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Johann Gutenberg's invention of the printing press dates approximately to:
AThe 1190s
BThe 1240s
CThe 1430s
DThe 1540s
Answer & Solution
Correct answer: C. The 1430s
1. NCERT 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: NCERT Class 10 History India and the Contemporary World - II, Ch 5 "Print Culture and the Modern World", §Gutenberg ¶1_
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