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

Question: The Chinese city that became a new centre of printing technology in the nineteenth century was
a) Beijing
b) Tonkin
c) Shanghai
d) Yenan
Answer: c

Question: Who developed the first known printing press in Strasbourg, Germany?
a) John Shelly
b) John Suleiman
c) Johann Guttenberg
d) John S. Mill
Answer: c

Question: “The Ramcharitmanas” was written by
a) Kambar
b) Thiruvalluva
c) Tulsidas
d) Ved Vyas
Answer: c

Question: The shilling series was introduced in
a) France
b) US
c) England
d) Germany
Answer: c

Question: The “Sacchi Kavitayan” a collection of poems was written by
a) Kailashbashini Debi
b) Kashibaba
c) Ram Chaddha
d) Sudarshan Chakr
Answer: d

Question: The novel “Istri Dharm Vichar” was written by
a) Begum Rokeya Sakhawat
b) Pandita Ramabai
c) Ram Chaddha
d) Tarabai Shinde
Answer: c

Question: The thinker Confucius belonged to the country
a) England
b) America
c) China
d) Japan
Answer: c

Question: The Deoband Seminary was founded in
a) 1865
b) 1866
c) 1867
d) 1868
Answer: c

Question: In Bengal, an entire area in central Calcutta devoted to the printing of popular books was
a) Battala
b) Bagga Bazaar
c) Boroline House
d) Girish Avenue
Answer: a

Question: How many Theses Martin Luther wrote
a) Sixteen
b) Sixty
c) Eighty Nine
d) Ninety Five
Answer: d

Question: Rammohun Roy published the ‘Sambad Kaumudi’ in
a) 1821
b) 1822
c) 1823
d) 1824
Answer: a

Question: ‘Almanacs’ are the
a) astronomical calendars
b) astrological calendars
c) regional calendars
d) ritual calendars
Answer: a, d

Question: The first Indian weekly “Bengal Gazette” was edited by
a) Gangadhar Bhattacharya
b) James Augustus Hickey
c) Rammohun Roy
d) Raja Ravi Varma
Answer: b

Question: Bangalore cotton millworkers set up libraries to educate themselves following the example of
a) Bengal mill workers
b) Bombay mill workers
c) Kanpur mill workers
d) Madras mill workers
Answer: b

Question: The Indian Charivari was a journal of caricature and satire published in the late
a) sixteenth century
b) seventeenth century
c) eighteenth century
d) nineteenth century
Answer: d

Question: Consider the following events related to Print culture and identify the correct chronological response from the options given thereafter :
(a) Buddhist missionaries from China introduced hand printing technology into Japan around 768-770 AD.
(b) Gutenberg perfected the system of Olive Press.
(c) Marco Polo brought wood block printing technology of Italy.
(d) The earliest kind of print technology was developed in China.
(a) b,c,d,a
(b) d,a,c,b
(c) a,c,d,b
(d) b,d,a,c
Answer: b

FILL IN THE BLANKS

Question: The Luxury editions of books were hand written on very expensive ________ .
Answer: Vellum

Question: In France the ________ were low-priced small books printed on poor quality paper with blue cover.
Answer: Biliotheque Bleue

Question: ________ developed the first known printing press in the 1430s.
Answer: Johann Gutenberg

Question: In 1517, the religious reformer ________ wrote ‘Ninety Fie Theses’.
Answer: Martin Luther

Question: The oldest Japanese book printed in AD. 868, is the Buddhist ________ .
Answer: Diamond Sutra

TRUE / FALSE

Question: The Grimm Brothers in France gathered, edited and published short stories collection in 1812.
Answer: False

Question: In the 1920s in England, popular works were sold in cheap series, called the ‘Shilling Series.
Answer: True

Question: Tarabai Shinde and Pandita Ramabai from Tamil Nadu wrote about the miserable lives of upper caste Hindu women, especially widows.
Answer: False

Question: Print popularised the ideas of the Enlightenment thinkers.
Answer: True

Question: The first Indian newspaper to be published was Bengal Gazette.
Answer: True