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PRINT CULTURE & MODERN WORLD

GRADE – X SOCIAL SCIENCE


TIME – 1 Hour MARKS - 30
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MCQs (1X5=5)
Q. 1 - Since China possessed a huge bureaucratic system in the
Imperial state how did they do recruitment of its personnel ?
A. through civil service examinations
B. through verbal interview
C. if somebody knew someone in the bureaucratic system
D. direct choice of the royals

Q. 2 - When did Chinese paper reach Europe?


A. 8th century
B. 11th century
C. 12th century
D. 7 th century

Q. 3 - 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) both assertion and reason are true and reason is the correct
explanation of assertion.
(b) both assertion and reason are true but reason is not the correct
explanation of assertion.
(c) assertion is true but reason is false.
(d) both assertion and reason are false.
Q. 4 - In which of the two languages, 50 books were published in
1674?
(a) Konkani and Kanada
(b) Malayalam and Manipuri
(c) Telugu and Tamil
(d) Oriya and Bhojpuri
Q. 5 - The following image is about.............

A) An Indian couple, black and white woodcut


B) Ghor Kali (The end of the world)
C) The cover page of Indian Charivari
D) Raja Ritudhwaj rescuing Princess Madalsa
Answer the following questions in short. (3X5 =15)
1) Describe the woodblock printing.
2) Explain any three factors responsible for the invention of new
printing techniques.
3) What was Vernacular Press Act? Explain in short.
4) Who said “Printing is the ultimate gift of God and the greatest one."?
Write a short note on him.
5) What were new strategies developed by the printers and publishers
to sell their products?
Answer the following questions in detail. (2 ×5 =10)
1) 'If earlier there was a hearing public, now a reading public came into
being.' Explain this statement in detail.
2) What was the attitude of liberal and conservative Indians towards
women’s reading? How did women like Kailashbhashini Debi respond
to this in their writings?

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