Chanderi, famous for its sheer handwoven fabric, is a town of which district of Madhya Pradesh?
- A.Ashoknagar
- B.Guna
- C.Shivpuri
- D.Vidisha
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Explanation
The correct answer is A, Ashoknagar. Chanderi lies in Ashoknagar district, in the Betwa belt on the old boundary between Malwa and Bundelkhand, and its weavers make the light, glossy, almost transparent Chanderi fabric in cotton, in silk and in the silk and cotton mix for which the town is best known. The fabric is a registered geographical indication, and only weavers of the registered area may sell cloth under the name.
Option B, Guna, is the neighbouring district from which Ashoknagar was carved out, which is why it is the strongest distractor; an older book may still place Chanderi in Guna, but the district today is Ashoknagar. Option C, Shivpuri, and option D, Vidisha, are other districts of the same region, known respectively for the Madhav National Park and for the Sanchi stupa nearby, not for weaving. Fix Chanderi with Ashoknagar and Maheshwar with Khargone as a pair.
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Practice Questions
View allThe Maheshwari saree is woven at Maheshwar, which stands on the bank of which river?
- A.Betwa
- B.Narmada
- C.Tapti
- D.Chambal
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Maheshwar stands on the north bank of the Narmada in Khargone district and was the capital of Ahilyabai Holkar in the eighteenth century.
Read the full explanation →The weaving of the Maheshwari saree is traditionally traced to the patronage of which ruler?
- A.Rani Durgavati
- B.Ahilyabai Holkar
- C.Rani Kamlapati
- D.Begum Shah Jahan of Bhopal
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Ahilyabai Holkar ruled Malwa from Maheshwar in the eighteenth century and is credited with establishing the weaving of the town, bringing in weavers and having borders designed from the carving of the local temples and fort.
Read the full explanation →Bagh print, the block printing done with vegetable dyes, belongs to which district of Madhya Pradesh?
- A.Dhar
- B.Jhabua
- C.Barwani
- D.Khandwa
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Bagh print takes its name from the village of Bagh in Dhar district, where the Khatri families print cotton and silk with hand cut wooden blocks and dye it in vegetable colours, chiefly alizarin from the madder root for red and indigo for blue.
Read the full explanation →Kadaknath, the black meat chicken carrying a GI tag, is associated with which district of Madhya Pradesh?
- A.Jhabua
- B.Dindori
- C.Balaghat
- D.Mandla
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The Kadaknath is a breed of fowl of the Jhabua and Alirajpur tribal belt in western Madhya Pradesh, with dark flesh, dark bones and a very low fat content, and it is reared by the Bhil and Bhilala families of the region.
Read the full explanation →Gond painting, the tribal art of lines and dots, comes chiefly from which region of Madhya Pradesh?
- A.Dindori and Mandla
- B.Jhabua and Dhar
- C.Chanderi and Ashoknagar
- D.Ujjain and Ratlam
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Gond painting belongs to the Gond people of the eastern districts of the state, chiefly Dindori and Mandla, where it began as a decoration of the mud wall and the floor and moved to paper and canvas in the late twentieth century.
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