What is calligraphy?

1

(a)

Poetry

(b)

Textbooks

(c)

Flowers arrangement

(d)

Stylized

What was Gutenberg's first printed book?

1

(a)

Ballads

(b)

Dictionary

(c)

Bible

(d)

None of these

What were 'Penny Chapbooks'?

1

(a)

Pocket-sized books

(b)

Journals

(c)

Ritual Calendars

(d)

Newspaper

Who wrote 'My childhood My university'?

1

(a)

Thomas wood

(b)

Maxim Gorky

(c)

George Eliot

(d)

Jane Austen

When was the first cotton mill set up in India in?

1

(a)

1878

(b)

1887

(c)

1867

(d)

1898

Who said, "Printing is the ultimate gift of god and the greatest one."

1

(a)

Charles Dickens

(b)

J.V.Schley

(c)

Mahatma Gandhi

(d)

Martin Luther

Which is the oldest printed book of Japan?

1

(a)

Bible

(b)

Diamond Sutra

(c)

Mahabharata

(d)

Ukiyo

Who wrote 95 theses?

1

(a)

Martin Luther

(b)

Johann Gutenberg

(c)

J.V.Schley

(d)

Charles Dickens

Who authored 'Gitagovinda'?

1

(a)

Jayadeva

(b)

Raja Ram Mohan Roy

(c)

J.A.Hickey

(d)

Chandu Menon

Which one among the following is an ancient name of Tokyo?

1

(a)

Osaka

(b)

Nagano

(c)

Edo 

(d)

Gifu

Which of the following was the first book printed by Gutenberg?

1

(a)

New testament

(b)

Bible

(c)

Chap books

(d)

Diamond sutra

Give reasons for the following :
(a) Woodblock print only came to Europe after 1295.
(b) Martin Luther was in favour of print and spoke out in praise of it.
(c) The Roman Catholic Church began keeping an index of Prohibited books from the mid-sixteenth century.
(d) Gandhi said the fight for Swaraj is a fight for liberty of speech, liberty of the press, and freedom of association.

3

(a)

Write short notes to show what you know about:
a) The Gutenberg Press
b) Erasmus’s idea of the printed book
c) The Vernacular Press Act

3

(a)

Why did some people fear the effect of easily available printed books? Choose one example from Europe and one from India.

3

(a)

Why did some people not welcome printed books?

3

(a)

Why were the printed books popular even among illiterate people?

3

(a)

How had the earliest Print Revolution developed in the world? Explain.

3

(a)

What were the effects of the spread of print culture for poor people in nineteenth century India?

3

(a)