Unit 5 Print Culture and the Modern World

unit 5 print-culture-and-the-modern-world__By Gautam Sir

One mark questions .

Q-1 What do you mean by calligraphy?

Ans: The art of beautiful and stylised writing.

Q-2 Which is the oldest japanese book?

Ans: Diamond Sutra

Q-3 What is Vellum?

Ans: A parchment made from the skin of animals.

Q-4 Who developed the first printing press?

Ans: Johann Gutenberg.

Q-5 Name the first book printed by Gutenberg.

Ans: Bible

Q-6 What are ballads?

Ans: A historical account or folk tale in verse, usually sung or recited.

Q-7 Who began to edit Bengal Gazette in 1780?

Ans: James August Hickey

Q-8 Who wrote Ramcharitmanas?

Ans: Tulsidas

Q-9 Who introduced hand-printing technology into Japan?

Ans: Buddhist missionaries

Q-10 Who were Ulama?

Ans: Legal scholars of Islam and the sharia.