Class 10 - History

Print culture and the modern world Online MCQs Test

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Set 12

1. How did the writings of scientists like Isaac Newton influence the common people?

(A) They were not accessible to the common people
(B) They were widely printed and influenced scientifically minded readers
(C) They had no impact on society
(D) They were banned from publication

2. What kinds of texts were compiled and published to make scientific knowledge more accessible?

(A) Fictional stories
(B) Ancient and medieval scientific texts
(C) Religious texts
(D) Poetry

3. Whose ideas about science, reason, and rationality were widely printed and read?

(A) Shakespeare
(B) Isaac Newton
(C) Thomas Paine, Voltaire, and Jean Jacques Rousseau
(D) Dante

4. By the mid-eighteenth century, what was the common conviction about books?

(A) Books had no impact on society
(B) Books were a means of spreading progress and enlightenment
(C) Books were harmful to society
(D) Books should be banned

5. According to Louise-Sebastien Mercier, what did he believe was the most powerful engine of progress?

(A) The monarchy
(B) The army
(C) The printing press
(D) The church

6. How did Mercier view the impact of the printing press on despotism?

(A) He believed it would strengthen despotism
(B) He thought it would have no impact on despotism
(C) He believed it would destroy the basis of despotism
(D) He didn't have any opinion on despotism

7. In Mercier's novels, what transforms the heroes?

(A) Military victories
(B) Acts of reading
(C) Political speeches
(D) Religious ceremonies

8. What did Mercier proclaim about the virtual writer?

(A) The virtual writer has no influence
(B) The virtual writer is a cause of despotism
(C) The virtual writer should be banned
(D) Tremble, therefore, tyrants of the world!

9. What did Mercier consider the printing press to be?

(A) A tool for censorship
(B) A means of spreading progress
(C) A threat to society
(D) A tool for the monarchy

10. What force did Mercier believe would sweep despotism away?

(A) Military force
(B) Economic power
(C) Public opinion
(D) The monarchy