Multiple Choice Questions
HISTORY - Print Culture and the Modern World
Practice Questions with Answers
Total 109 questions available
Q. 1
What was the common belief about books in the mid-eighteenth century?
A
Books were a source of entertainmentB
Books were a means of spreading progress and enlightenmentC
Books were irrelevant to societal progressD
Books were tools of oppressionClick an option to check your answer
Q. 2
According to Louis-Sebastien Mercier, what did he consider the printing press to be?
A
A source of entertainmentB
A tool of despotismC
A medium for tyrannyD
A powerful engine of progressClick an option to check your answer
Q. 3
How did heroes in Mercier's novels transform?
A
By acts of reading and becoming enlightenedB
By avoiding readingC
By ignoring booksD
By criticizing printed materialClick an option to check your answer
Q. 4
According to Mercier, what force did he believe would sweep away despotism?
A
Military powerB
Public opinionC
Political alliancesD
Economic strengthClick an option to check your answer
Q. 5
In Mercier's novels, what happens to the heroes when they read books?
A
They become lost in the worldB
They become ignorantC
They become enlightenedD
They lose interest in progressClick an option to check your answer
Q. 6
What did Louis-Sebastien Mercier proclaim about tyrants of the world?
A
They should tremble before the virtual writerB
They are invincibleC
They are allies of progressD
They should be fearedClick an option to check your answer
Q. 7
What did Mercier consider the printing press to be in relation to progress?
A
A hindranceB
A catalystC
IrrelevantD
A source of confusionClick an option to check your answer
Q. 8
According to Mercier, what did public opinion represent?
A
IgnoranceB
A force against progressC
A powerful influenceD
DespotismClick an option to check your answer
Q. 9
In Mercier's view, what was the role of public opinion in society?
A
To support despotismB
To hinder progressC
To suppress booksD
To bring enlightenmentClick an option to check your answer
Q. 10
How did Mercier envision the impact of books on the world?
A
As a liberating forceB
As irrelevantC
As a cause of tyrannyD
As a source of confusionClick an option to check your answer
Q. 11
What were the debates in the early nineteenth century primarily centered around?
A
Political issuesB
Economic changesC
Religious issuesD
Social reformsClick an option to check your answer
Q. 12
How did different groups respond to the changes in colonial society during the debates?
A
By avoiding discussionsB
By offering new interpretationsC
By suppressing opinionsD
By ignoring reformsClick an option to check your answer
Q. 13
What was one common approach during the debates?
A
Criticizing existing practicesB
Avoiding public discussionsC
Rejecting reformsD
Ignoring newspapersClick an option to check your answer
Q. 14
How were the debates carried out?
A
PrivatelyB
Only in printC
Only in publicD
Both in public and in printClick an option to check your answer
Q. 15
What role did printed tracts and newspapers play in the debates?
A
They suppressed new ideasB
They discouraged public discussionsC
They spread new ideas and shaped the debateD
They ignored clashes of opinionsClick an option to check your answer
Q. 16
How did newspapers contribute to the debates?
A
By avoiding public discussionsB
By suppressing opinionsC
By encouraging wider public participationD
By discouraging the clash of opinionsClick an option to check your answer
Q. 17
What effect did the involvement of a wider public have on the debates?
A
It hindered the debatesB
It limited the clash of opinionsC
It discouraged new ideasD
It shaped the nature of the debateClick an option to check your answer
Q. 18
In what ways did some groups express their views during the debates?
A
In public and in printB
By avoiding discussionsC
Only in printD
PrivatelyClick an option to check your answer
Q. 19
What was a significant outcome of the clashes of opinions during the debates?
A
Suppression of new ideasB
Discouragement of public discussionsC
Emergence of new ideasD
Ignorance of reformsClick an option to check your answer
Q. 20
How did the debates influence the wider society?
A
By limiting public discussionsB
By discouraging reformsC
By avoiding new ideasD
By shaping opinions and expressionsClick an option to check your answer
Q. 21
What is Krishnaji Trimbuck Ranade's intention in the passage?
A
To criticize the governmentB
To publish a Marathi newspaperC
To solicit patronage for welfareD
To oppose political associationsClick an option to check your answer
Q. 22
What topics does the newspaper aim to cover for local interest?
A
Only political issuesB
Scientific investigation and antiquitiesC
International newsD
Literary discussionsClick an option to check your answer
Q. 23
What role does the passage suggest for native newspapers and political associations?
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To avoid criticizing government policiesB
To support government policies blindlyC
To critically examine and suggest improvementsD
To focus solely on historical topicsClick an option to check your answer
Q. 24
What is the comparison made between native newspapers and the Opposition in the House of Commons?
A
They both avoid discussionsB
They both blindly support policiesC
They both critically examine and suggest improvementsD
They both focus on historical topicsClick an option to check your answer
Q. 25
What does the passage suggest as the task of native newspapers and political associations?
A
Studying particular issues and gathering diverse relevant informationB
Gathering irrelevant informationC
Avoiding diverse informationD
Ignoring the welfare of the peopleClick an option to check your answer
Q. 26
What kind of influence does the passage imply that native newspapers can earn?
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Considerable influenceB
No influenceC
Political influence onlyD
Negative influenceClick an option to check your answer
Q. 27
What is Krishnaji Trimbuck Ranade soliciting in the passage?
A
Political oppositionB
Welfare fundsC
Government interventionD
Patronage and supportClick an option to check your answer
Q. 28
What does the passage highlight as the role of political associations in examining government policies?
A
Blind supportB
Focusing solely on historyC
Avoiding discussionsD
Critically examining and suggesting improvementsClick an option to check your answer
Q. 29
What does the passage consider as the identical role of political associations to the Opposition in the House of Commons?
A
Critically examining and suggesting improvementsB
Supporting government policies blindlyC
Ignoring diverse informationD
Focusing solely on historical topicsClick an option to check your answer
Q. 30
What language does Krishnaji Trimbuck Ranade intend to use in the newspaper?
A
HindiB
EnglishC
SanskritD
MarathiClick an option to check your answer
Q. 31
The first weekly paper published in India was
A
Bombay Samachar.B
Bengal Gazette.C
Shamsul Akbar.D
Amrit bazar.Click an option to check your answer
Q. 32
Who among the following invented the first printing press in Europe?
A
Marco Polo.B
Kitagawa Utamaro.C
Johann Gutenberg.D
Erasmus.Click an option to check your answer
Q. 33
Who introduced the printing press in India-
A
FrenchB
ItalianC
PortugueseD
None of theseClick an option to check your answer
Q. 34
The Vernacular Press Act of 1878 was modelled on:
A
Irish Press laws.B
American Press laws.C
Chinese Press laws.D
German Press laws.Click an option to check your answer
Q. 35
It is a historical account or folk tale in verse,
usually sung or recited:
A
BalladB
VellumC
GalleyD
TavernsClick an option to check your answer
Q. 36
The book “Chote Aur Bade Ka Sawal” talked about
A
The injustices of the caste system.B
The link between caste and class exploitation.C
Restrictions on the vernacular press act.D
Ill-treatment of widows.Click an option to check your answer
Q. 37
Which of the following is the correct meaning of “Biliotheque Bleue”?
A
An author.B
Low price small book.C
Monuments.D
None of these.Click an option to check your answer
Q. 38
Who among the following introduced hand printing technology in Japan?
A
Buddhist Missionaries from India.B
Buddhist Missionaries from China.C
Buddhist Missionaries from Japan.D
Buddhist Missionaries from Sri Lanka.Click an option to check your answer
Q. 39
What was the main purpose behind the passing of
the Vernacular Press Act in India in 1878?
A
The Vernacular Press Act aimed to control the freedom of the 'native press' by imposing stringent control over what they published.B
The Vernacular Press Act aimed to curb growing political dissent by banning many political parties.C
The Vernacular Press Act regulated the publications in the English language.D
The Vernacular Press Act aimed to control trade controlled by Indian merchants and imposed high tariffs on their goods.Click an option to check your answer
Q. 40
Who authored ‘Gitagovinda’?
A
JayadevaB
Raja Ram Mohan RoyC
J. A. HickeyD
Chandu MenonClick an option to check your answer
Q. 41
Who wrote ‘My childhood My university’.
A
Thomas woodB
Maxim GorkyC
George EliotD
Jane AustenClick an option to check your answer
Q. 42
Which revolution of the following is assumed to happen due to the printing revolution?
A
American revolutionB
French revolution.C
Revolution in China.D
Revolution in German.Click an option to check your answer
Q. 43
What were low priced small books printed on poor quality paper and bound in cheap blue covers called in France?
A
Biliotheque Bleue.B
Chapbooks.C
Almanacs.D
Ballads.Click an option to check your answer
Q. 44
He developed the first-known Printing Press in
the 1430s:
A
Marco PoloB
Martin LutherC
Johann GutenbergD
Warren HastingsClick an option to check your answer
Q. 45
What led to the production of children’s literature in nineteenth century in Europe?
A
Primary education became compulsory from the nineteenth centuryB
Demand increased for children’s booksC
New schools were openedD
New story books were publishedClick an option to check your answer
Q. 46
Arrange the following in the correct sequence of
old tradition of handwritten manuscripts:
(i) Vernacular languages
(ii) Persian
(iii) Arabic
(iv) Sanskrit
(i) Vernacular languages
(ii) Persian
(iii) Arabic
(iv) Sanskrit
A
iv-i-ii-iiiB
iv-iii-ii-iC
iv-ii-i-iiiD
iv-iii-i-iiClick an option to check your answer
Q. 47
Paperback editions of books were introduced during
A
The First World War.B
The Second World War.C
The Russian Revolution.D
The onset of the Great Depression.Click an option to check your answer
Q. 48
Which European power introduced the printing press in India ?
A
EnglishB
FrenchC
PortugueseD
SpanishClick an option to check your answer
Q. 49
In Europe, where did people gather to discuss and
debate, and were served alcohol and food?
A
Cocktail LoungesB
GardensC
English coffee housesD
TavernsClick an option to check your answer
Q. 50
“Printing is the ultimate gift of God and the greatest one” was spoken by
A
Dante.B
Martin Luther.C
New Comen.D
Johann Gutenberg.Click an option to check your answer
Q. 51
This city became the hub of the new print culture,
catering to the Western-style schools:
A
New YorkB
ShanghaiC
TokyoD
MumbaiClick an option to check your answer
Q. 52
Which is the oldest printed book of Japan
A
BibleB
Diamond SutraC
MahabhartaD
UkiyoClick an option to check your answer
Q. 53
Criticizing many of the practices and rituals of the Roman Catholic Church, in 1517 the religious reformer Martin Luther wrote
A
Sixty Five ThesesB
Seventy Five ThesesC
Eighty Five ThesesD
Ninety Five ThesesClick an option to check your answer
Q. 54
Who said, that press is the most important tool for
progress of society?
A
MenocchioB
VoltaireC
Louis Sebastien MercierD
Martin LutherClick an option to check your answer
Q. 55
What is calligraphy?
A
PoetryB
TextbooksC
Flowers arrangementD
StylizedClick an option to check your answer
Q. 56
In the twentieth century, B.R. Ambedkar, the great leader of the Dalit community, wrote against the caste system from
A
GujaratB
MadrasC
Madhya PradeshD
MaharashtraClick an option to check your answer
Q. 57
First Bengali autobiography was
A
Amar Bhuban.B
Amar Jiban.C
Amar Samoy.D
Amar Katha.Click an option to check your answer
Q. 58
Which of the following cities was known by the
name Edo in the medieval times?
A
BeijingB
ShanghaiC
BombayD
TokyoClick an option to check your answer
Q. 59
“The Gita Govinda” was written by Jayadeva in the
A
Sixteenth century.B
Seventeenth century.C
Eighteenth century.D
Nineteenth century.Click an option to check your answer
Q. 60
Consider the following statements:
I. Novels, a new literary form, develop in Europe.
II. Novels were religious texts used by Pope and priests to spread their faith among the common people.
III. Novels contained life stories, expressing human experiences, relationships, read by all those who could read.
I. Novels, a new literary form, develop in Europe.
II. Novels were religious texts used by Pope and priests to spread their faith among the common people.
III. Novels contained life stories, expressing human experiences, relationships, read by all those who could read.
A
, I and IIB
I, II and IIIC
I and IVD
I and IIIClick an option to check your answer
Q. 61
Who were deeply anxious about the collapse of
Muslim dynasties?
A
Jesuit priestsB
Portuguese missionariesC
HindusD
UlamaClick an option to check your answer
Q. 62
Who among the following perfected the power drive cylinders press?
A
James Watt.B
Gutenberg.C
George Eliot.D
Richard M Hoe.Click an option to check your answer
Q. 63
Martin Luther was
A
Religious performer of Holland.B
Religious performer of Austria.C
Religious performer of Germany.D
Religious performer of America.Click an option to check your answer
Q. 64
In England books carried by petty pedlars and sold for a penny were known as
A
Shilling series.B
Almanacs.C
Novels.D
Chapbooks.Click an option to check your answer
Q. 65
In India, the first printing press came in
A
Goa.B
Kerala.C
Bengal.D
Tamil Nadu.Click an option to check your answer
Q. 66
When was the Vernacular Press Act passed?
A
1857B
1907C
1820D
1878Click an option to check your answer
Q. 67
Who wrote Ramcharitmanas?
A
TulsidasB
Gangadhar BhattacharyaC
KashibabaD
Ram ChaddhaClick an option to check your answer
Q. 68
Who was Martin Luther?
A
A religious reformerB
A popeC
A political leaderD
An emperorClick an option to check your answer
Q. 69
Which one of the following aspects was common
among the writings of Kailashbashini Debi,
Tarabai Shinde and Pandita Ramabai ?
A
Raised awareness about cultural heritage.B
Motivated Indians for their national freedom.C
Demanded economic equality for masses.D
Highlighted the experiences of womenClick an option to check your answer
Q. 70
In which among the following countries were the earliest kinds of print technology developed?
A
India.B
Germany.C
China.D
England.Click an option to check your answer
Q. 71
Who wrote 95 theses?
A
Martin LutherB
Johann GutenbergC
J. V. SchleyD
Charles DickensClick an option to check your answer
Q. 72
Following the newspaper was published by Raja Rammohan Roy?
A
Bengal GazetteB
Samachar Chandrika.C
Sambad kaumudi.D
Amrit Bazar.Click an option to check your answer
Q. 73
Gutenberg got an idea of casted metallic alphabets for printing, is a form
A
Golden trinkets.B
Brass trinkets.C
Silver trinkets.D
Lead trinkets.Click an option to check your answer
Q. 74
The circulation of handwritten manuscripts remained limited because:
A
All of the above.B
They could not be read easily.C
They could not be carried aroundD
They were fragile and awkward to handle.Click an option to check your answer
Q. 75
Which of the following reading material were especially for women?
A
Chapbooks.B
Grimm’s fairytales.C
Penny magazines.D
The Bible.Click an option to check your answer
Q. 76
China started printing book since
A
600 AD.B
594 AD.C
714 ADD
1005 AD.Click an option to check your answer
Q. 77
The autobiography “ Amar Jiban” is on
A
Tara Bai Sinde.B
Rash Sundari Devi.C
Pandita Rama Bai.D
Kailashbashini Devi.Click an option to check your answer
Q. 78
Which one of the following was published by
Raja Rammohan Roy?
A
Sambad KaumudiB
Shamsul AkhbaC
Punjab KesariD
ChandrikaClick an option to check your answer
Q. 79
The first printed edition of the Ramcharitmanas of Tulsidas, came out from Calcutta in the year
A
1810B
1813C
1816D
1817Click an option to check your answer
Q. 80
In which year did Marco Polo return to Italy from
China?
A
1297B
1295C
1299D
1296Click an option to check your answer
Q. 81
Who were called 'Chapmen?'
A
Book sellersB
Sellers of 'penny chapbooks'C
Paper sellersD
Workers of printing pressClick an option to check your answer
Q. 82
When was the Vernacular press act passed?
A
1878B
1887C
1867D
1898Click an option to check your answer
Q. 83
Who among the following brought out 'Bengal
Gazette; the first weekly newspaper?
A
Raja Rammohan RoyB
Bal Gangadhar TilakC
Gangadhar BhattacharyaD
Bipin Chandra PalClick an option to check your answer
Q. 84
The oldest Japanese book, printed in AD 868, is the Buddhist
A
Bronze SutraB
Diamond SutraC
Gold SutraD
Silver SutraClick an option to check your answer
Q. 85
China exported paper to Europe in the
A
11th century.B
12th century.C
10th century.D
9th century.Click an option to check your answer
Q. 86
Name of the oldest printed book of Japan is
A
Ukiyo.B
Tripitaka.C
Bible.D
Diamond Sutra.Click an option to check your answer
Q. 87
Why was reading of manuscripts not easy in
India? Choose the appropriate reason from the
following options:
A
Manuscripts were written in English and Hindi.B
Manuscripts were widely spread outC
Manuscripts were highly cheap.D
Manuscripts were fragileClick an option to check your answer
Q. 88
Erasmus, a Latin scholar and a Catholic reformer, who criticised the excesses of Catholicism, expressed a deep anxiety about printing in his book
A
AdagesB
ConfessionesC
De Doctrina ChristianaD
De civitate deiClick an option to check your answer
Q. 89
Who compiled the folktales assembled from
peasants in Germany during the nineteenth
century?
A
Thomas WoodB
Jane AustinC
George EliotD
Grimm BrothersClick an option to check your answer
Q. 90
Who among the following published 'Kesari'?
A
B.R. AmbedkarB
Bhagat SinghC
Balgangadhar TilakD
Mahatma GandhiClick an option to check your answer
Q. 91
Before the twentieth century in Europe, most printing presses published popular ballads other than the novel or other types of books. it is due to
A
Printing books was a costly affair.B
Most European peoples were illiterate.C
Most peoples in Europe preferred Ballads compared to books.D
King banned producing knowledge sharing by books.Click an option to check your answer
Q. 92
The manuscripts in India were written in which
ofthese following languages before the beginning
of the print age?
A
Sanskrit, Greek, and PersianB
Sanskrit, Arabic, Persian, and vernacularC
Hindi, Arabic, Greek, Latin, and PersianD
Latin, Urdu, Persian, and SanskritClick an option to check your answer
Q. 93
The term, ‘Vellum’ refers to the
A
paper made from woodB
parchment made from the skin of animalsC
wood-pulp materialD
parchment made of leavesClick an option to check your answer
Q. 94
The invention of paper was made in which of the
following nations?
A
ChinaB
EnglandC
KoreaD
IndiaClick an option to check your answer
Q. 95
'Sambad Kaumudi' was published by:
A
Keshav Chandra SenB
Ishwar Chandra VidyasagarC
Rammohun RoyD
Debendranath TagoreClick an option to check your answer
Q. 96
Which one of the following was NOT the reason
for the popularity of scientific ideas among the
common people in eighteenth century Europe?
A
Interest of people in science and reasonB
Printing of idea of Isaac NewtonC
Traditional aristocratic groups supported itD
Development of printing pressClick an option to check your answer
Q. 97
Who said, “Printing is the ultimate gift of god and the greatest one.”
A
Charles DickensB
J. V. SchleyC
Mahatma GandhiD
Martin LutherClick an option to check your answer
Q. 98
The first autobiography, ‘Amar Jiban’ in 1876 in Bengali language was written by
A
Rashsundari DebiB
KumardeviC
Pandita RamubaiD
Bibi FatimaClick an option to check your answer
Q. 99
Which of the following was the first book printed by Gutenberg?
A
The Diamond Sutra.B
Chapbook.C
Grimm’s fairytales.D
The Bible.Click an option to check your answer
Q. 100
Who wrote about the injustices of the caste system in “Gulamgiri”?
A
Raja rammohan Roy.B
Bal Gangadhar Tilak.C
Jyotiba PhuleD
Bankim Chandra.Click an option to check your answer
Q. 101
What was Gutenberg’s first printed book?
A
BalladsB
DictionaryC
BibleD
None of theseClick an option to check your answer
Q. 102
Which of the following newspapers started
publishing in the "Gujarati" language from the
year 1822?
A
Bombay DreamsB
Bombay SamacharC
Bombay DeccanD
Bombay HeraldClick an option to check your answer
Q. 103
What were ‘Penny Chapbooks’?
A
Pocket – sized booksB
JournalsC
Ritual CalendarsD
NewspaperClick an option to check your answer
Q. 104
Before printing revolution in Europe the common man transferred knowledge by the following method except
A
Handwritten books.B
Reciting BalladsC
Narrating folk tales.D
Sacred text readout.Click an option to check your answer
Q. 105
Diamond Sutra containing
A
Numerous sheets of text.B
12 sheets of text.C
6 sheets of text.D
100 sheets of text.Click an option to check your answer
Q. 106
"Amar Jiban" was the autobiography of which of
these famous women?
A
Sarojini NaiduB
Rashsundari DebiC
Pandita Ramabai'D
Savitri PhuleClick an option to check your answer
Q. 107
Which of the following statement is true in the light of Vernacular Press act 1878?
A
It gave freedom to Vernacular Press.B
It gave financial assistance to Vernacular press.C
It provided rights to the government to censor reports and editorials in the vernacular press.D
All of the above.Click an option to check your answer
Q. 108
How the poor people decorated their walls?
A
Using calendars and cheap prints.B
Using paintingsC
Using expensive paints.D
Employed artists to make paintings for their walls.Click an option to check your answer
Q. 109
Consider the following statements.
I. "Ulamas" were the Islamic scholars who dealt with the matters of law according to the Sharia.
II. "Ulamas" were afraid of the British administration as they believed that they can change the Islamic laws.
I. "Ulamas" were the Islamic scholars who dealt with the matters of law according to the Sharia.
II. "Ulamas" were afraid of the British administration as they believed that they can change the Islamic laws.
A
II onlyB
I onlyC
Neither (a) nor (b)D
Both (a) and (b)Click an option to check your answer
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