DELHI PUBLIC SCHOOL-BOPAL,AHMEDABAD
CLASS-X
LESSON-5(H) ASSIGNMENT FOR LEVEL 1
General Instructions:
a) Q1 to Q4 carrying 1 marks each.
b) Q5 to Q7 carrying 3 marks each.
c) Q8 is a case based question carrying 4 marks.
d) Q9 to Q10 carrying 5 marks each.
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MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTIONS:
1. In the _____ century, Chinese papers reached Europe through silk route. 1
a) Tenth
b) Ninth
c) Eleventh
d) Eighth
2. Correct the following statement and rewrite: 1
The second half of fourteenth century saw 20 million copies of printed books flooding the
markets in Europe.
3. Assertion and Reason: 1
Read the statements and chose the correct option:
Assertion (A): Booksellers employed pedlars who roamed around villages, carrying little
books for sale.
Reason (R): The periodical press developed from the early eighteenth century.
Options:
a. Both A and R are true and R is the correct explanation of A.
b. Both A and R are true but R is not the correct explanation of A.
c. A is correct but R is wrong.
d. A is wrong but R is correct.
4. Which of the following press was located in Lucknow? 1
a) Shri Venkateshwar Press
b) Naval Kishore Press
c) Shree Gitarani Press
d) Hari Verma Press
Q5. State the merits and demerits of manuscripts. 3
Q6. Define Calligraphy. Why did the imperial China produce huge amount of printed
material? 3
Q7. What do you know about lending library in Europe? 3
Q8. Read the extract given below and answer the following questions: 4
From 1780, James Augustus Hickey began to edit the Bengal Gazette, a weekly magazine
that described itself as ‘a commercial paper open to all, but influenced by none’. So it was
private English enterprise, proud of its independence from colonial influence, that began
English printing in India. Hickey published a lot of advertisements, including those that
related to the import and sale of slaves. But he also published a lot of gossip about the
Company’s senior officials in India. Enraged by this, Governor-General Warren Hastings
persecuted Hickey, and encouraged the publication of officially sanctioned newspapers that
could counter the flow of information that damaged the image of the colonial government. By
the close of the eighteenth century, a number of newspapers and journals appeared in print.
There were Indians, too, who began to publish Indian newspapers. The first to appear was the
weekly Bengal Gazette, brought out by Gangadhar Bhattacharya, who was close to
Rammohun Roy.
8.1Name the first weekly magazine published in India and in which year. 1
8.2 What was the content of the magazine? 1
8.3 Why did the colonial government decide to publish their own newspaper? 2
Q9.What is print revolution? “If earlier there was a hearing public, now a reading public
came into being.” Discuss. 5
Q10. Discuss varieties of inventions developed in the printing technology. 5
DELHI PUBLIC SCHOOL-BOPAL,AHMEDABAD
CLASS-X
LESSON-5(H) ASSIGNMENT FOR LEVEL 2
General Instructions:
a) Q1 to Q3 carrying 1 marks each.
b) Q4 to Q7 carrying 3 marks each.
c) Q8 to Q10 carrying 5 marks each.
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MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTIONS:
1.In ______ in England, popular works were sold in cheap series, called the Shilling Series. 1
a) 1930
b) 1920
c) 1900
d) 1910
2. Correct the following statement and rewrite: 1
Ballads are the scientific information, usually sung or recited.
3. Assertion and Reason: 1
Read the statements and chose the correct option:
Assertion (A): By 1877, caricatures and cartoons were being published in journals and
newspapers, commenting on social and political issues.
Reason (R): The printing press first came to Goa with Portuguese missionaries.
Options:
a. Both A and R are true and R is the correct explanation of A.
b. Both A and R are true but R is not the correct explanation of A.
c. A is correct but R is wrong.
d. A is wrong but R is correct.
Q4.How did the Muslim communities try to popularize print among themselves? 3
Q5. Why did the Roman Catholic Church maintain Index of Prohibited Books? 3
Q6. How did booksellers all over Europe increase their business? 3
Q7. Write a note on urban culture in Edo. 3
Q8. Illustrate the varieties of printed materials available in Europe. 5
Q9. Discuss the arguments related to French Revolution and Print Culture. 5
Q10. Mention the contribution of women writers in India. 5
DELHI PUBLIC SCHOOL-BOPAL,AHMEDABAD
CLASS-X
LESSON-5(H) ASSIGNMENT FOR LEVEL 3
General Instructions:
a)Q1 to Q3 carrying 1 marks each.
b) Q4 to Q7 carrying 3 marks each.
c) Q8 to Q10 carrying 5 marks each.
_________________________________________________________________________
MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTIONS:
1. Rashsundari Debi wrote her autobiography Amar Jiban and published in____. 1
a) 1876
b) 1887
c) 1875
d) 1891
2. Correct the following statement and rewrite: 1
Before 1788, the colonial state under the East India Company was not too concerned with
censorship.
3. Assertion and Reason: 1
Read the statements and chose the correct option:
Assertion (A): In Bengal, an entire area in central Calcutta-the Batala- was devoted to the
printing of popular books.
Reason (R): Ramcharitmanas of Tulsidas, a sixteenth –century text came out from Bombay
in 1810.
Options:
a. Both A and R are true and R is the correct explanation of A.
b. Both A and R are true but R is not the correct explanation of A.
c. A is correct but R is wrong.
d. A is wrong but R is correct.
Q4. Write a short note on Vernacular Press Act. 3
Q5.How did the Hindu communities use print media to highlight social and religious issues?3
Q6. What do you know about Martin Luther contribution for religious reforms? 3
Q7. How did Europe get the knowledge of print technology? 3
Q8. Illustrate the contribution of Gutenberg in printing technology and its impact on the
world. 5
Q9. How did print technology contribute on children, women and workers in Europe? 5
Q10. Print technology impact on poor people, workers and social reformers in India.
Discuss.5
