Describe the issue of caste as taken by the novelists in India. [CBSE 2013]
(i) Jyotiba Phule, the Maratha pioneer of low caste protest movements, wrote about the injustices of the caste system in his Gulamgiri.
(ii) In the twentieth century, B.R. Ambedkar in Maharashtra and E.V. Ramaswamy Naiker in Madras wrote on caste and their writings were read by people all over India.
(iii) Local protest movements and sects also created a lot of popular journals and tracts criticising ancient scriptures and envisioning a new and just future.
(iv) Kashibaba, a Kanpur mill worker wrote Chhote Aur Bade Ka Sawal in 1938 to show the links between caste and class exploitation.
(v) The poems of Sudarshan Chakr were brought together and published in a collection called Sacchi Kavitayan.
Why did people in the eighteenth century Europe think that print culture would bring enlightenment and end despotism? [CBSE 2011]
Who said "Printing is the ultimate gift of God and the greatest one ? ] [CBSE 2010. 11, 12]
Why did some people in the eighteenth century Europe think that print culture would bring enlightenment and end despotism ? [CBSE Sept. 2010, 2011]
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Assess the impact of print revolution on the European society. [CBSE 2013]
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]
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 easily available printed books? Choose one example from Europe and one from India.
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]
Name any four languages in which Indian manuscript was prepared before the age of print.
Name the printing presses which published numerous religious texts in vernaculars from the 1880s.
’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 ?
What did the spread of print culture in nineteenth century India mean to:
a) Women
b) The poor
c) Reformers.
Mass literacy increased many fold in the nineteenth century, in Europe. Women children and workers started reading books. Discuss.
Trace the history of print in China.
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How did China remain a major producer of printed materials for a long time ?
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The imperial state in China, was the major producer of printed material.' Support this statement. [CBSE 2014]
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]
Not everyone welcomed the printed books, and those who did also had fears about it.' Explain by giving examples.
Who was the major producer of printed material in China ? For what purpose this material was used ?
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 ?
Name an Act which was passed by the British government to keep a regular track of the vernacular newspapers.
Give reasons for the following :
(a) Martin Luther was in favour of print, and spoke out in praise of it.
(b) The Roman Catholic Church began keeping an Index of Prohibited books from the mid-sixteenth century.
(c) Gandhi said the fight for Swaraj is a fight for the liberty of speech, liberty of the press and freedom of association.
The printing press is the most powerful engine of progress and public opinion and a force that will sweep despotism away.'
What were the effects of the spread of print culture for poor people in nineteenth century India?