Class 10 Social Science: Print Culture and the Modern World important questions

Print Culture and the Modern World is a chapter of Class 10 Social Science for the CBSE. These 12 questions are marked Very Important, Important or Practice, and each answer has been checked by our team. Use them to revise, not as a prediction of what will come in the exam.

1. Practice · 1 marks

   1. Which of the following newspaper was started by Bal Gangadhar Tilak? A. Hindu B. Kesari C. Sudharak D. Pratap

   B Kesari

2. Practice · 1 marks

   2. Who among the following was the author of the book ‘Gita Govind’? A. Tulsidas B. Surdas C. Jayadev D. Raidas

   Jayadev Page-167

3. Practice · 1 marks

   3. Arrange the following in chronological order: I. Print culture created the conditions for the French Revolution II. Martin Luther’s writings led to beginning of the Protestant Reformation III. Menocchio reinterpreted the message of the Bible IV. Johann Gutenberg invented Printing press OPTIONS: A. III, II, I & IV B. I, II, III & IV C. IV, III, II & I D. IV, II, III & I

   D - IV, II, III & I-113

4. Practice · 1 marks

   4. Identify the correct option that describes the act given below. i. The Act was passed by the Imperial Legislative Council. ii. It gave power to the government to repress political activities. iii. It empowered the government to detain political prisoners without trial. Options: a. Rowlatt Act b. Vernacular Press Act c. Government of India Act d. Inland Emigration Act

   a. Rowlatt Act

5. Practice · 1 marks

   5. Consider the statements given below and choose the correct answer Statement I: Western printing techniques and mechanical press were imported in the late 19th Century as western powers established their outposts in China. Statement II: Beijing became the hub of the new print culture, catering to western- style schools. a. Statement (i) is correct and (ii) is incorrect. b. Statement (i) is incorrect and (ii) is correct c. Both (i) & (ii) are incorrect d. Both (i) & (ii) are correct

   a. statement (i) is correct and (ii) is incorrect.

6. Important · 3 marks

   6. Provide evidence to support the claim that print culture had a significant impact on the social lives of women in India?

   - The rise of print culture in India during the 19th century played a crucial role in awakening the social life of women. The printing press allowed women to access information, knowledge and ideas that were previously inaccessible to them. Women's magazines, newspapers and books provided a platform for women to express their views, ideas and opinions on various social issues such as education, gender equality, women's rights, and social reform. - Liberal husbands and fathers began educating their womenfolk at home and sent them to schools. - In East Bengal, Rashsundari Debi, a young married girl in a very orthodox household, learnt to read in the secrecy of her kitchen and wrote her autobiography Amar Jiban (1876). It was the first full-length autobiography published in the Bengali language. - The Bengali women like Kailashbashini Debi wrote books highlighting the experiences of women – about how women were imprisoned at home, kept in ignorance, forced to do hard domestic labor and treated unjustly by their families. - In Maharashtra, Tarabai Shinde & and; Pandita Ramabai wrote with passionate anger about the miserable lives of upper-caste Hindu women, especially widows. - A woman in a Tamil novel expressed what reading meant to women who were confined by social regulations:’ For various reasons, my world is small … More than half my life’s happiness has come from books …’ - Therefore, print culture helped awaken social consciousness and contributed to the progress of women's rights and empowerment in India. (Any 3 relevant points to be mentioned)

7. Practice · 1 marks

   7. Why did nationalists in late-nineteenth-century India focus on recording and preserving folklore? (A) To create new forms of artistic expression that reflected modern India. (B) To restore a sense of pride in traditional culture and national identity (C) To use folklore as a tool for economic development and modernization. (D) To promote a uniform culture that could be adopted across all Indian regions.

   (B) To restore a sense of pride in traditional culture and national identity

8. Practice · 1 marks

   8. Consider the statements given below and choose the correct answer Statement I. By the 1870s, caricatures and cartoons were being published in Indian journals and newspapers, commenting on social and political issues Statement II: Some caricatures praised the educated Indians’ fascination with Western tastes and clothes, while others were looking forward to social change. (A) Statement (I) is correct and (II) is incorrect. (B) Statement (I) is incorrect and (II) is correct. (C) Both (I) & (II) are incorrect. (D) Both (I) & (II) are correct

   (A)- Statement (I) is correct and (II) is incorrect.

9. Important · 3 marks

   9. ‘By the seventeenth century, as urban culture bloomed in China, the uses of print diversified’. Explain the statement by giving suitable examples.

   1.Print was no longer used just by scholar officials. Merchants used print in their everyday life, as they collected trade information. 2. Reading increasingly became a leisure activity. The new readership preferred fictional narratives, poetry, autobiographies, anthologies of literary masterpieces, and romantic plays. 3.Rich women began to read, and many women began publishing their poetry and plays. Wives of scholar-officials published their works and courtesans wrote about their lives.

10. Practice · 1 marks

    10. Louise-Sebastien Mercier proclaimed “Tremble, therefore, tyrants of the world! Tremble before the virtual writer!” Who are referred to as the tyrants in this context? A. Educated classes who wanted to change the society B. Absolutist institutions like monarchy and church C. Authors of the new books D. Printing press

    B - Absolutist institutions like monarchy and church

11. Practice · 1 marks

    11. Arrange the following events in chronological order, from the earliest to the latest. I. Print culture created the conditions for the French Revolution. II. Martin Luther’s writings led to the beginning of the Protestant Reformation. III. Menocchio reinterpreted the message of the Bible. IV. Johann Gutenberg invented the Printing press. Choose the correct option- A. III II I IV B. I II III IV C. IV III II I D. IV II III I

    D-IV II III I

12. Very Important · 4 marks

    12. Read the following text and answer the questions that follow: Print comes to India The printing press first came to Goa with Portuguese missionaries in the mid- sixteenth century. Jesuit priests learnt Konkani and printed several tracts. By 1674, about 50 books had been printed in the Konkani and Kanara languages. Catholic priests printed the first Tamil book in 1579 at Cochin, and in 1713 the first Malayalam book was printed by them. By 1710, Dutch Protestant missionaries had printed 32 Tamil texts, many of them translations of older works. The English language press did not grow in India till quite late. From 1780, James Augustus Hickey edited the Bengal Gazette, a weekly magazine that claimed to be independent of colonial influence. This marked the beginning of English newspaper printing in India. Source-India and the Contemporary World – II, NCERT. Class 10,Chapter 8.1. Identify the newspaper that marked the beginning of English newspaper printing in India. 8.2 Explain how James Augustus Hickey demonstrated independence through his newspaper. 8.3. Evaluate how the early printing activities contributed to the spread of knowledge in India before English newspapers became popular.

    8.1. The Bengal Gazette was the first newspaper that marked the beginning of English 1+1+2 newspaper printing in India. =4 8.2. James Augustus Hickey demonstrated independence by publishing a private weekly newspaper that claimed to be open to all and not influenced by colonial authorities. 8.3. Early printing activities helped spread knowledge by printing books and religious texts in regional languages such as Konkani, Tamil, and Malayalam. This made written material accessible to local people and encouraged the circulation of ideas much before the rise of English newspapers.