Print Culture and the Modern World MCQ in English Class 10th History Book-India and the Contemporary World-II Chapter-5 Chapter Wise MCQ
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Who was Marcopolo?
A. German scientist
B. English philosopher
C. Spanish explorers
D. Italian traveler/explorer
Was it Bengal Gazette?
A. A weekly magazine, which was the first to be edited by an Indian
B. a weekly English journal edited by James Hickey from 1780, described as a commercial paper open to all, influenced by none
C. The first English magazine published by Raja Ram Mohan Roy
D. a weekly magazine edited by James Hickey in English since 1780
What problem has been raised in Gulamgiri?
A. Injustice of caste system
B. Excessive drinking among the poor
C. The miserable life of upper caste Hindu women
D. Widow sacrifice
Where was the printing technology first developed:
A. Japan and Korea
B. India, Japan and Korea
C. China, Japan, and Korea
D. India, China and Arabia
Why did Governor General Warren Hastings persecute James Hickey, the editor of the Bengal Gazette?
A. He published articles in support of Indian nationalist leaders.
B. They published advertisements relating to the importation and sale of slaves.
C. He published anti-religious writings.
D. He published gossip about senior officials of the East India Company
What was the main theme of the book 'Chhote aur Bade ka Sawaal' written by Kashibaba, a mill worker of Kanpur?
A. Life of the elite upper castes.
B. The link between caste and class exploitation.
C. Restrictions on the vernacular press.
D. The injustice of the caste system.
What were cheap small books printed on poor quality paper and bound in cheap blue covers called in France?
A. Chapbook
B. Panchang
C. Bibliotheque Bleue
D. Ballad
Which of the following is the oldest Japanese book?
A. Sutta Pitaka
B. Diamond Sutra
C. Mahavansha
D. Deepvansh
Which religious reformer was responsible for the Protestant Reformation?
A. Martin Luther
B. George Eliot
C. Maxim Gorky
D. Martin Luther King
The production of manuscripts became possible in Europe because:
A. Europeans discovered paper
B. Like silk and spices, paper reached Europe through the Arab world
C. Chinese paper, like silk and spices, reached Europe in the 11th century via the Silk Route
D. ALL OF THE ABOVE
The reform movement was launched against the corrupt practices of which of the following groups?
A. Feudal lord
B. Protestant Church
C. Catholic Church
D. Autocratic ruler
Which of the following books depicts the plight of the 'low castes' and the poor in India?
A. Slavery
B. The question of small and big
C. True poems
D. All of the above
Why was the Vernacular Press Act passed by the British Government in India?
A. Vernacular Act was passed to promote local languages.
B. The Vernacular Act was passed by the British government to impose some control on vernacular newspapers which had become strongly nationalistic.
C. The Vernacular Act was passed to please Indians who wanted to promote Indian languages.
D. Vernacular Act was passed to strengthen the British rule in India.
Who among the following was not a woman novelist?
A. Jane Austen
B. Bronte Sisters
C. George Eliot
D. Maxim Gorky
Who among the following is an Enlightenment thinker whose writings are said to have created the conditions for the Revolution in France?
A. Louis Sebastian Mercier
B. Rousseau
C. Menocchio
D. Gutenberg
Who was the first person to use wood block printing?
A. Indian
B. French
C. Spanish
D. None of these
Name the country which has been the leading producer of printed material for a long time
A. Imperial State of China
B. Germany
C. Korea
D. Japan.
The Vernacular Press Act of 1878 was based on
A. Irish Press Law
B. American Press Law
C.Chinese Press Law
D. German Press Law
What do you understand by the term 'calligraphy'?
A. The art of beautiful printing
B. Beautiful hand printing art
C. The art of beautiful and stylized writing
D. None of these
The word 'compositor' means
A. The person who writes poems
B. The person who writes songs and lyrics for the drama
C. The person who composes music
D. A person who composes text for printing
“Printing is the best and greatest gift of God.” Who said these words?
A. Johann Gutenberg
B. New Common
C. Mahatma Gandhi
D. Martin Luther
Through whom did Chinese paper reach Europe?
A. Silk Route
B. Sea route
C. Buddhist missionaries
D. Through traders
Which of the following statements is true?
A.A Children's Press dedicated solely to children's literature was established in France in 1757.
B.Penny magazines were exclusively for men.
C.Lending libraries had been in existence since the seventeenth century.
D.None of the above
Who was known for the art called Ukiyo?
A. be chinz
B. Kitagawa Utamaro
C. Gutenberg
D. None of these
What was the first book printed by Gutenberg?
A. Bible
B. Ramayana
C. Chapbook
D. None of these
Which of the following was not a reason for the limited popularity of handwritten manuscripts in Europe
A. The manuscripts were fragile.
B. They were difficult to handle and could not be moved around easily.
C. The contents of the manuscripts were rebellious and seditious.
D. Copying manuscripts was expensive and time consuming.
In which of the following countries the printing technology was first developed?
A.India
B. England
C. France
D.China
Which is not an innovation of the 20th century?
A. Cheap paperback editions
B.Dust cover
C. Important novels were published serially
D. None of these
What Was the Protestant Reformation?
A. Challenge to the power of Rome
B. Movement for reform in the Catholic Church
C. a new religion
D. None of these
Which of the following is the autobiography of Raasundari Devi?
A. Immortal life
B. Immortal Light
C. Amar Jawan
D. immortal life
Who among the following did not write about the caste system?
A. E.V. Ramaswamy Naicker
B. Ram Chaddha
C. B.R. Ambedkar
D. Jyotirao Phule
Which of the following statements about manuscripts are true?
A. The manuscripts were easy to read.
B. Manuscripts were easy to carry.
C. The manuscripts were not fragile.
D. None of the above
By the early fifteenth century, woodblocks were being widely used in Europe.
A. Printing of textiles
B. Playing cards
C. Create religious images with simple, concise text
D. ALL OF THE ABOVE
Johann Gutenberg developed the first known printing press in the 1430s in Strasbourg, located in __.
A. Great Britain.
B. Germany
C.USA
D. France
____ is a metal frame in which type is placed and text is written.
A. Compositor
B. galley
C. Plates
D. None of the above
Which of the following was a result of the invention of the printing press?
A. The time and labor required to produce each book decreased
B. Printing reduced the cost of books
C. None of the above
D. Both (1) and (2)
Who was Lakshminath Bezbarua?
A. A senior writer of modern Assamese literature
B. Musicians of ancient times
C. He was a revolutionary
D. None of these
The popular Assamese song "O Mor Apunar Desh" is written by whom?
A. Jhansi Laxmi Bai
B. Mother Teresa
C. Lakshminath Bezbaruah
D. Martin Luther
Who has written the autobiography "Amar Jiban Naam"?
A. Rashsundari Devi
B. Jyotiba Phule
C. Begum Rukaiya Shekhawat Hussain
D. Kailash Basni Devi
When was the autobiography of Rashsundari Devi published?
A.1874
B.1875
C.1876
D.1878
The first complete autobiography published in Bengal was in which language?
A. Bengali language
B. Marathi language
C. Hindi language
D. Assamese language
Which women wrote passionately and daily about the pitiable conditions of upper caste women in Maharashtra in the 1880s?
A. Tarabai Shinde
B. Pandita Ramabai
C. Jyotiba Phule
D. (1) and (2 )
When were the two Persian newspapers "Jam-e Jahan-nama" and "Shamsul Akhbar" published?
A.1882
B.1883
C.1884
D.1885
Who published Samvad Kaumudi?
A. Ram Mohan Roy
B. Jawaharlal Nehru
C. Bal Gangadhar Tilak
D. Mahatma Gandhi
When and where was the first printed edition of Ramcharitmanas published?
A. From Kolkata in 1810
B. From Bengal in 1810
C. from Kolkata in 1812
D. from Bengal in 1812
Q- Where was Penny Magazine published?
A. Britain
B. America
C. England
D.Japan
For which classes was the Penny Magazine meant?
A. For the working class
B. for the elite
C. For women
D. For the farmer class
In 1857 a press was established in France to print which type of book?
A. Children's book
B. Book for a teenager
C. Entertainment book
D. religious book
What is a writing surface made of parchment or animal leather called?
A. Diamond
B. Tripitaka
C. Vellum
D. None of these
In which year was Korea's Jikji Movable Metal Type inscribed in the Memory of the World Register?
A.2001
B.2002
C.2003
D.2004
What is meant by Platane?
A. The type was printed by pressing it on the back of the paper
B. Earlier this board was made of wood but later it started being made of steel
C. Platen was a board in letter press printing
D. ALL OF THE ABOVE
How many copies of Europe's first printed book, the Bible, were printed?
A.150
B.160
C.180
D.200
What is Panchang?
A. It was a pocket book
B. An annual publication that gives important information about the movement of the moon and the sun, the timing of the tides and many other things related to people's daily lives.
C. was a book of moral stories
D. None of these
In which year did Jyotiba Phule write his book Gulamgiri?
