CBSE - Print Culture and the Modern World

1 Print Culture and the Modern World The production of manuscripts became possible in Europe because :
(1) The Europeans discovered paper
(2) Just like silk and spices, paper reached Europe via the Arab world
(3) Chinese paper reached Europe in the 11th century via the silk route, like silk and spices
(4) All the above

2 Print Culture and the Modern World Taverns were :
(a) Restaurants, where people could eat, drink and be merry
(b) Cheap hotels in towns
(c) Places where people gathered to drink alcohol, to be served food, to meet friends and exchange views
(d) Small buildings in a village for a public meeting

3 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

4 Print Culture and the Modern World The 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

5 Print Culture and the Modern World Lending libraries came into existence in the :
(1) 17th Century
(2) 18th Century
(3) 19th Century
(4) 20th Century

6 Print Culture and the Modern World 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

7 Print Culture and the Modern World Who among following introduced hand printing technology in Japan?
(1) Buddhist Missionaries from India
(2) Buddhist Missionaries from Japan
(3) Buddhist Missionaries from China
(4) None of the above

8 Print Culture and the Modern World Which of the following books reflects the plight of the lower castes and poor in India?
(1) Gulamagiri
(2) Chhote Aur Bade Ka Sawal
(3) Sachchi Kavitayen
(4) All the above

9 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

10 Print Culture and the Modern World The Vernacular Press Act of 1878 was modelled on :
(1) Irish Press Laws
(2) American Press Laws
(3) Chinese Press Laws
(4) German Press Laws