Print culture and Modern world

Class 10 CBSE
MCQ test
1. Who was Marcopolo?
(a) German scientist
(b) English philosopher
(c) Spanish explorer
(d) Italian traveller/explorer

2. Bengal Gazette was :

(a) A weekly magazine, first to be edited by an Indian
(b) A weekly English magazine edited by James Hickey from 1780, described as a commercial paper open
to all, influenced by none
(c) First English magazine brought out by Raja Rammohun Roy
(d) A weekly magazine, edited by James Hickey from 1780 in English

3. Which problem has been raised in Gulamgiri?

(a) The injustices of caste system
(b) Excessive drinking among the poor
(c) The miserable lives of upper-caste Hindu women
(d) Widow immolation

4. The earliest kind of print technology was developed in :

(a) Japan and Korea
(b) India, Japan and Korea
(c) China, Japan and Korea
(d) India, China and Arabia

5. Who wrote about the injustices of the caste system in ‘Gulamgiri’? [CBSE 2011]
(a) Raja Rammohan Roy
(b) Jyotiba Phule
(c) Balgangadhar Tilak
(d) Bankim Chandra Chattopadhyay

6. Which of the following statements does not support the view of some historians that Print Culture was
the basis for the French Revolution?
(a) Print culture led to the spread of ideas of enlightened thinkers and encouraged questioning, critical
reasoning and rule of reason rather than tradition
(b) It led to a public culture of debate, discussion, new ideas of social revolution
(c) Print did not directly shape the people’s minds but opened up the possibility of thinking differently
(d) It aroused hostility against monarchy, its mentality and mocked it

7. The Bengal Gazette was edited by

(a) Gangadhar Bhattacharya
(b) Raja Rammohun Roy
(c) James Augustus Hickey
(d) Richard M. Hoe

8. The term ‘Calligraphy’ means :

(a) The art of beautiful printing
(b) The art of beautiful and stylised writing
(c) The art of beautiful handprinting
(d) The art of printing an ‘accordion book’

9. Which of the following refers to print revolution?

(a) Invention of printing press
(b) Shift from hand printing to mechanical printing
(c) Revolt of people against printed matters
(d) Handwritten manuscripts for printed books

10. The contribution of Grimm Brothers of Germany to children’s literature was :

(a) Publishing stories for them
(b) Spending years on compiling traditional folktales gathered from peasants, editing and publishing them
as a collection in 1812
(c) Having a new shape to rural folktales
(d) All the above

11. The earliest kind of print technology was developed in China, Japan and
(a) Korea
(b) France
(c) India
(d) England

12. The first to use wood-block printing in Europe were :

(a) The French
(b) The Spaniards
(c) The Italians
(d) The Germans

13. Aim of Protestant Reformation was to:

(a) reform religion
(b) reform the Catholic church
(c) reform Jewish religion
(d) to protest against all reform

14.The book, ‘Chote Aur Bade Ka Sawal’ talked about

(a) the link between caste and class exploitation
(b) the injustices of the caste system
(c) restrictions on the vernacular press
(d) ill treatment of widows

15. Who said, “Printing is the ultimate gift of God and the greatest one.”?
(a) Charles Dickens
(b) Louise-Sebastien Mercier
(c) Mahatma Gandhi
(d) Martin Luther

16. Why was James Augustus Hickey persecuted by Governor General Warren Hastings?
(a) For poor editing of Bengal Gazette
(b) For publishing a lot of gossip about company’s Senior Official
(c) For publishing substandard material
(d) None of these
17. The printing press was first introduced in India by which one of the following?
(a) East India Company officials
(b) Indian reformers
(c) Protuguese missionaries
(d) Arabic traders

18. Diomond Sultra is the oldest printed book of

(a) Korea
(b) India
(c) Japan
(d) China

19. By whom was ‘Sambad Kaumudi’ published in 1821?

(a) Iswer Chandra Vidyasagar
(b) C.R. Das
(c) Raja Rammohun Roy
(d) Swami Vivekanand

20. Which one among the following is an ancient name of Tokyo?

(a) Osaka
(b) Nagano
(c) Edo
(d) Gifu

21. Penny magazines were especially meant for

(a) children
(b) factory workers
(c) women
(d) elite class

22. In ancient India which of the following material was used for writing manuscripts?
(a) Parchments
(b) Vellum
(c) Palm leaves
(d) Paper

23. Which of the following is the correct meaning of ‘Biliotheque Bleue’?

(a) An author
(b) Low price small books
(c) Monuments
(d) None of these

24. What made Governor-General Warren Hastings persecute James Hickey who edited the Bengal
Gazette?
(a) He published articles supporting Indian nationalist leaders.
(b) He published advertisements related to import and sale of slaves.
(c) He published anti-religious articles.
(d) He published gossip about senior East India Company officials.

25. The main theme of the book ‘Chhote aur Bade Ka Sawal’ written by Kashibaba, a Kanpur mill
worker, was:
(a) The life of the elite upper castes.
(b) The link between caste and class exploitation.
(c) Restrictions on the Vernacular Press.
(d) Injustices of the caste system.

26. What were low priced small books printed on poor quality paper and bound in cheap blue covers
called in France?
(a) Chapbooks
(b) Almanacs
(c) Bibliotheque Bleue
(d) Ballads

27. Which one of the following is the oldest Japanese book?

(a) Sutta Pitaka
(b) Diamond Sutra
(c) Mahavamsa
(d) Dipavamsa

28. Which religious reformer was responsible for the Protestant Reformation?
(a) Martin Luther
(b) George Elliot
(c) Maxim Gorky
(d) Martin Luther King

29. The production of manuscripts became possible in Europe because :

(a) The Europeans discovered paper
(b) Just like silk and spices, paper reached Europe via the Arab world
(c) Chinese paper reached Europe in the 11th century via the silk route, like silk and spices
(d) All the above

30. The reformation movement was launched against the corrupt practices of which of the following
group?
(a) Feudal Lords
(b) Protestant Church
(c) Catholic Church
(d) Absolute rulers

31. Which of the following books reflects the plight of the ‘lower castes’ and poor in India?
(a) Gulamagiri
(b) Chhote Aur Bade Ka Sawal
(c) Sachchi Kavitayen
(d) All the above|

32. Why was the Vernacular Press Act passed by the British Government in India?
(a) The Vernacular Act was passed to promote vernacular languages.
(b) The Vernacular Act was passed by the British government to put some check on vernacular
newspapers which had become assertively nationalist.
(c) The Vernacular Act was passed to please the Indians who wanted to promote Indian languages.
(d) The Vernacular Act was passed to consolidate British rule in India.
33. Who among the following was not a women novelist?
(a) Jane Austen
(b) Bronte Sisters
(c) George Eliot
(d) Maxim Gorky

34. Which of the following is an Enlightened thinker whose writings are said to have created conditions
for a revolution in France?
(a) Louise Sebastian Mercier
(b) Rousseau
(c) Mennochio
(d) Gutenberg

35. Who was the first to use wood-block printing?

(a) Indian
(b) French
(c) Spaniards
(d) None of these

36. Name the country which remained the major producer of printed material for a long time:
(a) The Imperial State of China
(b) Germany
(c) Korea
(d) Japan.

37. The Vernacular Press Act of 1878 was modelled on:

(a) Irish Press Laws
(b) American Press Laws
(c) Chinese Press Laws
(d) German Press Laws

38. What do you mean by the term ‘Calligraph’?

(a) The art of beautiful printing
(b) The art of beautiful hand printing
(c) The art of beautiful and stylised writing
(d) None of these

39. The term ‘Compositor’ means :

(a) A person who composes poems
(b) A person who composes lyrics and songs for a play
(c) A person who composes music
(d) A person who composes the text for printing

40. “Printing is the ultimate gift of God and the greatest one.” Who spoke these words?
(a) Johann Gutenberg
(b) New Comen
(c) Mahatma Gandhi
(d) Martin Luther

41.The Chinese paper reached Europe through

(a) Silk Route
(b) Sea route
(c) Buddhist missionaries
(d) Merchants

42. Which one of the following statements is true?

(a) A children press, devoted to literature for children alone, was set up in France in 1757
(b) Penny magazines were especially meant for men
(c) Lending libraries had been in existence from the seventeenth century
(d) None of the above

43. Who was known for an art form called ukiyo?

(a) Chinz ho
(b) Kitagawa Utamaro
(c) Gutenberg
(d) None of these

44. What was the first book printed by Gutenberg?

(a) Bible
(b) Ramayana
(c) Chapbook
(d) None of these

45. Which of the following was not a reason for the limited popularity of handwritten manuscripts in
Europe:
(a) Manuscripts were fragile.
(b) They were awkward to handle and could I not be carried around easily.
(c) The content of manuscripts was rebellious and seditious.
(d) Copying manuscripts was expensive and time-consuming.

46. In which among the following countries was the earliest kind of print technology developed?
(a) India
(b) England
(c) France
(d) China

47. Which is not an innovation of the 20th century?

(a) Cheap paperback editions
(b) The dust cover
(c) Important novels were serialised
(d) None of these

48. What was Protestant Reformation?

(a) A challenge to the authority of Rome
(b) Movement to reform the Catholic Church
(c) A new religion
(d) None of these

49. Which one among the following is an autobiography of Rashsundari Devi?

(a) Amar Jiban
(b) Amar Jyoti
(c) Amar Jawan
(d) Amar Zindagi

50. Who among the following did not write about the caste system?
(a) E. V.. Ramaswamy Naicker
(b) Ram Chaddha
(c) B. R. Ambedkar
(d) Jyotiba Phule