Print Culture and the Modern World

Notebook Questions

Pg154---Q1- How was the earliest printing technology developed in the world ? Explain with examples .

Pg156---Q2-What were the shortcomings of manuscripts ?

Pg157---Q3-Who was Johann Gutenberg ?How did he invent printing press? What effect did his
invention have on the revolution in the field of printing ideas ?

Pg160---Q4-Explain the role played by print in bringing about a division in the Roman Catholic Church .

Pg 161—Q5- Who was Minocchio? How did he face the wrath of the Roman Catholic Church ?

Pg162---Q6-How did the printers-publishers advertise and circulate the books in the markets ?

Pg162---Q7-How did the ideas of science reason and rationality find their way into popular literature in
the eighteenth century?

Pg163—Q8-Expain with examples the role of print culture as one of the causes of the French
Revolution .

Pg163----Q9- Who was Louise Sebastian Mercier? What was his opinion on the printing press?

Pg165---Q10-Expain any three reasons which created a large number of new readers in the nineteenth
century.

Pg166---Q11-Highlight any three innovations which have improved the printing technology from
nineteenth century.

Pg169---Q12-“The print media and the newspapers became agencies of religious reforms and public
debate in India during the early nineteenth century .”Elaborate this statement with
reference to the impact it had on the Hindu and Islamic communities.

Pg173---Q13-“Print technology gave women a chance to share their feelings with the world outside.”
Support this statement with five suitable examples .

NCERT Questions: Q2 [short notes]

Q4 [Discuss] answer in pg 175