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Marco Polo brought knowledge of woodblock printing from China to Italy around the year:
Answer & Solution
Correct answer: A.
1. NCERT mentions Marco Polo's role.
2. Marco Polo, a great explorer, returned to Italy in 1295 after many years of exploration in China.
3. He brought back knowledge of woodblock printing — Italians then started producing books with this technique.
_Source: NCERT Class 10 History India and the Contemporary World - II, Ch 5 "Print Culture and the Modern World", §Print in Europe ¶1_
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