print comes to Europe

Who was the inventor of the printing press?

• Albert Einstein
• Isaac Newton
• Leonardo da Vinci
• Johannes Gutenberg

The first book to be printed using the printing press was:

• The Book of Mormon
• Gutenberg Bible
• The Torah
• The Holy Quran

Which of the following refers to print revolution?

• Invention of printing press

  
  

• Shift from hand printing to mechanical printing

• Revolt of people against printed matters

• Handwritten manuscripts for printed books

Gutenberg got an idea of casted metallic alphabets for printing, is a form

• Golden trinkets.

• Brass trinkets.

• Silver trinkets.

  
  

• Lead trinkets.

What is Vellum?

• Base made from synthetic
  

• A parchment made from the skin of animals

• base made from cloth to write on

• paper made from bark

The Chinese paper reached Europe through

• Silk Route

• Sea route

• Buddhist missionaries

• Merchants

Marco Polo was a traveller from:

• England
  

• France

• Italy

• Austria.

What was the reason behind the popularity of woodblock printing in 15th century Europe to print textiles, playing cards, and religious pictures with simple, brief texts.
i. demand for books increased, booksellers all over Europe began exporting books to many different countries
ii. Production of handwritten manuscripts was also organised in new ways to meet the expanded demand
iii. production of handwritten manuscripts could not satisfy the ever-increasing demand for books
iv. Copying was an expensive, laborious and time-consuming business.

• i only
  

• i and ii

• All of the above

• None of the above

What were the main characteristics of these printed books?
i. The metal letters imitated the ornamental handwritten styles.
ii. Borders were illuminated by hand with foliage and other patterns, and illustrations were painted
iii. In the books printed for the rich, space for decoration was kept blank on the printed page
iv. Each purchaser could choose the design and decide on the painting school that would do the illustrations.

• i only
  

• i and ii

• All of the above

• None of the above