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The first printing press in India was brought by:
Answer & Solution
Correct answer: B.
1. NCERT covers India's introduction to printing.
2. Portuguese missionaries brought the first printing press to Goa in the mid-16th century.
3. Jesuit priests learnt Konkani and printed several tracts; by 1674 about 50 books had been printed in the Konkani and Kanara languages.
_Source: NCERT Class 10 History India and the Contemporary World - II, Ch 5 "Print Culture and the Modern World", §India ¶1_
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