4.	Cap, usually worn on one side

1. A-2, B-3, C-4, D-1
2. A-4, B-3, C-2, D-1
3. A-3, B-4, C-2, D-1
4. A-3, B-4, C-1, D-2

Q. Changes in women's clothing came about as a result of the two World Wars. Mention one change.

Q. Who was the 'National Woman Suffrage Association' headed by?

1. Lucy Stone
2. Mrs Stanton
3. Ruth Bader Ginsburg
4. Rosa Parks

Q. Which of the following reason(s) led to change in the clothing of European women during the First World War?

1. Women took the responsibility of earning livelihoods.
2. Women started working in factories.
3. The long and loose clothes of women hindered their work in the factories.
4. There was no change in women's clothing.

Q. Which of the following options is representative of the changes in clothing brought about by the First World War?

1. Cravats
2. Powdered wigs
3. Crinoline
4. Less colourful clothing

Q. Before 17th century, ordinary women in Britain possessed only a few clothes made of ______.

1. Wool, flax and fur
2. Flax, linen and wool
3. Chintz, flax, silk
4. Linen, silk and wool

Q. Sumptuary laws were a set of laws aimed at controlling the behaviour of the lower classes by restricting them from wearing certain clothes.

1. True
2. False