How did the women writers use the print to express their opinions regarding the status of women in India ? Explain.
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"Printing technology gave women a chance to share their feelings with the world outside."Support the statement with any five suitable examples. [CBSE 2013]
(i) Rashsundari Debi, a young married girl in a very orthodox household, learnt to read in the secrecy of her kitchen. Later, she wrote her autobiography Amar Jiban which was published in 1876. It was the first full- length autobiography published in the Bengali language. .
(ii) From the 1860s, many Bengali women writers like Kailashbashini Debi wrote books highlighting the experiences of women- about how women were imprisoned at home, kept in ignorance, forced to do hard domestic labour and treated unjustly by the menfolk, they generally, served.
(iii) In the 1880s, in present-day Maharashtra, Tarabai Shinde and Pandita Ramabai wrote with passionate anger about the miserable lives of the upper-caste Hindu women, especially the widows. The poor status of women was also expressed by the Tamil writers.
(iv) In the early 20th century, the journals written by women became very popular in which women’s education, widowhood, widow remarriage, etc., were discussed. Some of them offered fashion lessons for women too.
The printing press is the most powerful engine of progress and public opinion is the force that will sweep despotism away". Who said these words ?
Explain the factors which were responsible for creating a virtual reading mania in Europe. [CBSE 2014]
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How did a new reading public emerged with the printing press ? Explain. [CBSE 2010 (D)]
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Explain any three reasons for an increase in reading mania in Europe in the 18th Century. [CBSE Sept. 2011]
Why did some people fear the effect of the easily available printed books ? Choose one example from Europe and one from India. [CBSE Sept. 2011]
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Explain the role played by print in bringing about a division in the Roman Catholic Church. [CBSE Sept. 2011]
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Explain the role played by print in the spreading of Protestant Reformation. [CBSE 2012, 2013]
Not everyone welcomed the printed books, and those who did also had fears about it.' Explain by giving examples.
What did the spread of print culture in the nineteenth century India mean to :
Reformers
Write short notes to show what you know about:
a) The Gutenberg Press
b) Erasmus's idea of the printed book
c) The Vernacular Press Act
c) The Vernacular Press Act
What were the effects of the spread of print culture for poor people in nineteenth century India?
Explain any three features of handwritten manuscripts before the age of print in India. [CBSE Sept. 2010. 2011. 2012. 2013]
How did the oral culture enter print and how was the printed material transmitted orally ? Explain with suitable examples. [CBSE 2008 (F), Sept. 2012]
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How did the printers manage to attract the people, largely illiterate, towards, printed books ? [CBSE Sept. 2012]
Why did people in the eighteenth century Europe think that print culture would bring enlightenment and end despotism? [CBSE 2011]
Who was the major producer of printed material in China ? For what purpose this material was used ?
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]
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Explain the role of missionaries in the growth of press in India. [CBSE Sept. 2010]
Who said "Printing is the ultimate gift of God and the greatest one ? ] [CBSE 2010. 11, 12]
Name the printing presses which published numerous religious texts in vernaculars from the 1880s.
Name an Act which was passed by the British government to keep a regular track of the vernacular newspapers.
’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 ?
Write short notes to show that you know about:
(a) The Erasmus's idea of the printed book.
(b) The Vernacular Press Act. [CBSE Sept. 2011, 2012]
Explain how the print culture assisted the growth of nationalism in India. [CBSE Sept. 2010, 2011]
How did China remain a major producer of printed materials for a long time ? [CBSE 2013]
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"The imperial state in China, was the major producer of printed material.” Support this statement with examples. [CBSE 2013. 2012. 2014]
The shift from handprinting to mechanical printing led to the print revolution.’ Explain.
Print popularised the ideas of the Enlightenment thinkers.' Explain. [CBSE 2014]
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How did ideas about science, reason and rationality find their way into popular literature in the 18th century Europe ? [CBSE Sept. 2010]
How did the ideas of scientists and philosophers become more accessible to common people after the beginning of print revolution in Europe ? [CBSE Sept. 2010. 2012]