CLSS 10

HISTORY
CH 5 PRIT CULTURE AND THE MODERN WORLD
WORK SHEET
1.How print culture influenced by the spread of cities and urban culture in China?/ How had the
earliest printing technology developed in the world?(5)

2.How woodblock print came to Europe?(3)

3. Why the demand of the book increased in Europe?/ Why the production of handwritten
manuscripts could not satisfied the ever increasing demand for book?(3)

4. How Gutenberg invent the printing press? How did his invention bring a revolution in the field of
printing ideas?(5)

5. How did print bring the reading public and hearing pubpic closer?(3)

6. Explain the role played by print in bringing about a division in the Roman Catholic church?/ Discuses
about the Martin Luther and his religious reformation movements.(5)

7. Explain the reasons for a virtual reading mania in Europe in the 18th century.(5)

8. Explain the role of print culture in the bringing of French revolution.(5)

9. Explain the reasons which created a large no of new readers in the 19th centurt.(5)

10. Highlight the innovations which have improved the printing technology from 19th century
onwards.(5)

11. Explain the three features of hand written manuscripts before the age of print in India.(3)

12. Printing press played a major role in shaping the Indian society of the 19th century?(5)

13. Explain the effects of print technology on Indian visual culture in the 19th century.(5)

14. Print technology gave women a chance to share their feelings with the world outside.Support the
statement with suitable examples.(5)

15. Why were the printed book popular even among illiterate people?(3)

16. What do you know about the vernacular press act?(3)

17.What was the attitude of liberal and conservative Indians towards women reading? How did
women like Kailashbashini Devi respond to this in her writing?(5)

18. How print culture assisted the growth of nationalism in India?(5)