Thursday, 8 February 2018

Print Culture and the Modern World Question Bank

1)   Which three countries developed earliest print technology?
2)   What was woodblock printing?
3)   What is 'Calligraphy'?
4)   Why did Imperial state of China get books printed?
5)   What kind of books were written in China for new readership?
6)   Did women also read or write in China?
7)   Name the oldest printed Japanese book.
8)   What kind of hand-printed books were available in Japan? 
9) Who brought woodblocks printing technology from China to Europe?
10) How handwritten manuscripts were organized?
11) What were the drawbacks of manuscripts?
12)   By 15th century for what purposes was woodblock printing used in Europe?
13)   Who developed the first known printing press?
14)   Who was Gutenberg?
15) Which was the first book printed by first printing machine?
16) What were the advantages of printing press?
17)   Who was Menocchio?
18)   What are heretical ideas?
19)   Who was Erasmus?
20)   What was 'reading mania'?
21)   Who were Pedlars?
22)   What were almanacs?
23)   What were chapbooks?
24) What were 'Biliotheque Bleue'?
25) How did printing help thinkers and philosophers?
26)   Who was Mercier?
27)   How did print popularize the ideas of enlightened thinkers in France?
28)   What did cartoons and caricatures suggest?
29)   Where was Children Press set up?
30) Who were Grimm Brothers?
31)   Name the earliest best-known women novelists.
32)   Why was typical about women novelists?
33)   Who perfected power driven Cylindrical Press?
34)   In which language were handwritten manuscripts written in India?
35)   On what material were manuscripts written in India?
36) When did first Printing Press come to India?
37)   What was Bengal Gazette?
38)   Why did Governor General Warren Hastings persecute Hickey?
39)   Which was the first Indian weekly published by Indians?
40)   Name the two Persian newspapers published in India.
41)   What do the terms 'Ulama' and 'Fatwa' mean?
42)   What was 'Deoband Seminary'?
43)   Who published religions' texts in vernaculars in India?
44)   Which new literacy forms entered the world of reading?
45)   Who produced visual images for the manuscripts?
46)   What was represented in caricatures and cartoons in India?
47)   Who was Rashsundari Debi?
48)   What do you know about Kailashbashini Debi?
49)   What kind of books were written by Tarabai Shinde and Pandita Ramabai?
50)   Which book was written by Jyotiba Phule?
51)   Which writers have spoken about lower caste system?
52)   Which mill workers were good writers also?
53)   What was the Vernacular Press Act?
55)     Describe in brief how printing developed in Japan.
56)   How did a new reading public emerge with the printing revolution?
57) What was the apprehension of religious authorities and monarchs about printing?
58)   Who was Mercier? What were his views about books?
59)   How did the printing press help in collecting children as its new readership?
60)   How were ideas and information written before the age of print in India?
61)   What was the Portuguese influence on printing?
62)   How were social and religious reforms carried out with the help of printing in India?
63)   What was the role of new 'visual image' culture in printing, in India?
64)   Why is China called the major producer of printed material?
65)   Why did printed books initially resemble written manuscripts in appearance and layout?
66)   How did print revolution gradually spread in other European countries?
67)   Why was Menocchio executed?
68)   How did print culture affect women in the 19th century?
69)   What kind of printing material was printed for the children?
70)   Who brought the print revolution to British India and how?
71)   What kind of literature was printed in Punjab in the early 20th century?
72)   What role did Battala play in printing technology, in Bengal?
73)   How was caste issue revolutionized by printing in India?
74)   Why is it said, "It is difficult for us to imagine a world without printed matter?"
75)   What do you know about 'wood-block' printing?
76)   State how mechanical printing surfaced in China.
77)   What type of books were printed in Japan?
78)   How were handwritten manuscripts organized with their expanded demand?
79)   What were the drawbacks of manuscripts?
80)   How did print technology enhance the production of books?
81)   What are the advantages of printing presses?
82)   How did publishers persuade common people to welcome the printed books?
83)   What was the significance of printing for people to spread their ideas?
84)   What was periodical press?
85)   How did ideas of scientists and philosophers become more accessible to people?
86)   Give three types of arguments on the effects of print technology on French Revolution.
87)   Were manuscripts used widely in everyday's life in India?
88)   What was the role of cartoons and caricatures in Indian printing?
89)   How could poor people read the books?
90)   How did interest for writing develop in mill workers? 
91)     Describe how pedlars sold books around the villages in Europe.
92)   Trace the history of print revolution in India.
93)   How did the British pass certain regulations to control freedom of press in India?
94)   Describe the role of nationalist newspapers in spreading nationalist feelings amongst the Indians.
95)   Who was Martin Luther? What is his contribution to Reformation'?
96)   How did the print revolution lead to the development of a in Europe?
97)   How did a new reading culture bloom in China?
98)   Who was Gutenburg? How had he developed the art of printing?
99)   Was the new technology able to displace the existing art of producing books by hand?
100)   What was the fear of printed books on religion?
101)   Was print able to shape the minds of people of France directly?
102)   How were workers influenced by the print revolution?
103)   Trace the development of Printing Technology in Europe.
104)   Which new strategies were opted by the printers and publishers to sell their products?
105)   Give a brief account of manuscripts of India.
106)   What was the fear in the minds of Muslims against colonial rulers and how did they overcome it?
107)   How were lives and feelings of women written and printed? 
108)   What was Gutenberg's first printed book? (a) Ballads (b) Dictionary (c) Bible (d) None of these
109)   Who was Martin Luther? (a) Painter (b) Poet (c) Religious reformer (d) All of these
110)   What did Menocchio, the miller do? (a) Commissioned artists (b) Enraged the Roman Catholic Church (c) Wrote the Adages (d) None of these
111)   Who introduced the printing press in India? (a) French (b) Italian (c) Portuguese (d) None of these
112)   Which book of Jyotiba Phule was based on the caste system? (a)Amar Jiban (b) Istri Dharm Vichar (c) Sacchi Kavitayen (d) Gulamgiri   
113) Can we imagine a world without printed matter?
114) Why did some people in 18th century Europe think that print culture would bring enlightenment and end despotism?
115) What do you know about manuscripts of India?

116) Can we imagine a world without printed matter?

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