Print Culture and the Modern World Class 10 Worksheet History Chapter 2

Objective type Questions
Q1: Vellum is :
(a) metal frame in which the types are laid and the text compressed
(b) a parchment made from the skin of animals
(c) the art of beautiful and stylised writing
(d) a historical account or folk tale in verse, usually sung or recited

Q2: The earliest print technology was developed in :
(a) China, Japan and Korea
(b) France, China and India
(c) Germany, Korea, Vietnam
(d) China, Japan and Germany

Q3: Who were deeply anxious about the collapse of Muslim dynasties ?

(a) Jesuit priests
(b) Hindus
(c) The Ulama
(d) Portuguese missionaries

Q4: This city became the hub of the new print culture, catering to the Western-style schools :
(a) Mumbai
(b) Tokyo
(c) Shanghai
(d) New York

Q5: He developed the first-known Printing Press in the 1430s :
(a) Martin Luther
(b) Marco Polo
(c) Warren Hastings
(d) Johann Gutenberg

Q6: Which one of the following was NOT the reason for the popularity of scientific ideas among the common people in eighteenth century Europe ?
(a) Printing of idea of Isaac Newton
(b) Development of printing press
(c) Interest of people in science and reason
(d) Traditional aristocratic groups supported it.

Q7: Who wrote Ramcharitmanas ?
(a) Tulsidas
(b) Gangadhar Bhattacharya
(c) Kashibaba
(d) Ram Chaddha

Q8: Calligraphy is :
(a) the art of making ceramics
(b) the art of making pottery
(c) a style of music
(d) the art of beautiful and stylised writing

Q9: When was the Vernacular Press Act passed ?
(a) 1820
(b) 1878
(c) 1857
(d) 1907

Q10: It is a historical account or folk tale in verse, usually sung or recited :
(a) Taverns
(b) Vellum
(c) Ballad
(d) Galley

True or False

Q1: Dr.Ambedkar was also known as ‘Periyar’. (True/False)

Q2: Those people who believed in the teachings of the Church were known as heretics. (True/False)

Q3: Print popularised the ideas of the enlightenment thinkers. (True/False)

Q4: Manuscripts in India were cheap and durable. (True/False)

Q5: The Vernacular Press Act was passed in 1878. (True/False)

Assertion and Reasoning Based Questions

Q1: Assertion : As literacy and schools spread in African countries, there was a virtual reading mania. 
Reason : Churches of different denominations set up schools in villages, carrying literacy to tribals.
(a) If both assertion and reason are true and reason is the correct explanation of assertion.
(b) If both assertion and reason are true and reason is not the correct explanation of assertion.
(c) If assertion is true but reason is false.
(d) If both assertion and reason are false.

Q2: Assertion : The new reading culture was accompanied by a new technology.
Reason : From hand printing there was a gradual shift to mechanical printing.
(a) If both assertion and reason are true and reason is the correct explanation of assertion.
(b) If both assertion and reason are true and reason is not the correct explanation of assertion.
(c) If assertion is true but reason is false.
(d) If both assertion and reason are false.

Q3: Assertion : The first book that Gutenberg printed was the Bible. 
Reason : About 500 copies were printed and it took two years to produce them.
(a) If both assertion and reason are true and reason is the correct explanation of assertion.
(b) If both assertion and reason are true and reason is not the correct explanation of assertion.
(c) If assertion is true but reason is false.
(d) If both assertion and reason are false.

Q4: Assertion : Children became an important category of readers.
Reason : Primary education became compulsory from the late nineteenth century.
(a) If both assertion and reason are true and reason is the correct explanation of assertion.
(b) If both assertion and reason are true and reason is not the correct explanation of assertion.
(c) If assertion is true but reason is false.
(d) If both assertion and reason are false.

Q5: Assertion : In 1517, the religious reformer Martin Luther wrote Ninety Five Theses criticising many of the practices and rituals of the Roman Catholic Church.
Reason : This led to a division within the Church and to the beginning of the Protestant Reformation.
(a) If both assertion and reason are true and reason is the correct explanation of assertion.
(b) If both assertion and reason are true and reason is not the correct explanation of assertion.
(c) If assertion is true but reason is false.
(d) If both assertion and reason are false.

Q6: Assertion : Print and popular religious literature stimulated many distinctive individual interpretations of faith even among little-educated working people.
Reason : Through the seventeenth and eighteenth centuries, literacy rates went up in most parts of Europe.
(a) If both assertion and reason are true and reason is the correct explanation of assertion.
(b) If both assertion and reason are true and reason is not the correct explanation of assertion.
(c) If assertion is true but reason is false.
(d) If both assertion and reason are false.

Q7: Assertion : There was intense controversy between social and religious reformers and the Hindu orthodoxy over matters like widow immolation, monotheism, Brahmanical priesthood and idolatory.
Reason : The Deoband Seminary founded in 1867, published thousands of fatwas telling Muslim readers how to conduct themselves in everyday lives, and explaining the meaning of Islamic doctrines.
(a) If both assertion and reason are true and reason is the correct explanation of assertion.
(b) If both assertion and reason are true and reason is not the correct explanation of assertion.
(c) If assertion is true but reason is false.
(d) If both assertion and reason are false.

Q8: Assertion : The production of handwritten manuscripts could not satisfy the ever-increasing demand for books. 
Reason : Chinese paper reached Europe via the silk route.
(a) If both assertion and reason are true and reason is the correct explanation of assertion.
(b) If both assertion and reason are true and reason is not the correct explanation of assertion.
(c) If assertion is true but reason is false.
(d) If both assertion and reason are false.

Very Short Answer Type Questions 

Q1: What were almanacs ?

Q2: How had hand printing technology introduced in Japan?

Q3: How many copies of the Bible were printed by Johannes Gutenberg in Europe ?

Q4: How was Biliotheque Bleue different from Penny Chapbooks ?

Q5: Who invented printing press and when ?

Q6: Who wrote ‘My Childhood and My University’ ?

Q7: Who was Johannes Gutenberg ?

Q8: Why was printing of textbooks sponsored by the Imperial State in China ?

Q9: What was woodblock printing ?

Q10: What led to the schism within the Catholic Church and the birth of the Protestant Reformation movement in Germany ?

Short Answer Type Questions

Q1: Who brought the printing technology to British India and how ?

Q2: How had the Imperial State in China been the major producer of printed material for a long time? Explain with examples.

Q3: Give reasons for the statement : ‘Woodblock print only came to Europe after 1295’.

Q4: Write the name of any two women writers of India in nineteenth century and highlights their contribution.

Q5: Write briefly on the Vernacular Press Act. (NCERT)

Q6: How did print culture affect women in the nineteenth century ?

Q7: Print created the possibility of wide circulation of ideas and introduced a new world of debate discussion.’’ Analyse the statement in the context of religion in Europe.

Q8: Write short notes to show what you know about the Gutenberg Press.

Q9: Why did British government curb the freedom of the Indian press after the revolt of 1857 ?

Q10: Write a note on Erasmus’s idea of a printed book.

Long Answer Type Questions

Q1: Why did the Roman Catholic Church begin keeping an Index of Prohibited Books from the mid-sixteenth century ? Explain by giving five reasons.

Q2: Describe three shortcomings of manuscripts that were overcome by the printing press.

Q3: Explain how print culture assisted the growth of nationalism in India.

Q4: How were ideas and information written before the age of print in India ? How did the printing technique begin in India ?

Q5: Why did some people in eighteenth century Europe think that print culture would bring enlightenment and end despotism ?

Q6: What was the attitude of people in India in the nineteenth century towards women reading ? How did women respond to this ?

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