Smart Gujarat Education Academy
BOARD REVISION TEST HISTORY PRINT CULTURE
SOCIAL SCIENCE (087 - REF.BOOKS)
Time Duration : 3 hour
VERY SHORT & MCQ TYPE [ Marks:0X0 = 0]
Question No: 1
Who was Martin Luther?
(a) A pope (b) A religious reformer (c) A political leader (d) An emperor
Question No: 2
How the poor people decorated their walls?
(a) Employed artists to make paintings for their walls. (b) Using expensive paints.
(c) Using calendars and cheap prints. (d) Using paintings.
Question No: 3
Why was 'Gulamgiri' book written by Jyotiba Phule in 1871?
Question No: 4
Who among the following published 'Kesari'?
(a) Balgangadhar Tilak (b) Mahatma Gandhi (c) Bhagat Singh (d) B.R. Ambedkar
Question No: 5
What was the symbol of the new era?
Question No: 6
What is Heresy?
Question No: 7
Name some processes involved in the production of cloth.
Question No: 8
Which one of the following was NOT the reason for the popularity of scientific ideas among the
common people in eighteenth century Europe?
(a) Printing of idea of Isaac Newton
(b) Development of printing press
(c) Interest of people in science and reason
(d) Traditional aristocratic groups supported it
Question No: 9
The invention of paper was made in which of the following nations?
(a) Korea (b) China (c) India (d) England
Question No: 10
What is Platen?
Question No: 11
Which of the following newspapers started publishing in the "Gujarati" language from the year 1822
?
(a) Bombay Herald (b) Bombay Deccan (c) Bombay Samachar (d) Bombay Dreams
Question No: 12
When were the railways in the English occupied colonies expanded ?
Question No: 13
Why was reading of manuscripts not easy in India? Choose the appropriate reason from the
following options:
(a) Manuscripts were highly cheap.
(b) Manuscripts were widely spread out.
(c) Manuscripts were written in English and Hind
(d) Manuscripts were fragile.
, Question No: 14
What was Deoband Seminary?
Question No: 15
What is Despotism?
Question No: 16
What is Censorship?
Question No: 17
What is Compositor?
Question No: 18
What were chapbooks?
Question No: 19
Who were called 'Chapmen?'
(a) Book sellers (b) Paper sellers (c) Workers of printing press (d) Sellers of 'penny
chapbooks'
Question No: 20
What was the main purpose behind the passing of the Vernacular Press Act in India in
(a) The Vernacular Press Act regulated the publications in the English language.
(b) The Vernacular Press Act aimed to curb growing political dissent by banning many political
parties.
(c) The Vernacular Press Act aimed to control trade controlled by Indian merchants and imposed
high tariffs on their goods.
(d) The Vernacular Press Act aimed to control the freedom of the 'native press' by imposing stringent
control over what they published.
CASE STUDY QUESTIONS [ Marks:0X0 = 0]
Question No: 21
Read the source given below and answer the questions that follow:
From the early nineteenth century, as you know, there were intense debates around religious issues.
Different groups confronted the changes happening within colonial society in different ways, and
offered a variety of new interpretations of the beliefs of different religions. Some criticized existing
practices and campaigned for reform, while others countered the arguments of reformers. These
debates were carried out in public and in print. Printed tracts and newspapers not only spread the
new ideas, but they shaped the
nature of the debate. A wider public could now participate in these public discussions and express
their views. New ideas emerged through these clashes of opinions.
Answer the following MCQs by choosing the most appropriate option:
(i) Following is not true about the century religious issues in India:
(a) Differences between Hindu and Catholics were not having major issue.
(b) Hindu religion did not have any major internal issue.
(c) Some people wanted to have some changes in Hindu rituals.
(d) Both Hindu and Muslim religions were having their own internal issues.
(ii) Which of the following was not the work of print?
(a) Spreading the liberal religious ideas.
(b) People started debate and discussion after different ideas reached to them through books.
(c) Print provided them a platform to express their view.
(d) Religious leaders successfully conveyed what was written in religious books.
(iii) Who among the following is known for his efforts to remove Sati system from India?
(a) Ishwar Chandra Vidyasagar
(b) Raja Ram Mohan Roy
(c) Mahatma Gandhi
(d) Jyotiba Phule
BOARD REVISION TEST HISTORY PRINT CULTURE
SOCIAL SCIENCE (087 - REF.BOOKS)
Time Duration : 3 hour
VERY SHORT & MCQ TYPE [ Marks:0X0 = 0]
Question No: 1
Who was Martin Luther?
(a) A pope (b) A religious reformer (c) A political leader (d) An emperor
Question No: 2
How the poor people decorated their walls?
(a) Employed artists to make paintings for their walls. (b) Using expensive paints.
(c) Using calendars and cheap prints. (d) Using paintings.
Question No: 3
Why was 'Gulamgiri' book written by Jyotiba Phule in 1871?
Question No: 4
Who among the following published 'Kesari'?
(a) Balgangadhar Tilak (b) Mahatma Gandhi (c) Bhagat Singh (d) B.R. Ambedkar
Question No: 5
What was the symbol of the new era?
Question No: 6
What is Heresy?
Question No: 7
Name some processes involved in the production of cloth.
Question No: 8
Which one of the following was NOT the reason for the popularity of scientific ideas among the
common people in eighteenth century Europe?
(a) Printing of idea of Isaac Newton
(b) Development of printing press
(c) Interest of people in science and reason
(d) Traditional aristocratic groups supported it
Question No: 9
The invention of paper was made in which of the following nations?
(a) Korea (b) China (c) India (d) England
Question No: 10
What is Platen?
Question No: 11
Which of the following newspapers started publishing in the "Gujarati" language from the year 1822
?
(a) Bombay Herald (b) Bombay Deccan (c) Bombay Samachar (d) Bombay Dreams
Question No: 12
When were the railways in the English occupied colonies expanded ?
Question No: 13
Why was reading of manuscripts not easy in India? Choose the appropriate reason from the
following options:
(a) Manuscripts were highly cheap.
(b) Manuscripts were widely spread out.
(c) Manuscripts were written in English and Hind
(d) Manuscripts were fragile.
, Question No: 14
What was Deoband Seminary?
Question No: 15
What is Despotism?
Question No: 16
What is Censorship?
Question No: 17
What is Compositor?
Question No: 18
What were chapbooks?
Question No: 19
Who were called 'Chapmen?'
(a) Book sellers (b) Paper sellers (c) Workers of printing press (d) Sellers of 'penny
chapbooks'
Question No: 20
What was the main purpose behind the passing of the Vernacular Press Act in India in
(a) The Vernacular Press Act regulated the publications in the English language.
(b) The Vernacular Press Act aimed to curb growing political dissent by banning many political
parties.
(c) The Vernacular Press Act aimed to control trade controlled by Indian merchants and imposed
high tariffs on their goods.
(d) The Vernacular Press Act aimed to control the freedom of the 'native press' by imposing stringent
control over what they published.
CASE STUDY QUESTIONS [ Marks:0X0 = 0]
Question No: 21
Read the source given below and answer the questions that follow:
From the early nineteenth century, as you know, there were intense debates around religious issues.
Different groups confronted the changes happening within colonial society in different ways, and
offered a variety of new interpretations of the beliefs of different religions. Some criticized existing
practices and campaigned for reform, while others countered the arguments of reformers. These
debates were carried out in public and in print. Printed tracts and newspapers not only spread the
new ideas, but they shaped the
nature of the debate. A wider public could now participate in these public discussions and express
their views. New ideas emerged through these clashes of opinions.
Answer the following MCQs by choosing the most appropriate option:
(i) Following is not true about the century religious issues in India:
(a) Differences between Hindu and Catholics were not having major issue.
(b) Hindu religion did not have any major internal issue.
(c) Some people wanted to have some changes in Hindu rituals.
(d) Both Hindu and Muslim religions were having their own internal issues.
(ii) Which of the following was not the work of print?
(a) Spreading the liberal religious ideas.
(b) People started debate and discussion after different ideas reached to them through books.
(c) Print provided them a platform to express their view.
(d) Religious leaders successfully conveyed what was written in religious books.
(iii) Who among the following is known for his efforts to remove Sati system from India?
(a) Ishwar Chandra Vidyasagar
(b) Raja Ram Mohan Roy
(c) Mahatma Gandhi
(d) Jyotiba Phule
