Clothing Choices & Care is one of 8 topics in the Grade 10 Consumer Studies CAPS syllabus, covered across 3 lessons on Study Vault. Below are real practice questions from this topic with full worked answers.
Sample practice questions
Easy
1. Which reason for wearing clothes refers to shielding the body from weather and physical hazards?
Protection
Status
Fashion
Aesthetics
Answer: Protection — Protection is one of the most basic reasons for wearing clothes, shielding the body from weather and physical hazards.
Easy
2. A young adult wears a well-known, expensive clothing brand specifically to signal wealth or belonging to a certain social group. Which reason for wearing clothes does this best represent?
Status
Protection
Only practicality, with no social meaning at all
None of the listed reasons apply to branded clothing
Answer: Status — Status refers to clothing worn to signal social position, wealth, or belonging to a particular group, which matches wearing an expensive, well-known brand for this purpose.
Medium
3. Name the factor that refers to a young adult prioritising fitting in with their friend group's clothing norms, sometimes over practicality or affordability.
Answer: peer preferences — Peer preferences exert strong influence during adolescence and young adulthood, sometimes leading young adults to prioritise fitting in over practicality or affordability.
