Print culture and the modern world
Description: print culture and the modern world | |
Number of Questions: 35 | |
Created by: Ashok Dhingra | |
Tags: religious social reform movements and cultural awakening history great reformers and reform movements evolution of writing and communication system print culture and the modern world film and print media social science social studies |
When was the Vernacular press act passed?
Who authored 'Gitagovinda'?
Who introduced the printing press in India?
What were 'Penny Chapbooks'?
What was Gutenberg's first printed book?
Who said. "Printing is the ultimate gift of god and the greatest one."
Who wrote 'My childhood My university'?
Which of the following statements are correct?
I. The Chinese introduced printing.
II. The Buddhist missionaries introduced printing in Japan
III. The Chinese developed printing to facilitate their expanding trade.
IV. Italy was responsible for the spread of printing in Europe,
Which country remained a pioneer in printing from a long time?
Which of the following is a correct match ?
Name the first printed publication in English which appeared in India?
The ideas of philosophers were discussed intensively in salons and coffee-houses and spread among people through __________.
Printing created possibilities for wider circulation of ideas. Who among the following hailed printing as the ultimate gift of God ?
Which invention made the novel popular?
Which of the following was India's first newspaper?
The first newspaper published in India was ______.
Who was the founder of Amrit Bazar Patrika?
Who among the following proposed the Social Contract theory?
Which is the oldest printed book of Japan?
______ started a journal called 'Navjeevan' in Gujarati.
Kesari was started in the year ______ by Lokmanya Tilak.
The journalist who was jailed for his anti-British writings from Bijapur was _______.
Who among the following were the ones to bring a printing press in India ?
Paper was invented in China about 1900 years ago, by a man named _______.
Cai Lun beat plant fibres, cloth, rope and the bark of trees, soaked these in water, and then pressed, drained and dried the pulp to create _______.
The first printing press was introduced in India at _________.
The inaugural issue of Bombay Darpan, a Marathi weekly, was published on November $12$, $1832$ started by a publisher reformer named _____.
Upon whom was the title 'Punjab Kesari' conferred?
What was the first kind of printing system called?
Name the book written by Mahatma Jyotiba Phule.
'Al Hilal' was a newspaper launched for propagating nationalism by _______.
Who introduced hand-printing technology into Japan?
Whom would you associate with the Censorship of the Press Act $1794$?
Lord Lytton was the Viceroy of India from ________.
'The Times of India' which celebrated its $150$th anniversary in $1988$, was first published in $1838$ as _________.