History

Print Culture and the Modern World

Question:

Explain the main features of the first printed Bible. [CBSE Sept. 2010]
Or
Describe any three main features of the first printed Bible. [CBSE 2014]

Answer:

(i) About 18O copies were printed ar.d it took three years to produce them.
(ii) The text was printed in the new Gutenberg press with metal type, but the borders were carefully designed, painted and illuminated by hand by artists.
(iii) Every page of each copy was different.
(iv) Different colours were used within the letters in various places.

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Print Culture and the Modern World

Q 1.

What is calligraphy?

Q 2.

How was sale of books promoted in small towns?

Q 3.

Describe the issue of caste as taken by the novelists in India. [CBSE 2013]

Q 4.

What is manuscript ?

Q 5.

Name any two women novelist of the 19th century.

Q 6.

Who printed the first Tamil book ?

Q 7.

Explain the main features of the first printed Bible. [CBSE Sept. 2010]
Or
Describe any three main features of the first printed Bible. [CBSE 2014]

Q 8.

Trace the history of print in China.
Or
How did China remain a major producer of printed materials for a long time ?
Or
The imperial state in China, was the major producer of printed material.' Support this statement. [CBSE 2014]

Q 9.

Which material was used to print pictures in Japan?

Q 10.

What was print revolution ?

Q 11.

What were Chap books ? (CBSE 2014)

Q 12.

Name the first Weekly that appeared in India. Who bought it out ? (CBSE 2014)

Q 13.

Name the printing presses which published numerous religious texts in vernaculars from the 1880s.

Q 14.

Write about the different innovations in the printing technology during the 19th century ? [CBSE Sept. 2010]

Q 15.

Study the given paragraph and answer the following questions that follow :
Liberty of speech…. liberty of the press freedom of association. The government of India is now seeking to crush the three powerful vehicles of expressing and cultivating public opinion. The fight for Swaraj, for Khilafat …. means a fight for this threatened freedom before all else ….'
(i) Who said these words ?

(ii) Name the freedoms he is talking about.

Q 16.

Write a brief note on Martin Luther.

Q 17.

What was the role of cartoons and caricatures in the French Revolution ?

Q 18.

Who started publishing Sambad Kaumudi from 1821?

Q 19.

Name two scholars whose writings inspired French people.

Q 20.

Who wrote Istri Dharam Vichar ?

Q 21.

Name any four Indian women writers of the 19th century.

Q 22.

What was Vernacular Press Act ? (CBSE 2014)

Q 23.

How did printing press create a new- reading public ? Explain. [CBSF. Sept. 2013]
Or
"There was a virtual reading mania in European countries in the 18th century". Explain the factors responsible for this virtual reading mania.

Q 24.

Print popularised the ideas of the Enlightenment thinkers.' Explain. [CBSE 2014]
Or
How did ideas about science, reason and rationality find their way into popular literature in the 18th century Europe ?  [CBSE Sept. 2010]

Q 25.

Explain any three features of handwritten manuscripts before the age of print in India. [CBSE Sept. 2010. 2011. 2012. 2013]

Q 26.

Not everyone welcomed the printed books, and those who did also had fears about it.' Explain by giving examples.

Q 27.

Who were scribes ?

Q 28.

Who developed the first printing press ?

Q 29.

Name the first book published by Johann Guttenbcrg.

Q 30.

Who was Martin Luther ?

Q 31.

Who wrote Gulamgiri ? (CBSE 2014)

Q 32.

’Liberty of speech … liberty of the press … freedom of association. The government of India is now seeking to crush the three powerful vehicles of expressing and cultivating public opinion, the fight for swaraj, for Khilafat … means a fight for this threatened freedom before all else….’
Who said these words ?

Q 33.

Explain how the print culture assisted the growth of nationalism in India. [CBSE Sept. 2010, 2011]

Q 34.

How the growth of print culture lead to women empowerment ? Explain.

Q 35.

What were the effects of the spread of print culture for poor people in nineteenth century India?

Q 36.

Explain how print culture assisted the growth of nationalism in India.

Q 37.

How had the earliest printing technology developed in the world ? Explain. [CBSE 2012]

Q 38.

Who was Marco Polo ? What was his contribution to print culture ? [CBSE 2013]

Q 39.

How did the urban population use the print media?

Q 40.

Who brought out the first Indian newspaper published in English?

Q 41.

Give a brief description of the first form of print technology.

Q 42.

How did the print revolution influence the reading habit of the people of Europe?

Q 43.

Explain the factors which were responsible for creating a virtual reading mania in Europe. [CBSE 2014]
Or
How did a new reading public emerged with the printing press ? Explain. [CBSE 2010 (D)]
Or
Explain any three reasons for an increase in reading mania in Europe in the 18th Century. [CBSE Sept. 2011]

Q 44.

Printing press played a major role in shaping the Indian society of the 19th century.' Explain by giving examples.  [CBSE Sept. 2012, 2013]
Or
Explain the role of press in shaping the Indian society in the 19th century.
Or
How did print introduce debate and discussion ? Write three points. [CBSE Sept. 2010, 2011, 2012]
Or
"Print led to intense controversies between social and religious reformers and Hindu orthodoxy."Support this statement with examples. [CBSE 2013]

Q 45.

How were ideas and information written before the age of print in India ? How did the printing technique begin in India ? Explain. [CBSE 2008, Sept. 2010]
Or
Explain the role of missionaries in the growth of press in India. [CBSE Sept. 2010]

Q 46.

Explain the impact of print culture on Indian women. [CBSE 2009 (O), Sept. 2012]
Or
Explain any three impact of printed books on women in India in the nineteenth century.
[CBSE Sept. 2010]

Q 47.

What is calligraphy ?

Q 48.

What were Biliotheque Blue ?

Q 49.

Name any four languages in which Indian manuscript was prepared before the age of print.

Q 50.

Name the first weekly that appeared in India. Who brought it out ? (CBSE 2014)