Print Culture and the Modern World

Which problem has been raised in Gulamgiri?

• The injustices of caste system

• Excessive drinking among the poor

• The miserable lives of upper-caste Hindu women

• Widow immolation

Who said, “Printing is the ultimate gift of God and the greatest one.”?

• Charles Dickens

• Louise-Sebastien Mercier

• Mahatma Gandhi

• Martin Luther

What made Governor-General Warren Hastings persecute James Hickey who edited the Bengal Gazette?

• He published articles supporting Indian nationalist leaders

• He published advertisements related to the import and sale of slaves.

• He published anti-religious articles.

• He published gossip about senior East India Company officials

Diamond Sutra is the oldest printed book of

• Korea

• India

• Japan

• China

The main theme of the book ‘Chhote aur Bade Ka Sawal’ written by Kashibaba, a Kanpur mill worker was:

• The life of the elite upper castes.

• The link between caste and class exploitation.

• Restrictions on the Vernacular Press.

• Injustices of the caste system

Who was the first to use wood-block printing

• Indian

• French

• Spaniards

• None of these

Who was Kitagawa Utamaro?

• Japanese artist

• An Indian artist

• An Korean artist

• None of these

Why was the Vernacular Press Act passed by the British Government in India?

• The Vernacular Act was passed to promote vernacular languages.

• The Vernacular Act was passed by the British government to put some check on vernacular newspapers which had become assertively nationalist.

• The Vernacular Act was passed to please the Indians who wanted to promote Indian languages

• The Vernacular Act was passed to consolidate British rule in India

 Who among the following perfected the power drive cylinders press?

• James Watt.

• George Eliot.

• Richard M Hoe.

• Gutenberg.

What were low priced small books printed on poor quality paper and bound in cheap blue covers called in France?

• Chapbooks.

• Almanacs.

• Biliotheque Bleue.

• Ballads.