CBSE - Print Culture and the Modern World

1 Print Culture and the Modern World Who among the following perfected the power drivers cylindrical press?
(1) James Watt
(2) Newcomen
(3) George Eliot
(4) Richard M Hoe

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 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

4 Print Culture and the Modern World  When did the printing press first came to Goa with Portuguese missionaries?
(1) Mid-eighteenth century
(2) Mid-seventeenth century
(3) Mid-sixteenth century
(4) Mid-fifteenth century

5 Print Culture and the Modern World Through the 19th century, series of innovations in printing technology were :
(a) Richard M. Hoe of New York perfected power-driven cylindrical press capable of printing


8,000 sheets per hour
(b) Six colours at a time could be printed by the offset press
(c) Methods of feeding paper improved, quality of plates became better, automatic paper reels and photo-electric controls of colour register were introduced
(d) Both
(a) and
(b)

6 Print Culture and the Modern World The first weekly paper published in India was
(1) Bombay Samachar
(2) Bengal Gazette
(3) Shamsul Akbar
(4) Samachar Chandika

7 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

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 Which of the following was a book showing links between caste and class exploitation?
(a) Ghulamgiri
(b) Amar Jiban
(c) Istri Dharm Vichar
(d) Chhote Aur Bade Ka Sawal

10 Print Culture and the Modern World Which of the following statement is true in the light of Vernacular Press Act 1878?
(1) It gave freedom to Vernacular press
(2) It gave financial assistance to Vernacular press
(3) It provided rights to government to censor reports and editorials in the Vernacular press
(4) None of the above