This quiz works best with JavaScript enabled. Home > Class 10 > Class 10 History Chapter 5 Print Culture And The Modern World β Quiz 2 π Homepage π Download PDF Books π Premium PDF Books Class 10 History Chapter 5 Print Culture And The Modern World Quiz 2 (25 MCQs) Quiz Instructions Select an option to see the correct answer instantly. 1. Which one among the following is an ancient name of Tokyo? A) Osaka. B) Nagano. C) They. D) Gifu. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) They. 2. Who developed the first printing press? A) Marco Polo. B) North side Utamaro. C) Shunman Kubo. D) Johann Gutenberg. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Johann Gutenberg. 3. 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. 4. Who developed the first-known printing press in the 1430s? A) Johann Gutenberg. B) Isaac Newton. C) Marco Polo. D) Voltaire. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Johann Gutenberg. 5. 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. 6. What was the impact of print culture on the French Revolution? A) It decreased the literacy rates. B) It popularized the ideas of the Enlightenment thinkers. C) It led to the strengthening of the monarchy. D) It had no impact on the revolution. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) It popularized the ideas of the Enlightenment thinkers. 7. 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. 8. What was the oldest Japanese book called? A) The Diamond Sutra. B) The Korean Tagae. C) The Buddhist Scriptures. D) The Accordion Book. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) The Diamond Sutra. 9. 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. 10. 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. 11. 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. 12. 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. 13. 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. 14. 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. 15. 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. 16. Which institutions setup schools to promote literacy during the 17th and 18th centuries? A) Churches. B) Government. C) Universities. D) Monastery. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Churches. 17. When was the earliest Japanese book printed? A) AD 594. B) AD 768. C) AD 868. D) AD 1066. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) AD 868. 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? 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. 19. ..... became the hub of the new print culture, catering to the Western-Style schools. A) Shanghai. B) China. C) Europe. D) Japan. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Shanghai. 20. What impact did print have on rural folk tales? A) It had no impact on them. B) It led to a decrease in their popularity. C) It led to the disappearance of rural folk tales. 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. 21. 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) Kharsncharit. C) Germ. D) March. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Diamond Sutra. 22. 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. 23. In which of the following countries, the rates of literacy was very low till the 20th century? A) European contries. B) Asian countries. C) American contries. D) Australian contries. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) European contries. 24. Then there were the romances, printed on four to six pages, and the more substantial ..... which were stories about the past. A) Chapbooks. B) Histories. C) Articles. D) Information. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Histories. 25. 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. 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