Question Paper
Class / Subject: Class 10 (CBSE) · Social Science
Chapter: Chapter 5 — Chapter 5: Print Culture and the Modern World
Time Allowed: 32 minutes
Max Marks: 16
1. Who invented the movable-type printing press? [1]
(A) Johannes Gutenberg
(B) Isaac Newton
(C) Christopher Columbus
(D) Marco Polo
2. When was the printing press invented? [1]
(A) The mid-15th century
(B) The 20th century
(C) Ancient times
(D) The 19th century
3. What did the printing press make possible? [1]
(A) Faster, cheaper book production
(B) Slower book production
(C) No change in book production
(D) Only handwritten manuscripts
4. How did print technology reach India? [1]
(A) Through European traders and missionaries
(B) It never reached India
(C) Only through Indian inventors
(D) Only through war
5. What did increased printed materials cause? [1]
(A) Higher literacy rates
(B) Lower literacy rates
(C) No change in literacy
(D) Only benefits for the wealthy
6. What ideas did print help spread? [1]
(A) Religious and political ideas
(B) Only entertainment
(C) Nothing significant
(D) Only economic data
7. What grew from print culture? [1]
(A) Newspapers and pamphlets
(B) Only religious texts
(C) Nothing new
(D) Only government documents
8. What role did print play in colonial India? [1]
(A) Spreading nationalist and reformist ideas
(B) No role at all
(C) Only supporting colonial rule
(D) Only economic record-keeping
9. What social issues did print media help discuss? [1]
(A) Caste discrimination and women's education
(B) Only entertainment topics
(C) Nothing significant
(D) Only foreign news
10. What role did print play in nationalism? [1]
(A) Spreading nationalist sentiments across India
(B) No role at all
(C) Only supporting colonial rule
(D) Only local, isolated impact
11. What did print media help connect? [1]
(A) People across India with shared ideas
(B) Nothing significant
(C) Only wealthy elites
(D) Only government officials
12. Who did access to print empower? [1]
(A) Women and marginalised groups
(B) Only wealthy men
(C) No one specific
(D) Only government officials
13. What did colonial authorities sometimes do to print media? [1]
(A) Censor it
(B) Fully support it always
(C) Ignore it completely
(D) Ban all books entirely
14. Why did colonial authorities fear print media? [1]
(A) Its power to spread anti-colonial ideas
(B) It had no influence
(C) It only supported colonial rule
(D) It was never widely read
15. What did print media enable even without formal education? [1]
(A) Access to new knowledge and ideas
(B) No access to anything
(C) Only access for the wealthy
(D) Complete illiteracy
16. Why is print culture significant in Indian history? [1]
(A) It drove social reform and nationalist movements
(B) It had no historical significance
(C) Only affected entertainment
(D) It slowed social change