RAS question
Ghaghra-Choli-Odhni is the traditional dress of:
Correct answer: (D) Rajasthani women.
Ghaghra-Choli-Odhni is the traditional three-piece dress of Rajasthani women.
Explanation
Ghaghra-Choli-Odhni refers to the standard traditional outfit associated with Rajasthani women. The ghaghra is a full-length skirt, often embroidered and made in varied colours, prints and fabrics. The choli is the blouse worn with it, and the odhni completes the outfit as a long scarf or veil used to cover the head. Travel.Earth places this combination under the section on traditional attire for Rajasthani women and separately lists men's traditional dress as dhoti with angarkha or kurta-pyjamas and pagdi. That distinction is the key to the MCQ: the item is asking for the wearer of the complete ghaghra-choli-odhni set, not for a generic Rajasthani garment.
Why the other options are wrong
- (A) Children are not identified with this three-piece outfit; ghaghra, choli and odhni are assigned to women's traditional attire.
- (B) Priests are not linked to ghaghra-choli-odhni; the outfit is women's dress, not occupational or ritual clothing.
- (C) Rajasthani men are associated with dhoti, angarkha or kurta-pyjamas, and pagdi, so ghaghra-choli-odhni does not match men's traditional attire.
Concept
This tests Rajasthan art and culture through traditional dress terminology, a recurring RAS area because costume, folk performance and regional identity are often asked as direct factual associations. The contrast between women's and men's attire is the core recall point.