Chapter 5 Print Culture and The Modern World
Chapter 5 Print Culture and The Modern World
Chapter 5 Print Culture and The Modern World
World
Test 2
1. ‘The printing press is the most powerful engine of progress and public
opinion is the force that will sweep despotism away.’ Who said these words?
(a) Manocchio
(b) Louise Sebastien Mercier
(c) Martin Luther
(d) Erasmus
Answer: b
Answer: c
3. Why was the Vernacular Press Act passed by the British Government in
India?
(a) The Vernacular Act was passed to promote vernacular languages.
(b) The Vernacular Act was passed by the British government to put some
check on vernacular newspapers which had become assertively nationalist.
(c) The Vernacular Act was passed to please the Indians who wanted to
promote Indian languages.
(d) The Vernacular Act was passed to consolidate British rule in India.
Answer: b
Answer: d
5. The main theme of the book ‘Chhote aur Bade Ka Sawal’ written by
Kashibaba, a Kanpur mill worker, was:
(a) The life of the elite upper castes.
(b) The link between caste and class exploitation.
(c) Restrictions on the Vernacular Press.
(d) Injustices of the caste system.
Answer: b
6. Amar Jiban was the autobiography written by Rashsundari Debi.
(True/False)
Answer:
Explanation: True
Answer:
Explanation: True
Answer:
Explanation: False
Answer:
Explanation: False
10. ‘ Bengal Gazette ’ the weekly magazine was brought out byGangadhar
Bhattacharya. (True/F alse)
Answer:
Explanation: True
Column A Column B
Answer:
(a) (iii)
(b) (v)
(c) (iv)
(d) (i)
(e) (ii)
Answer: d
13: - What was Gutenberg’s first printed book?
(a) Ballads
(b) Dictionary
(c) Bible
(d) None of these
Answer: c
14: -What were ‘Penny Chapbooks’?
(a) Pocket – sized books
(b) Journals
(c) Ritual Calendars
(d) Newspaper
Answer: a
18: - Who said, “Printing is the ultimate gift of god and the greatest one.”
(a) Charles Dickens
(b) J. V. Schley
(c) Mahatma Gandhi
(d) Martin Luther
Answer: d