HISTORY - Print Culture and the Modern World

Print Culture and The Modern World

Short Questions1. What was Inquisition? Answer: The Inquisition was a group of institutions within the government sy...

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1. Write the name of any two women writers of India in nineteenth century and highlight their contributions. Answer :...

2. How did the ideas of scientists and philosophers become more accessible to common people after the beginning of a pri...

3. 'By the 17th century, as an urban culture and bloomed in China, the uses of print diversified.’ Explain by giving exa...

4. Describe the progress of print in Japan. Answer : Buddhist missionaries from China introduced hand printing techno...

5. Describe the salientfeatures of Indian manuscripts before the age of print. Answer : The salient characteristics o...

6. How had the Imperial State in China been the major producer of printed material for a long time? Explain with example...

7. Give reasons for the statement: 'Woodblock print only came to Europe after 1295'. Answer : In the aftermath of 12...

8. “The Bengal Gazette was a commercial paper open to all. but influenced by none.” Justify the claim of James Augustus...

9. Explain the main features of the first printed Bible. Answer : The main features of the first printed Bible are...

10. How had the printing press created a new culture of reading in Europe? Explain with examples. Answer : With the a...

11. Give reasons for the statement : "The Roman Catholic Church began keeping an Index of Prohibited Books from the mid-...

12. Write a note on Erasmus's idea of a printed book. Answer : Erasmus, a Latin scholar and Catholic reformer, vehem...

13. Explain the main features of the first printed Bible. OR Describe any three main features of the first printed Bib...

14. How did the printing press help in emergence of children as a new reader base? Answer : i. From the late ninetee...

15. Examine any three effects of Print culture on the French Revolution. Answer : Three effects of print culture on...

16. Write short note to show what you know about the Gutenberg Press. Answer : The Gutenberg Press, an advanced versi...

17. Explain the role of missionaries in the growth of press in India. OR Who brought the printing technology to Briti...

18. "By the end of 19th century a new visual culture took shape in India." Explain the statement with examples. Answer...

19. How did the ideas of scientists and philosophers become more accessible to the common people after the beginning of...

20. Write briefly on the Vernacular Press Act. Answer : The Vernacular Press Act, proposed by the Viceroy of India,...

21. Give reasons for the statement: 'Gandhi said the fight for Swaraj is a fight for liberty of speech, liberty of the p...

22. ‘By the 17th century, as urban culture Ans. bloomed in China, the uses of print diversified.’ Explain by giving exam...

23. How had the earliest printing technology developed in the world ? Explain. Answer : (i) The earnest kind of print...

24. How did Gutenberg personalise the printed hooks suiting to the tastes and requirement of others ? Answer : (i) B...

25. ‘Print popularised the ideas of the Enlightenment thinkers.’ Explain. OR How did ideas about science, reason and...

26. Who was Marco Polo ? What was his contribution to print culture ? Answer : Marco Polo was a great Italian explorer...

27. How did the ideas of scientists and philosophers become more accessible to common people after the beginning of prin...

28. Why did the woodblock method become popular in Europe ? OR What were the drawbacks of the handwritten manuscripts...

29. State any three points of importance of penny chapbooks. OR Describe some of the new printed books which were sol...

30. Explain the main features of the first printed Bible. OR Describe any three main features of the first printed Bi...

31. ‘The shift from handprinting to mechanical printing led to the print revolution.’ Explain. Answer : (i) In the h...

32. How did the printing press create a new-reading public? Explain. OR “There was a virtual reading mania in European...

33. How did print culture affect women in the nine teenth century? Answer : i. In the history of India, women played...

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1. Who was Johann Gutenberg ? Explain his role in the history of printing. OR Who invented the printing press ? How d...

2. What were the features of the new books which were produced in Europe after the invention of the Gutenberg’s press ?...

3. Trace the history of print in Europe. OR How did print culture develop in Europe ? Explain. OR How did print com...

4. Describe the issue of caste as taken by the novelists in India. Answer : (i) Jyotiba Phule, the Maratha pioneer o...

5. Why did some people in eighteenth century Europe think that print culture would bring enlightenment and end despotism...

6. ‘Print not only stimulate the publication of conflicting opinions amongst communities, but it also connected communit...

7. Describe three shortcomings of manuscripts that were overcome by the printing press. Answer : The three drawbacks...

8. How did print help connect communities and people in different parts of India? Explain with examples. Answer : Th...

9. Explain the factors which were responsible for creating a virtual reading mania in Europe. OR How did a new readi...

10. “Oral culture and print culture were complimentary to each other”. Justify the statement with any three suitable arg...

11. What were the effects of the spread of print culture for poor people in nineteenth century India? Answer : As lite...

12. Why did the Roman Catholic Church begin keeping an Index of Prohibited Books from the mid-sixteenth century? Explain...

13. ‘Printing press played a major role in shaping the Indian society of the 19th century.’ Explain by giving examples....

14. Explain how print culture assisted the growth of nationalism in India. Answer : Print culture culminated in the d...

15. Why did people in the eighteenth century Europe think that print culture would bring enlightenment and end despotism...

16. What was the attitude of people in India in the nineteenth century towards women reading? How did women respond to t...

17. ‘Many historians have argued that print culture created the conditions within which the French Revolution occurred.’...