This quiz works best with JavaScript enabled. Home > Cbse > Class 10 > History > Print Culture And The Modern World > Class 10 History Chapter 5 Print Culture And The Modern World – Quiz 1 🏠 Homepage 📘 Download PDF Books 📕 Premium PDF Books Class 10 History Chapter 5 Print Culture And The Modern World Quiz 1 (60 MCQs) Quiz Instructions Select an option to see the correct answer instantly. 1. In ancient India which of the following material was used for writing manuscripts? A) Parchment paper. B) Vellum. C) Palm leaves. D) Paper. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Palm leaves. 2. Which religious reformer was responsible for the Protestant Reformation? A) Maxim Gorky. B) Martin Luther King. C) Martin Luther. D) George Elliot. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Martin Luther. 3. Which of the following was a popular publication during the early days of print culture? A) "The Travels of Marco Polo". B) "The Communist Manifesto". C) "War and Peace". D) "Harry Potter and the Sorcerer's Stone. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) "The Travels of Marco Polo". 4. Which book was carried by petty pedlars and sold for a penny? A) Novels. B) Magazines. C) Chapbook. D) None of these. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Chapbook. 5. By the end of the eighteenth century, in some parts of Europe literacy rates were as high as ..... A) 60 to 80 %. B) 40 to 60 %. C) 20 to 30 %. D) 70 to 90 %. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) 60 to 80 %. 6. Complete the sentence with one out of the following words:The Chinese paper reached Europe through A) Buddhist merchants. B) Sea Route. C) Silk Route. D) Buddhist missionaries. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Silk Route. 7. The earliest kind of print technology was developed in China, Japan and A) KOREA. B) FRANCE. C) INDIA. D) ENGLAND. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) KOREA. 8. Edo is now called: A) Vienna. B) Osaka. C) Tokyo. D) Beijing. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Tokyo. 9. Who among the following was not a women novelist? A) Bronte Sisters. B) Maxim Gorky. C) Jane Austen. D) George Eliot. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Maxim Gorky. 10. Which of the following is the correct meaning of 'Biliotheque Bleue'? A) An author. B) Low price small books. C) Monuments. D) None of these. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Low price small books. 11. Which is not an innovation of the 20th century? A) Cheap paperback editions. B) Dust cover. C) Important novels were serialised. D) None of these. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Important novels were serialised. 12. Why was James Augustus Hickey persecuted by Governor General Warren Hastings? A) For poor editing of Bengal Gazette. B) For publishing a lot of gossip about company's Senior Official. C) For publishing substandard material. D) None of these. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) For publishing a lot of gossip about company's Senior Official. 13. Who was a famous artist known for ukiyo prints in Japan? A) North side Utamaro. B) Van Gogh. C) Manet. D) Monet. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) North side Utamaro. 14. How did print culture contribute to the spread of Renaissance ideas in Europe?** A) It had no impact on the spread of Renaissance ideas. B) It made ancient Greek and Roman texts more accessible. C) It allowed for the mass production of religious texts. D) It discouraged intellectual growth and exploration. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) It made ancient Greek and Roman texts more accessible. 15. Which of the following was not a reason for the limited popularity of handwritten manuscripts in Europe: A) Manuscripts were fragile. B) They were awkward to handle and could I not be carried around easily. C) The content of manuscripts was rebellious and seditious. D) Copying manuscripts was expensive and time-consuming. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) The content of manuscripts was rebellious and seditious. 16. Who were called 'Chapmen'? A) Paper seller. B) Workers of printing press. C) Book seller. D) Seller of 'penny chap books'. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Seller of 'penny chap books'. 17. Why manuscripts were not widely used in everyday life? Choose the correct option. A) They could not be read easily as the script was written in different styles. B) They were highly expensive and fragile. C) They had to be handled carefully. D) All the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) All the above. 18. Who is credited with inventing the printing press during the 15th century?** A) Johannes Kepler. B) Leonardo da Vinci. C) Christopher Columbus. D) Johannes Gutenberg. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Johannes Gutenberg. 19. What is the significance of print culture in the modern world? A) It has no impact on society. B) It has led to the spread of new ideas and knowledge. C) It has decreased literacy rates. D) It has increased the power of the monarchy. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) It has led to the spread of new ideas and knowledge. 20. Who began to publish the weekly Bengal Gazette? A) Madan Mohan Malaviya. B) Bal Gangadhar Tilak. C) Raja rammohun roy. D) Gangadhar Bhattacharya. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Gangadhar Bhattacharya. 21. Which city became the hub of the new print culture in China? A) Guangzhou. B) Beijing. C) Hong Kong. D) Shanghai. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Shanghai. 22. What was the ancient name of Tokyo? A) Or. B) Osaka. C) Gifu. D) None of these. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Or. 23. What was one of the earliest books printed using the Gutenberg press?** A) The Divine Comedy. B) The Gutenberg Bible. C) The Canterbury Tales. D) The Iliad. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) The Gutenberg Bible. 24. Why did Hindu orthodoxy commission publish the news paper Samachar Chandrika? A) To spread Indian literature. B) To protect Hinduism from christian missionaries. C) To oppose Rammohun Roy's opinions. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) To oppose Rammohun Roy's opinions. 25. Which type of literature did book sellers target during the 17th and 18th centuries? A) Classics. B) Maps. C) Scientific theories. D) Ritual calendars. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Ritual calendars. 26. Which one among the following is an ancient name of Tokyo? A) They. B) Gifu. C) Nagano. D) Osaka. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) They. 27. Who developed the first printing press? A) Shunman Kubo. B) Marco Polo. C) Johann Gutenberg. D) North side Utamaro. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Johann Gutenberg. 28. How were books printed in China before the invention of mechanical presses? A) By rubbing paper against the inked surface of woodblocks. B) By using a system of hand printing. C) By using a printing press. D) By using movable type. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) By rubbing paper against the inked surface of woodblocks. 29. Who developed the first-known printing press in the 1430s? A) Voltaire. B) Isaac Newton. C) Marco Polo. D) Johann Gutenberg. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Johann Gutenberg. 30. What major impact did the printing press have on society during the modern world?** A) Increased use of handwritten manuscripts. B) Decreased access to information. C) Improved the spread of knowledge and ideas. D) Hindered the Reformation movement. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Improved the spread of knowledge and ideas. 31. What was the impact of print culture on the French Revolution? A) It led to the strengthening of the monarchy. B) It popularized the ideas of the Enlightenment thinkers. C) It had no impact on the revolution. D) It decreased the literacy rates. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) It popularized the ideas of the Enlightenment thinkers. 32. What was the 'Bengal Gazette'? A) A weekly English magazine. B) English Hindi mixed magazine. C) A weekly Hindi magazine. D) None of these. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) A weekly English magazine. 33. What was the oldest Japanese book called? A) The Korean Tagae. B) The Buddhist Scriptures. C) The Accordion Book. D) The Diamond Sutra. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) The Diamond Sutra. 34. Who was the first to use wood-block printing? A) Indian. B) French. C) Spaniards. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Spaniards. 35. What type of books were preferred by the new readership in China? A) Textbooks for civil service examinations. B) Fictional narratives and poetry. C) Trade information. D) Autobiographies and anthologies. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Fictional narratives and poetry. 36. The contribution of Grimm Brothers of Germany to children's literature was: A) Publishing stories for them. B) Spending years on compiling traditional folktales gathered from peasants, editing and publishing them as a collection in 1812. C) Having a new shape to rural folktales. D) All the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Spending years on compiling traditional folktales gathered from peasants, editing and publishing them as a collection in 1812. 37. Which of the following is the oldest Japanese book? A) Dipavamsa. B) Mahavamsa. C) Diamond Sutra. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Diamond Sutra. 38. What was a significant limitation of handwritten manuscripts compared to printed books? A) Handwritten manuscripts were more affordable. B) Handwritten manuscripts were more accurate. C) Handwritten manuscripts were easier to produce. D) Handwritten manuscripts were time-consuming and limited in quantity. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Handwritten manuscripts were time-consuming and limited in quantity. 39. What was Gutenberg's first printed book? A) (a) Ballads. B) (b) Dictionary. C) (c) Bible. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) (c) Bible. 40. Aim of Protestant Reformation was to: A) Reform religion. B) Reform the Catholic church. C) Reform Jewish religion. D) To protest against all reform. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Reform the Catholic church. 41. Which institutions setup schools to promote literacy during the 17th and 18th centuries? A) Churches. B) Universities. C) Monastery. D) Government. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Churches. 42. When was the earliest Japanese book printed? A) AD 1066. B) AD 768. C) AD 868. D) AD 594. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) AD 868. 43. Merchants and students in the University and towns bought cheaper printed copies of books in Europe. What kind of books were bought by the aristocrats? A) Handwritten books on silk. B) Handwritten books on very expensive vellum. C) Books engraved on copper plates. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Handwritten books on very expensive vellum. 44. ..... became the hub of the new print culture, catering to the Western-Style schools. A) Shanghai. B) Europe. C) China. D) Japan. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Shanghai. 45. What impact did print have on rural folk tales? A) It led to the disappearance of rural folk tales. B) It had no impact on them. C) It led to a decrease in their popularity. D) It recorded old rural folk tales in a new form. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) It recorded old rural folk tales in a new form. 46. Which of the following books is the oldest Japanese book, printed in 868 AD containing six sheets of text and woodcut illustrations? A) Diamond Sutra. B) Germ. C) March. D) Kharsncharit. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Diamond Sutra. 47. What was the significance of the children's press set up in France in 1857? A) It led to a decrease in the popularity of children's literature. B) It published new works as well as old fairy tales and folk tales for children. C) It published works only for adults. D) It had no significance. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) It published new works as well as old fairy tales and folk tales for children. 48. In which of the following countries, the rates of literacy was very low till the 20th century? A) Asian countries. B) American contries. C) European contries. D) Australian contries. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) European contries. 49. Then there were the romances, printed on four to six pages, and the more substantial ..... which were stories about the past. A) Information. B) Histories. C) Chapbooks. D) Articles. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Histories. 50. At which of the following places, the Grimm Brothers spent years compiling traditional folk tales gathered from peasants? A) France. B) England. C) Germany. D) Spain. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Germany. 51. '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? A) Louise Sebastien Mercier. B) Martin Luther. C) Erasmus. D) Manocchio. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Louise Sebastien Mercier. 52. What is calligraphy? A) (d) Stylized. B) Poetry. C) (b) Textbooks. D) (c) Flowers arrangement. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) (d) Stylized. 53. Who was known for an art form called ukiyo? A) Chinz Ho. B) North side Utamaro. C) Gutenberg. D) None of these. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) North side Utamaro. 54. Which of the following refers to print revolution? A) Invention of printing press. B) Shift from hand printing to mechanical printing. C) Revolt of people against printed matters. D) Handwritten manuscripts for printed books. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Shift from hand printing to mechanical printing. 55. What type of material were pictures printed on in Japan? A) Textiles. B) Playing cards. C) Paper money. D) All of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) All of the above. 56. Which of the following cities became the hub of the Western style-school culture printing? A) Paris. B) Shanghai. C) Britain. D) Berlin. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Shanghai. 57. What was the literacy rate in some parts of Europe by the end of the 18th century? A) 65%-75%. B) 60%-70%. C) 60-80%. D) 70%-80%. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) 60-80%. 58. Who introduced hand-printing in Japan? A) Christian missionaries. B) Buddhist missionaries. C) Confucian missionaries. D) Mandarins. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Buddhist missionaries. 59. In which century did the periodical press develop? A) 18th. B) 19th. C) 17th. D) 16th. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) 18th. 60. Which of the following countries had the earliest kind of print technology? A) China. B) Korea. C) Japan. D) All the Above. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) All the Above. Next →Related QuizzesHistory QuizzesClass 10 QuizzesClass 10 History Chapter 5 Print Culture And The Modern World Quiz 2 🏠 Back to Homepage 📘 Download PDF Books 📕 Premium PDF Books