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The first-known printing press was developed in the 1430s by:Read the answer and worked solution →Gutenberg took the model for his printing press from the:Read the answer and worked solution →The first book Gutenberg printed was the:Read the answer and worked solution →Printing presses were set up across Europe between 1450 and:Read the answer and worked solution →The Ninety Five Theses of 1517 were written by:Read the answer and worked solution →The Italian miller executed after reinterpreting the Bible was:Read the answer and worked solution →From 1558 the Roman Church maintained an:Read the answer and worked solution →In England penny chapbooks were carried by pedlars called:Read the answer and worked solution →The printing press first came to India at:Read the answer and worked solution →Catholic priests printed the first Tamil book in 1579 at:Read the answer and worked solution →The Bengal Gazette was edited from 1780 by:Read the answer and worked solution →The Sambad Kaumudi was published by:Read the answer and worked solution →The Vernacular Press Act was passed in:Read the answer and worked solution →The first full-length autobiography in Bengali, Amar Jiban, was written by:Read the answer and worked solution →Match each name to what it stands forRead the answer and worked solution →Place the print events in timeRead the answer and worked solution →China, Europe or IndiaRead the answer and worked solution →Before or after GutenbergRead the answer and worked solution →True or false on print cultureRead the answer and worked solution →Fill the gaps on print cultureRead the answer and worked solution →Spot the one that does not fitRead the answer and worked solution →Quick picks on print cultureRead the answer and worked solution →In early Chinese hand printing, what was rubbed against an inked woodblock?Read the answer and worked solution →Why were early Chinese printed books folded and stitched at the side?Read the answer and worked solution →Which Buddhist text is the oldest Chinese book, printed in AD 868?Read the answer and worked solution →In which year was Kitagawa Utamaro, the ukiyo print artist, born?Read the answer and worked solution →In which year was the Tripitaka Koreana inscribed on UNESCO's Memory of the World Register?Read the answer and worked solution →In which decade did Johann Gutenberg develop the first-known printing press?Read the answer and worked solution →Which printing method did Marco Polo bring back to Italy from China in 1295?Read the answer and worked solution →On which costly material were luxury European editions handwritten before print?Read the answer and worked solution →

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The first-known printing press was developed in the 1430s by:

  1. Jakob Fugger
  2. Josef Brenner
  3. Johann Gutenberg
  4. Johann Kepler
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Correct answer: C. Johann Gutenberg

1. Demand for books could not be met by scribes copying by hand. 2. In Germany, Johann Gutenberg developed the first-known printing press in the 1430s. 3. So the correct answer is Johann Gutenberg. _Source: syllabus Social Science, 'India and the Contemporary World II', Ch 5 'Print Culture and the Modern World'_

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Gutenberg took the model for his printing press from the:

  1. Water mill
  2. Grain sieve
  3. Wine barrel
  4. Olive press
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Correct answer: D. Olive press

1. Gutenberg had grown up seeing wine and olive presses on the family estate. 2. The olive press provided the model for the printing press. 3. Moulds were used for casting the metal types for the letters. _Source: syllabus Social Science, 'India and the Contemporary World II', Ch 5 'Print Culture and the Modern World'_

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The first book Gutenberg printed was the:

  1. Bible
  2. Psalms
  3. Gospel
  4. Sermon
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Correct answer: A. Bible

1. Gutenberg perfected his system by 1448. 2. The first book he printed was the Bible. 3. About 180 copies were printed and it took three years to produce them. _Source: syllabus Social Science, 'India and the Contemporary World II', Ch 5 'Print Culture and the Modern World'_

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