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CLASS: X
SECTION: A-F
SUBJECT: SOCIAL SCIENCE
SESSION: 2023-24
WORKSHEET 9
HISTORY CHAPTER 5; PRINT CULTURE AND THE MODERN WORLD

1) What did the spread of print culture in nineteenth-century India mean:

a) Women
b) Reformers
c) The Poor
2) Why did some people in eighteenth-century Europe think that print culture would bring enlightenment and end
despotism? OR
Explain the factors responsible for the invention of new printing spread to all parts of Europe.
3) Explain how print culture assisted the growth of nationalism in India.
4) “It is difficult to imagine a world without printed matter.” Justify the statement with two suitable examples.
5) Discuss the progress of the Urdu language and literature in India.
6) Invention of the printing press by Johann Gutenberg led to a revolution in the realm of ideas. Justify.
7) Explain the different laws/ regulations/Acts passed by the British government in India to curtail freedom of the
press.
8) Explain any three features of manuscripts before India’s print age?
9) What was the role of the new ‘visual image’ culture in printing in India?
10) “The Bengal Gazette was a commercial paper open to all. but influenced by none.” Justify the claim of James
Augustus Hickey.
11) “Oral culture and print culture were complimentary to each other.” Justify the statement with any three
suitable arguments.
12) ‘Not everyone welcomed the printed books and those who did also had fears about it.’ Explain by giving
examples.
13) What was an ‘accordion book?” Describe any two features of hand printing in China.
14) Mention any four social values promoted by print culture.
15) Give reasons for the following:
a) Woodblock print only came to Europe after 1295.
b) Martin Luther was in favor of print and spoke out in praise of it.
c) The Roman Catholic Church began keeping an Index of Prohibited Books in the mid-sixteenth century.
d) Gandhi said that the fight for Swaraj is a fight for the liberty of speech, liberty of the press, and freedom of
the association.
16) Look at the figure below. What impact do such advertisements have on the public mind? Do you think everyone
reacts to printed material in the same way?

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