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Evolution of Communicaton

Total questions: 10

Worksheet time: 5mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

What was considered the safest during world war 1?

a)

Homing Pigeon

b)

Homing Crow

2.

Identify the picture. What is it?

a)

Talking Drum

b)

Smoke Signal

3.

Who invented the modern Printing Press?

a)

Mahatma Gandhi

b)

Dr. .A.P.J. Abdul Kalam

c)

Johannes Gutenberg

d)

All of the above

4.

What are hieroglyphs?

a)

The three ancient ways of transmitting messages were: 1) The native tribes of Africa used the talking drum. 2) The native Americans used smoke signals. 3) During World War 1 people used the homing pigeon

b)

A homing pigeon was trained to fly between two places. Messages scribbled on strips of paper were hidden in a cylinder tied to the pigeon’s leg and set free. This is how messages were sent using a homing pigeon.

c)

The earliest evidence of writing is the cuneiform, in the Sumerian Civilization of Mesopotamia.

d)

The characters used in a system of pictorial writing are called Hieroglyphs. Hieroglyphs were used to write protective spells on the tombs of the pharaohs and wealthy people. They were also used in official correspondence between the pharaoh and his officials.

5.

When was television invented?

a)

1926

b)

2222

c)

3413

d)

1289

6.

Identify the picture. What is it?

a)

Personal Computer

b)

Printing Press

c)

Mobile

d)

None of the above

7.

Acta Diurna was the first news paper published. Where was it published

a)

Rome

b)

San Marino

c)

Thane

d)

Ahmedabad

8.

. Cher Ami was a homing pigeon. What role did the pigeon play in World War 1?

a)

For printing on a page, letters of the alphabet which were made of wood or metal were placed to form a sentence. They were then inked and used to print on sheets of paper.

b)

Cher Ami was a homing pigeon and was trained to fly between two places. Messages scribbled on strips of paper were hidden in a cylinder tied to his leg and set free. This method of sharing messages was so successful as it to avoid detection by enemy camps.

c)

Cher Ami was a homing pigeon and was trained to fly between two places. scribbled on strips of paper were hidden in a cylinder tied to his leg and set free. This method of sharing messages was so successful as it to avoid detection by enemy camps.

d)

A fax machine is designed to receive and send documents using input and output devices such as a printer. This made it very easy to use.

9.

The fax machine made documentation easy. How did it do this?

a)

A fax machine is designed to receive and send documents using input and output devices such as a printer. This made it very easy to use.

b)

The arrival of the printing press allowed people to produce pamphlets, newspapers, books and other journals on a large scale. It saved a lot of time, human labor and was cheaper. As the material was available at a lower cost and was produced in large quantity, it reached the common man as well. For these reasons, the arrival of printing press was welcomed by the people.

c)

Choose the correct option/s and explain your choices with an example. I can do the following using the internet.

d)

All

10.

Identify the picture. What is it?

a)

Fax Machine

b)

Phone

c)

1890