Answer<\/span><\/summary>\nAnswer: (d) White-collar workers artisans and lower-middle class people
\nLeading libraries in England became instruments for educating white-collar workers, artisans and lower-middle class people.<\/p>\n<\/details>\n
\nQuestion 3.
\nBy the late eighteenth century the press came to made up of:
\n(a) Paper
\n(b) Stone
\n(c) Metal
\n(d) Wood<\/p>\n\nAnswer<\/span><\/summary>\nAnswer: (c) Metal
\nBy the late eighteenth century the press came to be made up of metal.<\/p>\n<\/details>\n
\nQuestion 4.
\nThe power-driven cylindrical press was capable of:
\n(a) Printing 6,000 sheets per hour
\n(b) Printing 7,000 sheets per hour
\n(c) Printing 8,000 sheets per hour
\n(d) Printing 9,000 sheets per hour<\/p>\n\nAnswer<\/span><\/summary>\nAnswer: (c) Printing 8,000 sheets per hour
\nIt was capable of printing 8,000 sheets per hour.<\/p>\n<\/details>\n
\nQuestion 5.
\nIn the 1920s in England, popular works were sold in cheap series, called the:
\n(a) Dollar series
\n(b) Pound Series
\n(c) Shilling Series
\n(d) None of the above<\/p>\n\nAnswer<\/span><\/summary>\nAnswer: (c) Shilling Series
\nIn the 1920s in England, popular works were sold in cheap series called the shilling series.<\/p>\n<\/details>\n
\nQuestion 6.
\nIndia had a very rich and old tradition of hand-written manuscripts in:
\n(a) Sanskrit, Arabic and various vernacular languages
\n(b) Arabic, Persian and various vernacular languages
\n(c) Sanskrit, Arabic and Persian
\n(d) Sanskrit, Arabic, Persian and various vernacular languages<\/p>\n\nAnswer<\/span><\/summary>\nAnswer: (d) Sanskrit, Arabic, Persian and various vernacular languages
\nIn India most of the manuscripts were written in Sanskrit, Arabic, Persian and various vernacular languages.<\/p>\n<\/details>\n
\nQuestion 7.
\nManuscripts were highly:
\n(\u0430) Expensive and fragile
\n(b) Decorated and fragile
\n(c) Expensive
\n(d) None of the above<\/p>\n\nAnswer<\/span><\/summary>\nAnswer: (\u0430) Expensive and fragile
\nSince manuscripts were written by hand, they were expensive and fragile.<\/p>\n<\/details>\n
\nQuestion 8.
\nThe printing press first came to Goa with Portuguese missionaries in the:
\n(\u0430) Mid-fourteenth century
\n(b) Mid-sixteenth century
\n(c) Mid-seventeenth century
\n(d) Mid-eighteenth century<\/p>\n\nAnswer<\/span><\/summary>\nAnswer: (b) Mid-sixteenth century
\nIn the mid-sixteenth century.<\/p>\n<\/details>\n
\nQuestion 9.
\nCatholic priests printed the first Tamil book in ……………. at Cochin.
\n(a) 1549
\n(b) 1559
\n(c) 1569
\n(d) 1579<\/p>\n\nAnswer<\/span><\/summary>\nAnswer: (d) 1579
\nIn 1579, Catholic priests printed the first Tamil book at Cochin.<\/p>\n<\/details>\n
\nQuestion 10.
\nThe Deoband Seminary was founded in:
\n(a) 1857
\n(b) 1867
\n(c) 1877
\n(d) 1887<\/p>\n\nAnswer<\/span><\/summary>\nAnswer: (b) 1867
\nIn 1867.<\/p>\n<\/details>\n
\nQuestion 11.
\nAmar Jiban was the autobiography of:
\n(\u0430) Rashsundari Debi
\n(b) Kalpana Debi
\n(c) Mahasundari Debi
\n(d) none of the above<\/p>\n\nAnswer<\/span><\/summary>\nAnswer: (\u0430) Rashsundari Debi
\nAmar Jiban was the autobiography of Rashsundari Debi.<\/p>\n<\/details>\n
\nQuestion 12.
\nIstri Dharm Vichar was published by:
\n(a) Shyam Chaddha
\n(b) Sohan Chaddha
\n(c) Mohan Chaddha
\n(d) Ram Chaddha<\/p>\n\nAnswer<\/span><\/summary>\nAnswer: (d) Ram Chaddha
\nRam Chaddha published Istri Dharma Vichar to teach women how to be obedient wives.<\/p>\n<\/details>\n
\nQuestion 13.
\nChhote Aur Bade Ka Sawal was written and published by:
\n(a) Kashi baba
\n(b) Kali baba
\n(c) Sohan baba
\n(d) Mohan baba<\/p>\n\nAnswer<\/span><\/summary>\nAnswer: (a) Kashi baba
\nKashi Baba, a Kanpur mill worker, wrote and published Chotte Aur Bade Ka Sawal in 1938.<\/p>\n<\/details>\n
\nQuestion 14.
\nKesari was owned by:
\n(a) Bal Gangadhar Tilak
\n(b) Jawaharlal Nehru
\n(c) Mahatma Gandhi
\n(d) All the above<\/p>\n\nAnswer<\/span><\/summary>\nAnswer: (a) Bal Gangadhar Tilak
\nKesari, a newspaper was owned by Bal Gangadhar Tilak.<\/p>\n<\/details>\n
\nQuestion 15.
\nBal Gangadhar was imprisoned in:
\n(a) 1908
\n(b) 1909
\n(c) 1910
\n(d) 1911<\/p>\n\nAnswer<\/span><\/summary>\nAnswer: (a) 1908
\nWhen Bal Gangadhar Tilak wrote about the Punjab revolutionaries he was imprisoned in 1908.<\/p>\n<\/details>\n
\nQuestion 16.
\nThe earliest kind of print technology was developed in:
\n(a) China, Japan and India
\n(b) China, Japan and Russia
\n(c) China, Japan and Korea
\n(d) None of the above.<\/p>\n\nAnswer<\/span><\/summary>\nAnswer: (c) China, Japan and Korea
\nThe earliest system of hand-printing was developed in China, Japan and Korea.<\/p>\n<\/details>\n
\nQuestion 17.
\nThe major producer of printed material was:
\n(a) China
\n(b) Japan
\n(c) Korea
\n(d) India<\/p>\n\nAnswer<\/span><\/summary>\nAnswer: (a) China
\nChina possessed a huge bureaucratic system which recruited its personnel through civil service examination. Thus the major producer of print material was China.<\/p>\n<\/details>\n
\nQuestion 18.
\nBuddhist Missionaries from China introduced hand-printing technology into Japan around:
\n(a) AD 769-779
\n(b) AD 768-770
\n(c) AD 777-870
\n(d) AD 758-760<\/p>\n\nAnswer<\/span><\/summary>\nAnswer: (b) AD 768-770
\nBuddhist missionaries from China introduced hand-printing technology into Japan around AD 768-770.<\/p>\n<\/details>\n
\nQuestion 19.
\nThe earlier name of Tokyo was:
\n(a) Ido
\n(b) Ado
\n(c) Edo
\n(d) None of the above<\/p>\n\nAnswer<\/span><\/summary>\nAnswer: (c) Edo
\nThe earlier name of Tokyo was Edo.<\/p>\n<\/details>\n
\nQuestion 20.
\nMarco Polo returned to Italy after many years of exploration in:
\n(a) 1285
\n(b) 1275
\n(c) 1295
\n(d) 1765<\/p>\n\nAnswer<\/span><\/summary>\nAnswer: (c) 1295
\nIn 1295, Marco Polo returned to Italy after many years of exploration in China.<\/p>\n<\/details>\n
\nQuestion 21.
\nJohann Gutenberg developed the first known printing press in the:
\n(a) 1420s
\n(b) 1430s
\n(c) 1440s
\n(d) 1450s<\/p>\n\nAnswer<\/span><\/summary>\nAnswer: (b) 1430s
\nThe first printing press was developed by Johann Gutenberg in the 1430s.<\/p>\n<\/details>\n
\nQuestion 22.
\nThe first printed book was the:
\n(a) Bible
\n(b) Ramayana
\n(c) Mahabharata
\n(d) All the above<\/p>\n\nAnswer<\/span><\/summary>\nAnswer: (a) Bible
\nBible was the first printed book.<\/p>\n<\/details>\n
\nQuestion 23.
\nThe shift from hand-printing to mechanical printing led to the:
\n(a) Book revolution
\n(b) Print revolution
\n(c) Mechanical revolution
\n(d) None of the above<\/p>\n\nAnswer<\/span><\/summary>\nAnswer: (b) Print revolution
\nThe shift from hand-printing to mechanical printing led to the print revolution.<\/p>\n<\/details>\n
\nQuestion 24.
\nA historical account or folk tale in verse, usually sung or recited is called a:
\n(a) Travern
\n(b) Ballad
\n(c) Verse
\n(d) None of the above<\/p>\n\nAnswer<\/span><\/summary>\nAnswer: (b) Ballad
\nA ballad is a historical account or folk tale in verse, usually sung or recited.<\/p>\n<\/details>\n
\nQuestion 25.
\nNinety Five Theses criticising many of the practices or rituals of the Roman Catholic Church was written by:
\n(a) Martin Luther
\n(b) Mark Twain
\n(c) Mark Henry
\n(d) None of the above<\/p>\n\nAnswer<\/span><\/summary>\nAnswer: (a) Martin Luther
\nMartin Luther wrote the Ninety Five Theses critising many of the practices of rituals of the Roman Catholic Church.<\/p>\n<\/details>\n
\nQuestion 26.
\nA Roman Catholic court for identifying and punishing heretics was called:
\n(a) Heretical
\n(b) Inquisition
\n(c) Seditious
\n(d) None of the above<\/p>\n\nAnswer<\/span><\/summary>\nAnswer: (b) Inquisition
\nInquisition was a former Roman Catholic Court for identifying and punishing heretics.<\/p>\n<\/details>\n
\nQuestion 27.
\nBy the seventeenth and eighteenth centuries literacy rates:
\n(a) Went down in most parts of Europe
\n(b) Remained same in most parts of Europe
\n(c) Went up in most parts of Europe
\n(d) None of the above<\/p>\n\nAnswer<\/span><\/summary>\nAnswer: (b) Remained same in most parts of Europe
\nIn most parts of Europe, literacy rates went up by the seventeenth and eighteenth centuries.<\/p>\n<\/details>\n
\nQuestion 28.
\nThe ritual calenders were called:
\n(a) Almanacs
\n(b) Holy calenders
\n(c) Chap books
\n(d) None of the above<\/p>\n\nAnswer<\/span><\/summary>\nAnswer: (a) Almanacs
\nAlmanacs were the ritual calendars.<\/p>\n<\/details>\n
\nQuestion 29.
\nPocket size books that were sold by travelling pedlars were called:
\n(\u0430) Almanacs
\n(b) Story books
\n(c) Chap books
\n(d) None of the above<\/p>\n\nAnswer<\/span><\/summary>\nAnswer: (c) Chap books
\nChapbooks were the pocket size books sold by travelling pedlars.<\/p>\n<\/details>\n
\nQuestion 30.
\nA children\u2019s press, devoted to literature for children alone, was set up in France in:
\n(a) 1837
\n(b) 1847
\n(c) 1857
\n(d) 1867<\/p>\n\nAnswer<\/span><\/summary>\nAnswer: (c) 1857
\nIt was set-up in 1857 to promote children education.<\/p>\n<\/details>\n
\nWrite true (T) or false (F)<\/span><\/p>\n1. Production of handwritten manuscripts was also organised in new ways to meet the expanded demand.<\/p>\n\nAnswer<\/span><\/summary>\nAnswer: True<\/p>\n<\/details>\n
\n2. The production of handwritten manuscripts could satisfy the ever-increasing demand for books.<\/p>\n\nAnswer<\/span><\/summary>\nAnswer: False<\/p>\n<\/details>\n
\n3. Gutenberg was the son of a merchant and grew up on a large agricultural estate.<\/p>\n\nAnswer<\/span><\/summary>\nAnswer: True<\/p>\n<\/details>\n
\n4. About 190 copies of the Bible were printed and it took three years to produce them.<\/p>\n\nAnswer<\/span><\/summary>\nAnswer: False<\/p>\n<\/details>\n
\n5. Printed books at first did not resemble the written manuscripts in appearance and layout.<\/p>\n\nAnswer<\/span><\/summary>\nAnswer: False<\/p>\n<\/details>\n
\n6. Between 1450 and 1550, printing presses were set up in most countries of Europe.<\/p>\n\nAnswer<\/span><\/summary>\nAnswer: True<\/p>\n<\/details>\n
\n7. Access to books created a new culture of reading.<\/p>\n\nAnswer<\/span><\/summary>\nAnswer: True<\/p>\n<\/details>\n
\n8. Print created the possibility of wide circulation of ideas, and introduced a new world of debate and discussion.<\/p>\n\nAnswer<\/span><\/summary>\nAnswer: True<\/p>\n<\/details>\n
\n9. Skilled craftsmen could duplicate, with remarkable accuracy, the beauty of Calligraphy.<\/p>\n\nAnswer<\/span><\/summary>\nAnswer: True<\/p>\n<\/details>\n
\n10. Japan, possessed a huge bureaucratic system which recruited its personnel through civil service examinations.<\/p>\n\nAnswer<\/span><\/summary>\nAnswer: False<\/p>\n<\/details>\n
\n11. Wives of scholar-officials published their works and courtesans wrote about their lives.<\/p>\n\nAnswer<\/span><\/summary>\nAnswer: True<\/p>\n<\/details>\n
\n12. Western printing techniques and mechanical presses were imported in the late eighteenth century.<\/p>\n\nAnswer<\/span><\/summary>\nAnswer: False<\/p>\n<\/details>\n
\n13. Shanghai became the hub of the new print culture, catering to the Western-style schools.<\/p>\n\nAnswer<\/span><\/summary>\nAnswer: True<\/p>\n<\/details>\n
\n14. The oldest Japanese book, printed in AD 868, was the Buddhist Diamond Sutra.<\/p>\n\nAnswer<\/span><\/summary>\nAnswer: True<\/p>\n<\/details>\n
\n15. In 1295, Marco Polo returned to Italy after many years of exploration in Japan.<\/p>\n\nAnswer<\/span><\/summary>\nAnswer: False<\/p>\n<\/details>\n
\n16. Many people believed that books could change the world, liberate society from despotism and tyranny.<\/p>\n\nAnswer<\/span><\/summary>\nAnswer: True<\/p>\n<\/details>\n
\n17. Many historians have argued that print culture created the conditions due to which the Russian Revolution occurred.<\/p>\n\nAnswer<\/span><\/summary>\nAnswer: False<\/p>\n<\/details>\n
\n18. By the 1780s there was an outpouring of literature that mocked the royalty and criticised their morality.<\/p>\n\nAnswer<\/span><\/summary>\nAnswer: True<\/p>\n<\/details>\n
\n19. Cartoons and caricatures typically suggested that the monarchy remained absorbed only in sensual pleasures.<\/p>\n\nAnswer<\/span><\/summary>\nAnswer: True<\/p>\n<\/details>\n
\n20. Print directly shaped the minds of the people and opened up the possibility of thinking differently.<\/p>\n\nAnswer<\/span><\/summary>\nAnswer: False<\/p>\n<\/details>\n
\n21. Production of schools textbooks became critical for the publishing industry.<\/p>\n\nAnswer<\/span><\/summary>\nAnswer: True<\/p>\n<\/details>\n
\n22. Penny magazines were especially meant for children, giving them knowledge about the environment.<\/p>\n\nAnswer<\/span><\/summary>\nAnswer: False<\/p>\n<\/details>\n
\n23. Leading libraries have been in existence from the seventeenth century onwards.<\/p>\n\nAnswer<\/span><\/summary>\nAnswer: True<\/p>\n<\/details>\n
\n24. In 1517, Martin Luther wrote Ninety Five Theses criticising many of the practices and rituals of the Roman Catholic Church.<\/p>\n\nAnswer<\/span><\/summary>\nAnswer: True<\/p>\n<\/details>\n
\n25. In the seventeenth century, Manocchio began to read books that were available in his locality.<\/p>\n\nAnswer<\/span><\/summary>\nAnswer: False<\/p>\n<\/details>\n
\n26. The Roman Church began to maintain an Index of Prohibited Books from 1558.<\/p>\n\nAnswer<\/span><\/summary>\nAnswer: True<\/p>\n<\/details>\n
\n27. Through the eighteenth and nineteenth centuries literacy rates went up in most parts of Europe.<\/p>\n\nAnswer<\/span><\/summary>\nAnswer: False<\/p>\n<\/details>\n
\n28. In England, penny chap books were carried by petty pedlars known as chapmen.<\/p>\n\nAnswer<\/span><\/summary>\nAnswer: True<\/p>\n<\/details>\n
\n29. The periodical press developed from the early eighteenth century, combining information about current affairs and politics.<\/p>\n\nAnswer<\/span><\/summary>\nAnswer: False<\/p>\n<\/details>\n
\n30. The writings of thinkers such as Thomas Paine, Voltaire, etc. were widely printed and read.<\/p>\n\nAnswer<\/span><\/summary>\nAnswer: True<\/p>\n<\/details>\n
\nMatch the following<\/span><\/p>\n1.<\/p>\n
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