Class 10 - History

Print culture and the modern world Online MCQs Test

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Set 17

1. When did the printing press first come to Goa with Portuguese missionaries?

Mid-seventeenth century
Mid-sixteenth century
Late sixteenth century
Late seventeenth century

2. Who printed the first Tamil book in 1579 at Cochin?

Dutch Protestant missionaries
English East India Company
Jesuit priests
Catholic priests

3. When did the English language press start growing in India?

Mid-seventeenth century
Late seventeenth century
Mid-eighteenth century
Late eighteenth century

4. Who began English printing in India?

English East India Company
Dutch Protestant missionaries
Jesuit priests
James Augustus Hickey

5. What did James Augustus Hickey begin to edit from 1780?

Bengal Gazette
Weekly magazine
Commercial paper
Dutch texts

6. What kind of enterprise was the Bengal Gazette?

Government-controlled
Private English enterprise
Colonial influence
Dutch influence

7. Who published the weekly Bengal Gazette?

James Augustus Hickey
Rammohun Roy
Warren Hastings
Gangadhar Bhattacharya

8. What did Governor-General Warren Hastings do in response to Hickey's publications?

Encouraged Hickey
Persecuted Hickey
Ignored the publications
Supported Hickey

9. What kind of information did Hickey publish that angered Governor-General Warren Hastings?

Advertisements related to slaves
Commercial papers
Dutch texts
Tamil translations

10. What was the Bengal Gazette proud of?

Its association with the colonial government
Its independence from colonial influence
Its influence on the Company’s officials
Its publication of gossip