Class 10 - History

Print culture and the modern world Online MCQs Test

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Set 15

1. When did lending libraries in England become instruments for educating white-collar workers, artisans, and lower-middle-class people?

(A) 16th century
(B) 17th century
(C) 18th century
(D) 19th century

2. What did self-educated working-class people write for themselves in the 19th century?

(A) Fiction novels
(B) Political tracts and autobiographies
(C) Poetry
(D) Science fiction

3. In the late 18th century, what material was the press made out of?

(A) Wood
(B) Stone
(C) Metal
(D) Glass

4. Who perfected the power-driven cylindrical press capable of printing 8,000 sheets per hour?

(A) Johannes Gutenberg
(B) Richard M. Hoe
(C) Marco Polo
(D) Kitagawa Utamaro

5. What technology was developed in the late 19th century capable of printing up to six colors at a time?

(A) Offset press
(B) Hand printing
(C) Mechanical press
(D) Woodblock printing

6. What innovation accelerated printing operations from the turn of the 20th century?

(A) Offset press
(B) Power-driven cylindrical press
(C) Electrically operated presses
(D) Hand printing

7. What improvements transformed the appearance of printed texts?

(A) Improved quality of plates
(B) Automatic paper reels
(C) Photoelectric controls of the color register
(D) All of the above

8. How did self-educated working-class people utilize their time for self-improvement and self-expression?

(A) By participating in sports
(B) By attending social events
(C) By writing political tracts and autobiographies
(D) By engaging in farming

9. In which century did the power-driven cylindrical press capable of printing 8,000 sheets per hour emerge?

(A) 17th century
(B) 18th century
(C) 19th century
(D) 20th century

10. What did the offset press, developed in the late 19th century, allow printing?

(A) Text in multiple languages
(B) Large-sized sheets
(C) Up to six colors at a time
(D) Only black and white