The ____________ were a community of toddy tappers who migrated to Southern Travancore to work under Nair Landlords.
Ezhavas
Muslims
Scheduled caste
Shanars
In __________, the Government of Travancore issued a proclamation ordering shanar women 'to abstain in future from covering the upper parts of the body'.
1829
1859
1839
1849
___________ was a closely fitting and stiff inner bodice, worn by women to give shape and support to the figure.
Stays
Corset
Busk
Pabulum
In ________, at the age of 19, Gandhiji went to London to study law.
1869
1888
1884
1882
The Rational Dress society was started in _________ in 1881.
France
America
England
None of these
The princely state of Travancore abolished slavery in the year ___________.
1855
1845
1865
1835
Lord Curzon partitioned Bengal in the year ____________.
1901
1905
1910
1907
In Medieval France, only royalty could wear expensive materials like ________ _________ and __________.
Silk, velvet and brocade
Perfumes, trousers and velvet
Both a and b are correct
Under the influence of _____________, shanar women converts began in the 1820's to wear tailored blouses and cloths to cover themselves like the upper castes.
Government of Travancore
Nair land lords
Christian Missions
Gandhiji adopt the short Dhoti,a form of dress in which year?
1920
1921
1919
1915