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Class 11 History Chapter 11 Print Culture And The Modern World Quiz 2 (25 MCQs)

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1. Evaluate the role of caricatures in Indian print culture.

Correct Answer: B) They critiqued imperialism, social changes, and nationalism visually.

2. Who painted mythological pictures that were reproduced in popular prints in India?

Correct Answer: B) Raja Ravi Varma.

3. Why did printing expand rapidly in China from the sixteenth century onward?

Correct Answer: B) Growth of civil service examinations.

4. What was the name of the cheap small books sold by pedlars in England during the reading mania?

Correct Answer: B) Chapbooks.

5. What did the printing of visual material lead to in Japan?

Correct Answer: D) All of the above.

6. Who was Kitagawa Utamaro?

Correct Answer: A) Japanese artist.

7. The Founder of newspaper Bangal Gazette is James Augustus

Correct Answer: B) True.

8. What was the art form called that Kitagawa Utamaro contributed to?

Correct Answer: A) Ukiyo.

9. Identify the effect of the 'Shilling Series' introduced in England in the 1920s:

Correct Answer: B) It made popular works affordable and accessible.

10. The art form called ukiyo in Japan depicted:

Correct Answer: B) Pictures of the floating world.

11. Which group began to use print materials most widely in seventeenth-century China?

Correct Answer: C) Merchants and urban readers.

12. How did print contribute to the spread of Enlightenment ideas?

Correct Answer: B) Through periodicals and books promoting reason, progress, and critique of despotism.

13. How did print empower women readers in Europe?

Correct Answer: B) Through magazines and novels defining independent women with agency.

14. Examine the cultural impact of ukiyo prints in Japan.

Correct Answer: B) They illustrated urban elegance, influencing global art and publishing practices.

15. Assess the role of libraries in nineteenth-century Europe and India.

Correct Answer: B) They educated self-taught workers and promoted nationalism among the poor.

16. The earliest kind of print technology was developed in:

Correct Answer: B) China, Japan, and Korea.

17. When was the Deoband Seminary founded?

Correct Answer: C) 1867.

18. Why was the Vernacular Press Act discriminatory?

Correct Answer: B) It targeted only Indian-language papers for censorship on seditious content.

19. Which method of hand-printing was developed in China?

Correct Answer: B) Woodblock Printing.

20. Why was censorship imposed on the press in colonial India, especially after 1857?

Correct Answer: B) To control 'seditious' content criticizing British rule and prevent uprisings.

21. What does the term "moveable type printing" refer to?

Correct Answer: B) Printing with movable metal letters.

22. Analyze the significance of women's writings in nineteenth-century India.

Correct Answer: B) They highlighted issues like education and widowhood, challenging patriarchal norms through autobiographies and journals.

23. Who was the Italian miller executed by the Roman Catholic Church for reinterpreting the Bible?

Correct Answer: B) Menocchio.

24. In which year did the first printing press come to Goa with Portuguese missionaries?

Correct Answer: A) Mid-sixteenth century.

25. In which year did the Press and Registration of Books Act come into effect in India?

Correct Answer: C) 1878.

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