History: Print Culture: Class 10 Previous Year Questions

History: Print Culture questions asked in CBSE board exams

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1. Read the given source and answer the questions that follow : Print and Censorship The power of the printed word is most often seen in the way governments seek to regulate and suppress print. The colonial government kept continuous track of all books and newspa…
   Board 20254 markscase-basedRepeated: 2024,2025
2. Page 23 of 32 34. Read the following source and answer the questions that follow : 4 Print and Censorship The power of the printed word is most often seen in the way governments seek to regulate and suppress print. The colonial government kept continuous track…
   Board 20244 markscase-basedRepeated: 2024,2025
3. Arrange the following historical events in chronological order and choose the correct option : Publication of Bengal Gazette II. Publication of Diamond Sutra III. Publication of Bible by Johann Gutenberg I. Return of Marco Polo to Italy from China Options : (A…
   Board 20261 markMCQ
4. Read the given source carefully and answer the questions that follow : Print and Censorship After the revolt of 1857, the attitude of the colonial government towards freedom of the press changed. Enraged Englishmen demanded a clamp down on the ·native' press. …
   Board 20261 markvery short
5. (A) Explain the role of Johann Gutenberg in the spread of print culture in Europe. OR Explain the role of print in the expansion of protestant reformation. (B)
   Board 20261 markvery short
6. "To the altar of this revolution we have brought our youth as incense Many nationalists thought that the struggle against the British could not be won through non-violence. In the year 1928, the Hindustan Socialist Republican Army (HSRA) was founded at a meeti…
   Board 20261 markMCQ
7. Page 5 of 27 4. Assume you are doing research on 15th century print culture. Which of the following would be the most significant advantage for your research ? 1 (A) Easier access to rare manuscripts (B) Reduced need for libraries (C) Increase in the ability t…
   Board 20251 markMCQ
8. Read the following characteristics of of Korea carefully and choose the correct option : 1 Characteristics : I. It is one of the oldest existing printed books in the world. II It contains the main beliefs of Christianity. III Its second volume is available in …
   Board 20251 markMCQ
9. Which one of the following pairs is correctly matched ? 1 List-I (Author) List-II (Book) (A) Jyotiba Phule Amar Jiban (B) Sudarshan Chakra Sachhi Kavitayen (C) Rash Sundari Debi Gulamgiri (D) Kashi Baba Chotte aur Bade Sawal
   Board 20241 markMCQ
10. Read the following source carefully and answer the questions that follow : Printed Words This is how Mercier describes the impact of the printed word, and the power of reading in one of his books : 'Anyone who had seen me reading would have compared me to a ma…
    Board 20244 markscase-based
11. Page 17 of 32 20. Choose the correct option regarding ‘Body Mass Index’ (BMI) from the following. 1 (A) Assessment of Blood Pressure (B) Assessment of Blood Sugar Level (C) Assessment of Body Composition (D) Assessment of under Nutrition Page 18 of 32 – (4 2 =…
    Board 20241 markMCQ
12. Explain the implication of print culture on the religious reforms in India during 19th century.
    Board 20233 marksshort answer
13. l. Read the following case carefully and answer the questions that follows : Nationalism in India Modern nationalism in Europe came to be associated with the formation of nation-states. It also meant a change in people's understanding of who they were, and wha…
    Board 20221 markvery short
14. There are two statements given below about the Print Revolution, marked as Assertion (A) and Reason (R). Read the statements and choose the correct option. Assertion (A): The distribution, application, and preservation of knowledge were fundamentally altered w…
    CBSE practice 2023-241 markAssertion-Reason
15. Provide evidence to support the claim that print culture helped in the growth of nationalism in India?
    CBSE practice 2023-243 marksshort answer
16. g p y ( ) 8. There is no overall choice in the question paper. However, an internal choice has been provided in a few questions. Only one of the choices in such questions must be attempted.
    Sample paper 2026-272 marksshort answer
17. The woodcut painting given below was created during the time when Indians were beginning to accept the idea of women’s education in the late 19th century. Which of the following scenarios was the artist MOST LIKELY trying to portray in this art piece? 1 A. lis…
    CBSE practice 2022-231 markvery short
18. Which demand of the Srilankan Tamils was repeatedly denied? a. Their demand of separate electorate b. Their demand for freedom of expression. c. Their demand for the right to vote. d. Their demand for more autonomy to provinces populated by the Tamils.
    CBSE practice 2023-241 markvery short

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