Class 10 - History

Print culture and the modern world Online MCQs Test

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Set 5

1. What did booksellers in Europe start doing as the demand for books increased?

(A) Restricting book production
(B) Exporting books to different countries
(C) Closing down book fairs
(D) Stopping the production of manuscripts

2. How was the production of handwritten manuscripts organized to meet the expanded demand?

(A) Solely by wealthy patrons
(B) Exclusively by influential patrons
(C) Primarily by booksellers
(D) Without any organization

3. How many scribes often worked for one bookseller during the increased demand for books?

(A) Less than 10
(B) More than 50
(C) Exactly 25
(D) Around 30

4. Why could the production of handwritten manuscripts not satisfy the growing demand for books?

(A) Fragility of manuscripts
(B) Laborious and time-consuming process
(C) Difficulty in handling manuscripts
(D) All of the above

5. What gradually became more popular in Europe with the growing demand for books by the early fifteenth century?

(A) Digital printing
(B) Typewriting
(C) Woodblock printing
(D) Offset printing

6. Where did Johann Gutenberg develop the first-known printing press in the 1430s?

(A) Paris, France
(B) Venice, Italy
(C) Strasbourg, Germany
(D) London, England

7. What was the breakthrough in printing technology that occurred in Strasbourg, Germany?

(A) Digital printing
(B) Offset printing
(C) Woodblock printing
(D) Printing press

8. When did Johann Gutenberg develop the first-known printing press?

(A) 14th century
(B) 15th century
(C) 16th century
(D) 17th century

9. What need became apparent with the growing demand for books in Europe?

(A) Need for more manuscripts
(B) Need for quicker and cheaper reproduction of texts
(C) Need for luxurious editions
(D) Need for larger manuscripts

10. What was the result of the invention of the printing press by Johann Gutenberg?

(A) Decrease in demand for books
(B) Increase in the production of manuscripts
(C) Quicker and cheaper reproduction of texts
(D) Limited circulation of books