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CBSE - Print Culture and the Modern World
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Practice Question
Print Culture and the Modern World
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Print Culture and the Modern World
The term Galley refers to
(a) A corridor or long passage where family portraits are hung
(b) A metal frame in which types are laid and the text composed
(c) A long, low built ship with one deck, propelled by oars and sails
(d) A scarecrow
Correct Answer: 2
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Related Questions
Print Culture and the Modern World
1
Which statement given below is not an explanation of the art form called Ukiyo?
(1) Ukiyo means pictures of the floating world or depiction
(2) Artists first draw the themes on paper, then a skilled wood-carver pastes the drawing on a wooden block
(3) He then carves a printing block to reproduce the painters lines
(4) The original drawing is then preserved in the libraries
Correct Answer: 4
2
The Print Revolution transformed the lives of people by :
(a) Changing their relationship to information and knowledge; with institutions and authorities
(b) By producing cheaper books and producing them at a fast rate
(c) Influencing popular perceptions and opening new way of looking at things
(d) Both
(b) and
(c)
Correct Answer: 4
3
Who among the following brought the technology of wood block printing to Europe?
(1) Johann Gutenberg
(2) Marco Polo
(3) Richard M Hoe
(4) None of the above
Correct Answer: 2
4
Children became an important category of readers in the 19th century, mainly because :
(a) Primary education became compulsory and production of school textbooks became essential for publishing industry
(b) A childrens press devoted to literature for children was set up in France in 1857
(c) Grimm Brothers in Germany published fairytales for children in 1812
(d) Anything vulgar was not published in childrens books
Correct Answer: 1
5
Print culture, according to many historians, made people critical and rational because :
(a) Enlightened thinkers argued for the rule of reason rather than custom, judging everything with reasons
(b) The thinkers attacked sacred authority of the Church and despotism of the State
(c) People who read the ideas of Voltaire and Rousseau saw the world through different eyes
(d) All of these
Correct Answer: 4
