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1. Who was Menocchio, executed for his heretical ideas?
A. A German goldsmith
B. An Italian miller
C. A French artist
D. An English printer
2. Which scholar expressed fear that too many books would harm scholarship?
A. Voltaire
B. Erasmus
C. Newton
D. Rousseau
3. By the 18th century, literacy rates in some parts of Europe were as high as:
A. 20–30%
B. 40–50%
C. 60–80%
D. 90–100%
4. What were cheap pocket-size books sold by travelling pedlars in England called?
A. Almanacs
B. Chapbooks
C. Journals
D. Blue books
5. What were low-priced French books bound in cheap blue covers called?
A. Bibliotheque Bleue
B. Penny Magazines
C. Encyclopaedia
D. Almanacs
6. Which scientist’s discoveries influenced a wide circle of readers through print?
A. Galileo Galilei
B. Isaac Newton
C. Albert Einstein
D. Charles Darwin
7. Which Enlightenment thinker declared, “The printing press is the most powerful engine of progress”?
A. Voltaire
B. Rousseau
C. Mercier
D. Paine
8. Which revolution is often linked to the spread of print culture?
A. Russian Revolution
B. French Revolution
C. American Revolution
D. Industrial Revolution
9. The writings of which two Enlightenment thinkers were widely read before the French Revolution?
A. Marx and Engels
B. Voltaire and Rousseau
C. Luther and Erasmus
D. Paine and Locke
10. Which type of literature mocked royalty and criticised their morality before the French Revolution?
A. Encyclopaedias
B. Religious tracts
C. Underground pamphlets and cartoons
D. Scientific journals
11. In the nineteenth century, which group became an important category of readers as education became compulsory?
A. Priests
B. Children
C. Merchants
D. Politicians
12. Which brothers in Germany collected folk tales that were later published for children?
A. Marx Brothers
B. Grimm Brothers
C. Bronte Brothers
D. Darwin Brothers
13. Who were some of the best-known women novelists of the nineteenth century?
A. Jane Austen, Bronte sisters, George Eliot
B. Voltaire, Rousseau, Diderot
C. Karl Marx, Engels, Lenin
D. Erasmus, Luther, Calvin
14. Which magazine in England (1832–1835) aimed primarily at the working class?
A. Penny Magazine
B. Bibliotheque Bleue
C. Punch
D. Chapbook Weekly
15. Who perfected the power-driven cylindrical press in the mid-nineteenth century?
A. Johann Gutenberg
B. Richard M.Hoe
C. James Lackington
D. Raja Ravi Varma
16. Which press developed in the late nineteenth century could print up to six colours at a time?
A. Letterpress
B. Offset press
C. Rotary press
D. Lithographic press
17. Cheap paperback editions became common during which economic crisis?
A. World War I
B. Great Depression
C. Industrial Revolution
D. Cold War
18. India had a tradition of handwritten manuscripts on:
A. Palm leaves and handmade paper
B. Silk cloth
C. Marble slabs
D. Bamboo sticks
19. Which European missionaries first brought the printing press to Goa in the mid-sixteenth century?
A. Dutch Protestants
B. Portuguese Jesuits
C. French Catholics
D. English East India Company
20. The first Tamil book was printed in 1579 at:
A. Bombay
B. Cochin
C. Goa
D. Calcutta
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