Print Culture and the Modern World

Q 1.

What is calligraphy ?

Q 2.

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

Q 3.

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

Q 4.

Who started publishing Sambad Kaumudi from 1821?

Q 5.

How was sale of books promoted in small towns?

Q 6.

Which material was used to print pictures in Japan?

Q 7.

What is manuscript ?

Q 8.

Who wrote Gulamgiri ? (CBSE 2014)

Q 9.

What was Vernacular Press Act ? (CBSE 2014)

Q 10.

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 11.

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 12.

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 13.

Write a brief note on Martin Luther.

Q 14.

What is calligraphy?

Q 15.

What was print revolution ?

Q 16.

Who was Martin Luther ?

Q 17.

Who printed the first Tamil book ?

Q 18.

Trace the growth and development of print technology.
Or
How had the earliest print technology developed in the world ? Explain.

Q 19.

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

Q 20.

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

Q 21.

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

Q 22.

Which is the oldest book to be printed in Japan ?

Q 23.

Who were scribes ?

Q 24.

Who developed the first printing press ?

Q 25.

What were Chap books ? (CBSE 2014)

Q 26.

Name any two women novelist of the 19th century.

Q 27.

Name the paper with which Bal Gangadhar Tilak was associated.

Q 28.

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

Q 29.

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 30.

Why were the printed books popular even among illiterate people ? [CBSE Sept. 2010, 2012]

Q 31.

The shift from handprinting to mechanical printing led to the print revolution.’ Explain.

Q 32.

State any three points of importance of penny chapbooks. [CBSE Sept. 2010.2011]
Or
Describe some of the new printed books which were sold by the pedlars in villages in the eighteenth century Europe.  [CBSE-2012, 2014]

Q 33.

What medium was used for writing ancient Indian scriptures?

Q 34.

Who brought out the first Indian newspaper published in English?

Q 35.

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

Q 36.

Explain the role of print in the religious reforms in India. [CBSE 2011]

Q 37.

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

Q 38.

What were ballads ? (CBSE 2014)

Q 39.

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

Q 40.

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

Q 41.

Why did Governor General Warren Hastings persecute Hickey ?

Q 42.

Who wrote Istri Dharam Vichar ?

Q 43.

Name an Act which was passed by the British government to keep a regular track of the vernacular newspapers.

Q 44.

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

Q 45.

How did Gutenberg personalise the printed hooks suiting to the tastes and requirement of others ? [CBSE 2012]

Q 46.

Who was Marco Polo?

Q 47.

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 48.

Print not only stimulate the publication of conflicting opinions amongst communities, but it also connected communities and people in different parts of India.' Explain. [CBSE 2008 (O), 2009 (D), Sept. 2011]
Or
How did print help connect communities and people in different parts of India ? Explain with examples. [CBSE Sept. 2010, 2011]

Q 49.

Who was the major producer of printed material in China ? For what purpose this material was used ?

Q 50.

Why manuscripts were not widely used in everyday life ?