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Multiple choice social studies print culture and the modern world film and print media evolution of writing and communication system great reformers and reform movements

Name the first printed publication in English which appeared in India?

  1. Persian Law

  2. Kesari

  3. Bengal Gazette

  4. Shamsul Akhbar
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Explanation

Hickey's Bengal Gazette was an English newspaper published from Kolkata (then Calcutta), India. It was the first major newspaper in India, started in 1780. It was published for two years. It was founded by James Augustus Hickey.

Multiple choice social studies print culture and the modern world film and print media evolution of writing and communication system great reformers and reform movements

The ideas of philosophers were discussed intensively in salons and coffee-houses and spread among people through __________.

  1. Television and letters

  2. Letters and mobiles

  3. Telephones and books

  4. Books and newspapers

  5. None of these
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Explanation
  • During independence movement Indian technology was totally underdeveloped and books and newspapers were the only source to spread philosophical thoughts of people from one to the other and these sources were very much available at salons and coffee houses.
  • Many vernacular newspapers were introduced to enlighten people from all the corners.
Multiple choice social studies print culture and the modern world film and print media evolution of writing and communication system great reformers and reform movements

Printing created possibilities for wider circulation of ideas. Who among the following hailed printing as the ultimate gift of God ? 

  1. Martin Luther

  2. Menocchio

  3. Roman Catholic Church

  4. Gutenberg
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Explanation
Through the publications of his protestant ideas, Martin Luther challenged the orthodox practices and rituals of the Roman Catholic Church. He wrote 95 theses criticizing many of the practices of the Roman Catholic Church. Luther's writings were immediately reproduced in vast numbers and read widely.
This led to a division within the church and the beginning of the Protestant Reformation. He also translated the New Testament of which 5000 copies were sold within a few days. These were impossible without printing technology. Deeply grateful to the print, Luther said, "Printing is the ultimate gift of God and the greatest one." 
Multiple choice social studies print culture and the modern world film and print media evolution of writing and communication system great reformers and reform movements

Which invention made the novel popular?

  1. Invention of Ink

  2. Invention of paper

  3. Invention of printing technology

  4. Invention of rubber
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Explanation

Novels had played a very significant role for imbibing a sense of nationalism in Indians.
Novels had brought this aspect by bringing together people from varied background and produced a sense of shared community.

Novel was made popular after the invention of printing press as it made printing cheap and affordable. Printing was made easier as age old tiresome techniques of printing have been replaced by new mechanical printing press

Multiple choice social studies print culture and the modern world film and print media evolution of writing and communication system great reformers and reform movements

Which of the following was India's first newspaper?

  1. Times of India

  2. Kesari

  3. Bengal Gazette

  4. The Hindu
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Explanation

The weekly newspaper Bengal Gazette was started by James Augustus Hicky. It was the first newspaper to be printed in Asia. The newspaper was a strong critic of Governor General Warren Hasting's administration, which led to the seizing of the printing press by East India Company. 

Multiple choice history print culture and the modern world film and print media evolution of writing and communication system great reformers and reform movements

The first newspaper published in India was ______.

  1. Bengal Gazette

  2. The Indian Gazette

  3. Amrit Bazar Patrika

  4. The Calcutta Gazette
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Explanation

The Bengal Gazette, also known as Hicky's Bengal Gazette, was the first English-language newspaper published in India, founded by James Augustus Hicky in 1780.

Multiple choice social studies print culture and the modern world film and print media evolution of writing and communication system great reformers and reform movements

Who among the following proposed the Social Contract theory?

  1. Locke

  2. Thomas Paine

  3. Montesquieu

  4. Rousseau
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Explanation

Jean-Jacques Rousseau is the philosopher most famously associated with the Social Contract theory, which explores the relationship between the governed and their government.

Multiple choice social studies print culture and the modern world film and print media evolution of writing and communication system great reformers and reform movements

______ started a journal called 'Navjeevan' in Gujarati.

  1. Lal Bahadur Shastri

  2. Morarji Desai

  3. Vallabhbhai Patel

  4. Mahatma Gandhi
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Mahatma Gandhi started the journal Navjeevan in Gujarati to express his views and reach the masses during the Indian independence movement.