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UPSC CDS World History — practice questions — page 18

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The earliest hand printing, rubbing paper on inked woodblocks from AD 594, developed in:Read the answer and worked solution →The oldest Japanese printed book, from AD 868, is the Buddhist:Read the answer and worked solution →Who brought knowledge of woodblock printing from China to Italy in 1295?Read the answer and worked solution →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 →

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The earliest hand printing, rubbing paper on inked woodblocks from AD 594, developed in:

  1. China
  2. Italy
  3. Germany
  4. Egypt
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Correct answer: A. China

1. Paper too was invented there. 2. China printed books from AD 594. 3. Japan and Korea followed. _Source: syllabus India and the Contemporary World II, Chapter 5, Print Culture and the Modern World._

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The oldest Japanese printed book, from AD 868, is the Buddhist:

  1. Jikji text
  2. Diamond Sutra
  3. Lotus Sutra
  4. Heart Sutra
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Correct answer: B. Diamond Sutra

1. Buddhist missionaries brought printing to Japan. 2. The Diamond Sutra has six sheets and woodcuts. 3. Books in medieval Japan were cheap. _Source: syllabus India and the Contemporary World II, Chapter 5, Print Culture and the Modern World._

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Who brought knowledge of woodblock printing from China to Italy in 1295?

  1. Marco Polo
  2. Gutenberg
  3. Erasmus
  4. Columbus
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Correct answer: A. Marco Polo

1. Chinese paper had reached Europe earlier. 2. Marco Polo returned in 1295. 3. Italians began printing with woodblocks. _Source: syllabus India and the Contemporary World II, Chapter 5, Print Culture and the Modern World._

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