- What primarily dictates the dresses worn in the Himachali hills?
A) Social status
B) Climate
C) Religious beliefs
D) External trade
Answer: B - What is one of the main occupations in Himachal Pradesh due to the need for woolen garments?
A) Pottery
B) Sheep-breeding
C) Fishing
D) Mining
Answer: B - What are integral community functions related to clothing in Himachal Pradesh?
A) Dyeing and embroidery
B) Spinning and weaving
C) Tailoring and designing
D) Importing and exporting
Answer: B - Where can historical evidence of traditional attire in Himachal Pradesh be found?
A) Only in written records
B) Through paintings, wood-crafts, stone-images, folk songs, and icons
C) Exclusively in archaeological sites
D) Only in oral traditions
Answer: B - What traditional item do older generations often retain, worn around the waist, which is almost universal throughout the state?
A) Coat
B) Trousers
C) Kamarbund
D) Sari
Answer: C - Which of the following is NOT listed as a type of woolen garment in Himachal Pradesh?
A) Patoos
B) Dohrus
C) Jeans
D) Gudmas
Answer: C - What are ‘patoos’ in Himachal Pradesh?
A) Homespun local tweed
B) A type of cap
C) Woolen socks
D) A long coat
Answer: A - What are ‘dohrus’ in Himachal Pradesh?
A) Woolen pyjamas
B) Woolen saris fastened with two silver pins
C) Blankets
D) Carpets
Answer: B - Which traditional dress resembles an ‘achkan’ and is often worn as a waist coat, kurta, and with woolen pyjamas?
A) Doru
B) Chola
C) Jurkhi
D) Luanchari
Answer: C - Which dress is wrapped around the body like a sari and is commonly used in Kinnaur and Chamba districts?
A) Jurkhi
B) Doru
C) Chola
D) Luanchari
Answer: B - What is ‘Chola’ in Himachal Pradesh?
A) A cotton gown
B) A short blouse
C) A long wool coat, gathered around the waist by a black rope
D) A type of footwear
Answer: C - What utilitarian items are often tucked into the waistband of a ‘Chola’?
A) Money and keys
B) Axe, flute, and sickle
C) Food and water bottle
D) Books and pens
Answer: B - What is ‘Luanchari’?
A) A woolen shawl
B) A cotton gown of a special pattern
C) A type of headwear
D) A traditional skirt
Answer: B - Which garment from the past was made with intricate embroidery and fitted with colored glass pieces, worn with a ‘dupatta’ and ‘Suthan’?
A) Luanchari
B) Dhattu
C) Choli
D) Anga
Answer: C - What is ‘Dhattu’ in Himachal Pradesh?
A) A type of shoe
B) A square piece of cloth used as headwear by most women in rural areas
C) A man’s overgarment
D) A ceremonial scarf
Answer: B - Which overgarment, reaching to the knees, was once popular among men in Mandi and Kangra districts?
A) Chapkan
B) Chopta
C) Anga
D) Pishwaz
Answer: C - Which type of frock is used with trousers, angu, gachi, and a Pahari cap by men in Rohru tehsil of Shimla and Pabbar valley?
A) Chopta
B) Pishwaz
C) Cholu
D) Chapkan
Answer: D - Which knee-length gown with a V-shaped neck cut is worn by both men and women in Rampur, Kotkhai, Kotgarh, and Kumharsain areas of Shimla district?
A) Pishwaz
B) Cholu
C) Chopta or Chhupta
D) Anga
Answer: C - What is ‘Pishwaz’?
A) A cotton skirt
B) A colored gown made of very fine muslin
C) A type of woolen jacket
D) A traditional head covering
Answer: B - What are ‘Cholu’ and ‘knees’ in the Kangra valley?
A) A type of footwear
B) A cap, kurti, or cholu, and short breeches
C) A long ceremonial robe
D) A type of shawl
Answer: B - What are ‘Pullans’?
A) Traditional Himachali caps
B) Grass shoes
C) Silver ornaments
D) Embroidered handkerchiefs
Answer: B - What are ‘zomba’ in Kinnaur?
A) A type of shawl
B) Pullans with thick soles for walking on dry ice
C) A traditional dance
D) A type of musical instrument
Answer: B - From which region are the most artistic ‘pullans’ with soles made of goat or sheep skin?
A) Kullu
B) Kinnaur
C) Pangi
D) Chamba
Answer: C - What is the Kinner cap known as?
A) Kullu cap
B) Pahari cap
C) Pang or Bushahri cap
D) Dhattu
Answer: C - What do Kinner women typically wear?
A) Cotton sari, short blouse, and a scarf
B) Woolen sari, full-sleeved blouse, and an indigenous ‘Chhanli’
C) Modern Western dresses
D) Luanchari and a dupatta
Answer: B - Where are Himachal’s shawls particularly renowned, though their origin is traced elsewhere?
A) Kangra valley
B) Mandi district
C) Kullu valley
D) Shimla district
Answer: C - Where are the origins of Kullu shawls traced to?
A) Punjab
B) Tibet
C) Kinnaur
D) Kashmir
Answer: C - What were the initial designs of Kullu and Kangra shawls?
A) Floral patterns
B) Stripes
C) Checks
D) Hill-scapes
Answer: C - What type of patterns are Kinnauri shawls prized for?
A) Compact and floral designs
B) Abstract art
C) Angular geometrical patterns (pyramids, triangles, rectangles, squares, and stripes)
D) Animal motifs
Answer: C - Which cooperative society was formed in 1944 near Bhunter to formalize shawl weaving into an industry?
A) Kinnauri Handloom Society
B) Bhutti Weavers Cooperative Society
C) Kullu Shawl Makers Guild
D) Himachal Pradesh State Handloom Corporation
Answer: B - Where are Pashmina ‘dohrus’ and ‘pattoos’ now sold, which were historically traded with Tibet?
A) Shimla Summer Festival
B) Mandi Shivratri
C) Lavi Mela in Rampur
D) Kullu Dushehra
Answer: C - What is the impact of modern fashion, including pageants like Miss Himachal and Dance Himachal, on dress patterns in the state?
A) It has no visible impact.
B) It is clearly visible even in the state’s interior.
C) It is limited only to urban areas.
D) It has led to a complete abandonment of traditional attire.
Answer: B