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Print Culture and the Modern World

CBSE Class 10 · Social Science · Chapter 5

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CBSE 2027 sample paper · 1 mark

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-

  1. III II I IV
  2. I II III IV
  3. IV III II I
  4. IV II III I
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IV II III I

CBSE 2027 sample paper · 4 marks

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 5 8.1. Identify the newspaper that marked the beginning of English newspaper printing in India. (1) 8.2 Explain how James Augustus Hickey demonstrated independence through his newspaper. (1) 8.3. Evaluate how the early printing activities contributed to the spread of knowledge in India before English newspapers became popular. (2)

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8.1 The Bengal Gazette, edited by James Augustus Hickey from 1780, marked the beginning of English newspaper printing in India. 8.2 Hickey published a private weekly newspaper that claimed to be open to all and not influenced by the colonial authorities. 8.3 Early printing spread knowledge by printing books and religious texts in regional languages such as Konkani, Kanara, Tamil and Malayalam. This made written material accessible to local people and encouraged the circulation of ideas well before English newspapers became popular.

CBSE 2026 board paper · 1 mark

Arrange the following historical events in chronological order and choose the correct option : I. Publication of Bengal Gazette II. Publication of Diamond Sutra III. Publication of Bible by Johann Gutenberg IV. Return of Marco Polo to Italy from China

  1. I, II, III, IV
  2. IV, III, II, I
  3. II, IV, I, III
  4. II, IV, III, I
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II, IV, III, I

CBSE 2026 board paper · 1 mark

Arrange the following events of ‘print culture’ in chronological order and choose the correct option : I. Publication of ‘Sambad Kaumudi’ II. Publication of weekly magazine ‘Bengal Gazette’ III. ‘Vernacular Press Act’ was implemented IV. The first printed edition of the ‘Ramcharitmanas’

  1. III, I, IV, II
  2. III, I, II, IV
  3. II, IV, III, I
  4. II, IV, I, III
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II, IV, I, III

CBSE 2026 board paper · 1 mark

Which one of the following pairs is correctly matched ? | Column – A (Writer) | Column – B (Contribution) | |---|---| | (A) Ram Chaddha | Bengal Gazette | | (B) Gangadhar Bhattacharya | Kesari | | (C) Jyotiba Phule | Gulamgiri | | (D) Rashsundari Devi | Padmarg |

  1. Ram Chaddha – Bengal Gazette
  2. Gangadhar Bhattacharya – Kesari
  3. Jyotiba Phule – Gulamgiri
  4. Rashsundari Devi – Padmarg
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Jyotiba Phule – Gulamgiri

CBSE 2026 sample paper · 1 mark

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?

  1. Educated classes who wanted to change the society
  2. Absolutist institutions like monarchy and church
  3. Authors of the new books
  4. Printing press
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Absolutist institutions like monarchy and church

CBSE 2026 board paper · 1 mark

Which one of the following pairs is correctly matched ? | Column - A (Writer) | Column - B (Contribution) | |---|---| | (A) Sudarshan Chakra | Anandmath | | (B) Kashi Baba | Sacchi Kavitayen | | (C) Bal Gangadhar Tilak | Kesari | | (D) Pandita Ramabai | Amar Jiban |

  1. Sudarshan Chakra – Anandmath
  2. Kashi Baba – Sacchi Kavitayen
  3. Bal Gangadhar Tilak – Kesari
  4. Pandita Ramabai – Amar Jiban
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Bal Gangadhar Tilak – Kesari

CBSE 2026 board paper · 1 mark

Which one of the following pairs is correctly matched ? Column – A (Writer) – Column – B (Contribution)

  1. Ram Chaddha – Bengal Gazette
  2. Gangadhar Bhattacharya – Kesari
  3. Jyotiba Phule – Gulamgiri
  4. Rashsundari Devi – Padmarg
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Jyotiba Phule – Gulamgiri