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Class 11 History Chapter 11 Print Culture And The Modern World Quiz 3 (25 MCQs)

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1. Assertion (A):Print culture allowed Enlightenment thinkers to spread ideas challenging tradition and despotism. Reason (R):The Enlightenment thinkers wanted only elite groups to have access to their ideas.

Correct Answer: C) A is true, but R is false.

2. In which year was the Vernacular Press Act passed in India?

Correct Answer: C) 1878.

3. Assess how print connected Indian communities.

Correct Answer: B) Through newspapers fostering pan-Indian identities and policy critiques.

4. What was the name of Jyotiba Phule's book on caste discrimination published in 1871?

Correct Answer: A) Gulamgiri.

5. What was the first book printed by Johann Gutenberg?

Correct Answer: B) The Bible.

6. What is the name of the oldest existing book printed with movable metal type, from Korea?

Correct Answer: C) Jikji.

7. When did Martin Luther write the Ninety Five Theses criticizing the Roman Catholic Church?

Correct Answer: A) 1517.

8. Who started the weekly Bengal Gazette in 1780?

Correct Answer: B) James Augustus Hickey.

9. What material was used for luxury handwritten manuscripts in Europe before widespread printing?

Correct Answer: C) Vellum.

10. The 'accordion book' in traditional Chinese printing refers to:

Correct Answer: A) A book folded and stitched at the sides.

11. The Tripitaka Koreana, engraved on about 80, 000 woodblocks, belongs to which country?

Correct Answer: C) Korea.

12. Analyze the role of James Lackington's observations on book sales to understand social changes in the late eighteenth century. Which of the following conclusions aligns with his observations?

Correct Answer: B) Even rural populations, previously uninterested, developed a reading habit.

13. What were libraries and bookstores in Japan packed with?

Correct Answer: D) All of the above.

14. Examine how print facilitated religious reforms and public debates in colonial India.

Correct Answer: B) By enabling cheap tracts and newspapers in vernaculars, connecting communities and critiquing practices.

15. What was the first Tamil book printed in India?

Correct Answer: B) 1713 in Tranquebar.

16. Who wrote the autobiography Amar Jiban, the first full-length autobiography in Bengali?

Correct Answer: B) Rashsundari Debi.

17. When did primary education become compulsory in most of Europe?

Correct Answer: B) Early nineteenth century.

18. Which statement best describes the impact of periodicals in eighteenth-century Europe?

Correct Answer: C) They combined information about current affairs with entertainment.

19. In which year did the Roman Catholic Church begin maintaining an Index of Prohibited Books?

Correct Answer: C) 1798.

20. What is the impact of the spread of technology on print culture?

Correct Answer: B) It diversified the uses of print.

21. By 1500, the number of books printed in Europe was approximately:

Correct Answer: C) 20 million.

22. Analyze why religious authorities feared the spread of print in Europe.

Correct Answer: B) It allowed wide circulation of ideas challenging authority, leading to debates and dissent.

23. Who developed the first known printing press in Europe?

Correct Answer: B) Johann Gutenberg.

24. How did libraries impact the working class in the nineteenth century?

Correct Answer: B) They became a resource for self-education and social mobility.

25. How did print culture influence the French Revolution according to historians?

Correct Answer: B) By creating a culture of debate, popularizing reason-based critiques of tradition and authority.

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