CBSE - Print Culture and the Modern World

1 Print Culture and the Modern World The contribution of Grimm Brothers of Germany to childrens 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

2 Print Culture and the Modern World Which of the following was the first book printed by Gutenberg?
(a) The Diamond Sutra
(b) Chapbook
(c) Grimms fairytales
(d) The Bible

3 Print Culture and the Modern World Who was Kitagawa Utamaro and why is he famous?
(1) A famous Japanese artist, famous for his prints
(2) A Japanese artist, famous for his art form Ukiyo
(3) A Japanese artist who influenced European artists like Manet, Monet and Van Gogh
(4) A Japanese artist born in Edo in 1753, famous for his contribution to an art form called Ukiyo which influenced European artists like Manet, Monet and Van

4 Print Culture and the Modern World Choose the name of the oldest printed book of Japan.
(1) Diamond Sutra
(2) Bible
© Ukiyo
(d) Koran
Ans.
(a)
Q.49. In which among the following countries was the earliest kind of print technology developed?
(a) India
(b) England
© France
(d) China

5 Print Culture and the Modern World The term Calligraph means :
(1) The art of beautiful printing
(2) The art of beautiful and stylised writing
(3) The art of beautiful handprinting
(4) The art of printing an accordion book

6 Print Culture and the Modern World  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

7 Print Culture and the Modern World In which year, printing in Hindi began and what was its main concern?
(a) Hindi printing began from the 1870s, a large segment was devoted to womens education, widow remarriage and the national movement
(b) Hindi printing began from the 1870s and their main concern was women-related issues
(c) Hindi printing began from 1900 and was devoted to education of women
(d) Printing in Hindi began in the early 20th century and its main concern was religious reform

8 Print Culture and the Modern World 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

9 Print Culture and the Modern World  Paperback editions of books were introduced during
(1) the First World War
(2) the Second World War
(3) the Russian Revolution
(4) the onset of the Great Depression

10 Print Culture and the Modern World Tremble, therefore, tyrants of the world! Tremble before the virtual writer. Whose words are these and what warning is given through them?
(a) Mercier, a French novelist of 18th century, who believed that printing press is so powerful that it would sweep despotism away
(b) Louise Sebastien Mercier, a novelist of the 18th century England, who gave this warning to despots
(c) Mercier, an American novelist of the 18th century, who believed in the power of print and warned against despotism
(d) A French novelist Mercier (19th century), who believed in the power of print