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In England penny chapbooks were carried by pedlars called:
ACabmen
BChapmen
CCartmen
DCoalmen
Answer & Solution
Correct answer: B. Chapmen
1. Booksellers employed pedlars to sell little books in the villages.
2. In England penny chapbooks were carried by petty pedlars known as chapmen.
3. They sold for a penny, so even the poor could buy them.
_Source: NCERT Class 10 Social Science, 'India and the Contemporary World II', Ch 5 'Print Culture and the Modern World'_
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