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Class: X

Social Science (History)
Competency Based Question Worksheet-2

Chapter: Print Culture and the Modern World
Sl. Question Marks
No.
1 Monica is reading an abstract written by Tarabai Shinde. Which of the 1
following is MOST LIKELY to be the central issue of this text?
a. Religious indoctrination by priests
b. Miserable lives of farmers in debt
c. The plight of upper caste Hindu widows
d. The exploitation of children by factory owners
2 The Newspaper published in 1821 by Raja Rammohan Roy was 1
_________.
a. Sambad Kaumudi
b. Samachar Chandrika
c. Jam-i-Jahan Nama
d. Shamsul Akhbar
3 Name the seminary which guided the Muslims in their daily conduct. 1
a. Jesuit Seminary
b. Deoband Seminary
c. Mount Carroll Seminary
d. None of the above.
4 Arrange the following in chronological order: 1
1. The print culture created the conditions for the French Revolution.
2. Martin Luther’s writings led to the beginning of the Protestant
Reformation.
3. Menocchio reinterpreted the message of the Bible.
4. Johann Gutenberg invented the Printing press.
Options:
a. 3, 2, 1, 4
b. 1, 2, 3, 4
c. 4, 3, 2, 1
d. 4, 2, 3, 1
5 Write about the impact of the printing press on the lives of women in 2
Europe.
6 How were magazines different from novels? Write any three differences. 2

7 Briefly describe Indian manuscripts and their drawbacks. 2