NCERT MCQ Solutions for Class 10 Social Science History Chapter 5 Print Culture and the Modern World

The first print technology began in China, Japan and Korea, where hand printing on woodblocks was developed as early as the 6th century CE.

The Buddhist Diamond Sutra, printed in AD 868, is the oldest known Japanese printed book, using woodblock printing technology.

Gutenberg developed the first known mechanical printing press in the 1430s at Strasbourg, Germany, revolutionising book production.

Martin Luther used print to circulate his Ninety Five Theses, which led to the Protestant Reformation and a split in the Catholic Church.

The Roman Catholic Church, concerned about heretical ideas, kept an Index of Prohibited Books from 1558 to control religious dissent.

Richard M. Hoe of New York perfected the power-driven cylindrical press in the mid-nineteenth century, greatly increasing printing speed.

The novel emerged as a literary form ideally suited to reflecting ordinary lives, becoming popular as more people gained access to print.

The Vernacular Press Act of 1878 gave the colonial government extensive rights to censor and control reports in the Indian language press.

Rashsundari Debi’s “Amar Jiban,” published in 1876, was the first full-length autobiography in Bengali, describing her secret efforts to become literate.

Chapbooks were small, inexpensive books sold by chapmen, making reading material accessible to even the poor.

Portuguese missionaries brought the first printing presses to Goa in the mid-sixteenth century, starting with texts in Konkani and Tamil.

James Augustus Hickey started the Bengal Gazette in 1780, which was the first English newspaper in India.

The Act allowed the colonial government to track and seize printing machinery from vernacular newspapers if their reports were considered seditious.

Raja Ravi Varma produced paintings and prints that became widely available through print shops and influenced Indian visual culture.

Print made it possible for reformers and orthodox groups to publicly debate and spread ideas, encouraging broader participation in discussions.

The Bibliotheque Bleue were inexpensive books with blue covers, widely sold in France and accessible to the poor.

The Grimm Brothers collected and published traditional folk tales, helping preserve and reshape popular literature for children.

Jyotiba Phule wrote “Gulamgiri” in 1871, challenging caste discrimination and inspiring low-caste protest movements.

The early twentieth century saw the establishment of public libraries in Indian towns, cities and prosperous villages, expanding access to books.

The first printed edition of Tulsidas’s “Ramcharitmanas” was published from Calcutta in 1810, making the text widely available to the public.