Class 10 History Chapter 5 Print Culture And The Modern World Quiz 2 (25 MCQs)

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1. Which one among the following is an ancient name of Tokyo?
2. Who developed the first printing press?
3. How were books printed in China before the invention of mechanical presses?
4. Who developed the first-known printing press in the 1430s?
5. What major impact did the printing press have on society during the modern world?**
6. What was the impact of print culture on the French Revolution?
7. What was the 'Bengal Gazette'?
8. What was the oldest Japanese book called?
9. Who was the first to use wood-block printing?
10. What type of books were preferred by the new readership in China?
11. The contribution of Grimm Brothers of Germany to children's literature was:
12. Which of the following is the oldest Japanese book?
13. What was a significant limitation of handwritten manuscripts compared to printed books?
14. What was Gutenberg's first printed book?
15. Aim of Protestant Reformation was to:
16. Which institutions setup schools to promote literacy during the 17th and 18th centuries?
17. When was the earliest Japanese book printed?
18. 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?
19. ..... became the hub of the new print culture, catering to the Western-Style schools.
20. What impact did print have on rural folk tales?
21. Which of the following books is the oldest Japanese book, printed in 868 AD containing six sheets of text and woodcut illustrations?
22. What was the significance of the children's press set up in France in 1857?
23. In which of the following countries, the rates of literacy was very low till the 20th century?
24. Then there were the romances, printed on four to six pages, and the more substantial ..... which were stories about the past.
25. At which of the following places, the Grimm Brothers spent years compiling traditional folk tales gathered from peasants?