CBSE Class 10 Social Science Print Culture and Modern World MCQs Set C

Question: Who wrote ‘My Childhood My University’?
a) Thomas Wood
b) Maxim Gorky
c) George Eliot
d) Jane Austen
Answer: b

Question: Who introduced hand-printing technology into Japan around AD 768-770?
a) Chinese travelers
b) Chinese scholars
c) Buddhist missionaries from China
d) Chinese teachers
Answer: c

Question: 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.
Answer: b

Question: Who said, “Printing is the ultimate gift of God and the greatest one”?
a) Charles Dickens
b) J. V. Schley
c) Mahatma Gandhi
d) Martin Luther
Answer: d

Question: How were the books in China printed?
a) Printing by seals
b) By rubbing paper against the inked surface of woodblocks
c) Machine printing
d) Rust printing
Answer: b

Question: The first autobiography ‘Amar Jiban’ in 1876 in Bengali language was written by
a) Bibi Fatima
b) Pandita Ramabai
c) Kumardevi
d) Rashsundari Debi
Answer: a

Question: 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
Answer: c

Question: What was Gutenberg’s first printed book?
a) Ballads
b) Dictionary
c) Bible
d) None of the options
Answer: c

Question: In 1295, Marco Polo returned to Italy after many years of exploration in China. What knowledge did he carry back with him?
a) How to make paper
b) Art of calligraphy
c) The technology of woodblock printing
d) Visual printing
Answer: c

Question: By whom was ‘Sambad Kaumudi’ published in 1821?
a) Ishwar Chandra Vidyasagar
b) C.R. Das
c) Raja Rammohun Roy
d) Swami Vivekanand
Answer: c

Question: The first printed edition of the Ramcharitmanas of Tulsidas came out from Calcutta in the year
a) 1810
b) 1813
c) 1816
d) 1817
Answer: c

Question: 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 not be carried around easily.
c) The content of manuscripts was rebellious and seditious.
d) Copying manuscripts was expensive and time-consuming.
Answer: c

Question: Who wrote 95 Theses?
a) Martin Luther
b) Johann Gutenberg
c) J. V. Schley
d) Charles Dickens
Answer: a

Question: 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
Answer: b

Question: How did the candidates prepare for this examination?
a) Studying textbooks printed for the preparation of this exam
b) Tutorials through teachers
c) Self research
d) Home tutoring
Answer: a

Question: The term ‘Vellum’ refers to the
a) Paper made from wood
b) Parchment made from the skin of animals
c) Parchment made of leaves
d) Wood-pulp material
Answer: d

Question: Not everyone welcomed the printed book. There was widespread criticism. What could have been the reason?
a) It was feared that if there was no control over what was printed and read, then rebellious and irreligious thoughts might spread.
b) Books will corrupt the minds of young readers.
c) It will divide the society into intellectuals and non-intellectuals.
d) Time will be wasted in reading books and it will hamper the work of daily life.
Answer: a

Question: Complete the sentence with one out of the following words: The Chinese paper reached Europe through
a) Silk Route
b) Sea route
c) Buddhist missionaries
d) Merchants
Answer: a

Question: In the twentieth century, B.R. Ambedkar, the great leader of the Dalit community, wrote against the caste system from
a) Gujarat
b) Madras
c) Madhya Pradesh
d) Maharashtra
Answer: a

Question: Criticizing many of the practices and rituals of the Roman Catholic Church, in 1517 the religious reformer Martin Luther wrote
a) Sixty Five Theses
b) Seventy Five Theses
c) Eighty Five Theses
d) Ninety Five Theses
Answer: d 

Question: Who was Kitagawa Utamaro?
a) A Japanese artist
b) An Indian artist
c) A Korean artist
d) None of the options
Answer: a

Question: Diomond Sutra is the oldest printed book of
a) Korea
b) India
c) Japan
d) China
Answer: c

Question: Which was the first publication that Gutenberg printed?
a) Political articles
b) Bible
c) Newspapers
d) Travel stories
Answer: b

Question: What is Heretical?
a) Beliefs which do not follow the accepted teachings of the Church
b) Self-made religious beliefs
c) Foreign accepted religious beliefs
d) Accepted teachings of the Church
Answer: a

Question: ‘The printing press is the most powerful engine of progress and public opinion is the force that will sweep despotism away.’ Who said these words?
a) Manocchio
b) Louise Sebastien Mercier
c) Martin Luther
d) Erasmus
Answer: b

Question: 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 the options
Answer: c

Question: Who invented the first known printing press and where?
a) Henry Ford, USA
b) Leo Tolstoy, Russia
c) Sir Henry Morton Stanley, America
d) Johann Gutenberg, Germany
Answer: d

Match the Following

Question: Match the following terms of column ‘A’ with suitable options from column ‘B’ :
     Column ‘A’                                  Column ‘B’
(a) Vellum                                    (i) A great reformer of Germany.
(b) Calligraphy                            (ii) Published Sambad Kaumudi in the year 1821.
(c) Martin Luther                         (iii) The art of beautiful and stylish writing.
(d) Bal Gangadhar Tilak             (iv) A great Indian freedom fighter.
(e) Ram Mohan Roy                   (v) A parchment made from the skin of animals.
(A) (a)-(ii), (b)-(iii), (c)-(i), (d)-(iv), (e)-(v)
(B) (a)-(v), (b)-(i), (c)-(iii), (d)-(iv), (e)-(ii)
(C) (a)-(v), (b)-(iii), (c)-(i), (d)-(iv), (e)-(ii)
(D) (a)-(v), (b)-(iii), (c)-(i), (d)-(ii), (e)-(iv)
Answer: c