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Johann Gutenberg developed the first-known printing press in the 1430s at:Read the answer and worked solution →Gutenberg modelled his printing press on the:Read the answer and worked solution →The first book Gutenberg printed was the Bible, in about how many copies?Read the answer and worked solution →Martin Luther wrote the Ninety Five Theses criticising Church practices in:Read the answer and worked solution →The Roman Church began keeping an Index of Prohibited Books from:Read the answer and worked solution →Penny chapbooks carried by pedlars called chapmen were sold in:Read the answer and worked solution →Richard M. Hoe's power-driven cylindrical press could print how many sheets per hour?Read the answer and worked solution →The printing press first came to India with Portuguese missionaries at:Read the answer and worked solution →Catholic priests printed the first Tamil book in 1579 at:Read the answer and worked solution →From 1780, James Augustus Hickey edited which weekly, the start of English printing in India?Read the answer and worked solution →Rammohun Roy published which paper from 1821?Read the answer and worked solution →The Gujarati newspaper Bombay Samachar first appeared in:Read the answer and worked solution →The Deoband Seminary was founded in:Read the answer and worked solution →The first printed edition of Tulsidas's Ramcharitmanas came out from Calcutta in:Read the answer and worked solution →Rashsundari Debi's Amar Jiban of 1876 was the first full-length autobiography in:Read the answer and worked solution →Jyotiba Phule's Gulamgiri, on the injustices of caste, was published in:Read the answer and worked solution →The Vernacular Press Act of 1878 was modelled on the:Read the answer and worked solution →Tilak was jailed in 1908 for writing in his Kesari about revolutionaries deported from:Read the answer and worked solution →In August 1942, during the Quit India movement, about how many newspapers were suppressed?Read the answer and worked solution →Catch the Indian newspapersRead the answer and worked solution →Pop the European print namesRead the answer and worked solution →Run the print datesRead the answer and worked solution →Slice the print wordsRead the answer and worked solution →Europe or IndiaRead the answer and worked solution →Sort the Indian print worldRead the answer and worked solution →Type the numberRead the answer and worked solution →Print culture bingoRead the answer and worked solution →In 1600, about what share of India's landmass was under cultivation?Read the answer and worked solution →Each mile of railway track required how many wooden sleepers?Read the answer and worked solution →By 1890, about how many km of railway track had been laid in India?Read the answer and worked solution →

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Johann Gutenberg developed the first-known printing press in the 1430s at:

  1. Heidelberg
  2. Strasbourg
  3. Wittenberg
  4. Nuremberg
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Correct answer: B. Strasbourg

1. Manuscripts could not meet demand. 2. The breakthrough came at Strasbourg, Germany. 3. Gutenberg perfected the system by 1448. _Source: syllabus India and the Contemporary World II, Chapter 5, Print Culture and the Modern World._

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Gutenberg modelled his printing press on the:

  1. Water mill
  2. Spinning wheel
  3. Olive press
  4. Wine barrel
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Correct answer: C. Olive press

1. He grew up seeing wine and olive presses. 2. The olive press was his model. 3. Metal types came from his mould-making skill. _Source: syllabus India and the Contemporary World II, Chapter 5, Print Culture and the Modern World._

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The first book Gutenberg printed was the Bible, in about how many copies?

  1. About 1800
  2. About 18
  3. About 50
  4. About 180
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Correct answer: D. About 180

1. It took three years. 2. About 180 copies were made. 3. That was fast for the time. _Source: syllabus India and the Contemporary World II, Chapter 5, Print Culture and the Modern World._

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