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Bihar Board Class 10 (BSEB) Print Culture and the Modern World — practice questions

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The earliest kind of print technology was developed in:Read the answer and worked solution →Johann Gutenberg's invention of the printing press dates approximately to:Read the answer and worked solution →The first book printed by Gutenberg was:Read the answer and worked solution →The first printing press in India was brought by:Read the answer and worked solution →Marco Polo brought knowledge of woodblock printing from China to Italy around the year:Read the answer and worked solution →By the mid-18th century, the printing of cheap 'penny chapbooks' helped:Read the answer and worked solution →By the 1740s in France, what was the 'Bibliotheque Bleue'?Read the answer and worked solution →Mahatma Gandhi launched 'Young India', 'Navjivan' and 'Harijan' as:Read the answer and worked solution →The Vernacular Press Act of 1878 in British India was modelled on:Read the answer and worked solution →Kashibaba's 'Chhote Aur Bade Ka Sawal' (1938) — a printed pamphlet — argued for:Read the answer and worked solution →The first newspaper in India in any Indian language was:Read the answer and worked solution →In the late 19th century, the Battala area of Calcutta became famous for printing:Read the answer and worked solution →

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The earliest kind of print technology was developed in:

  1. Europe
  2. India
  3. China
  4. Egypt
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Correct answer: C. China

1. syllabus traces print's origin to East Asia. 2. The earliest kind of print technology was developed in China, Japan and Korea. 3. Hand-printing from wooden blocks was the system used. _Source: syllabus History India and the Contemporary World - II, Ch 5 "Print Culture and the Modern World", §First Print ¶1_

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Johann Gutenberg's invention of the printing press dates approximately to:

  1. The 1190s
  2. The 1240s
  3. The 1430s
  4. The 1540s
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Correct answer: C. The 1430s

1. syllabus places Gutenberg's invention in the 15th century. 2. Gutenberg developed the first known printing press in Strasbourg in the 1430s. 3. He printed the first complete book — the Bible — by 1448 using movable metal type. _Source: syllabus History India and the Contemporary World - II, Ch 5 "Print Culture and the Modern World", §Gutenberg ¶1_

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The first book printed by Gutenberg was:

  1. The Bible
  2. A scientific treatise
  3. A military manual
  4. A geography book
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Correct answer: A. The Bible

1. syllabus identifies Gutenberg's first major work. 2. Gutenberg printed the Bible by 1448 — about 180 copies in three years. 3. The Bible was the first book to be printed using movable metal type in Europe. _Source: syllabus History India and the Contemporary World - II, Ch 5 "Print Culture and the Modern World", §Gutenberg ¶2_

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