Objective Questions:

Questions asked in Pre-boards and previous years boards

Q.1 The printing was first introduced in India by which of the following:

a. East India Company

b. Portuguese

c. Arabs

d. Social Reformers

Answer: b. Portuguese

Q.2 Select the correct pair from the following options:

a. A Gujarati News Paper – Shamsul Akhbar

b. Raja Ravi Verma – Novalist

c. Gulamgiri – Kashibaba

d. Sacchi Kavitayan – Sudarshan Chakra

Answer: d. Sacchi Kavitayan – Sudarshan Chakra

Q.3 Which one of the following is the oldest Japanese book?

a. Sutta Pitaka

b. Diamond Sutra

c. Mahavamsa

d. Dipavamsa

Answer: b. Diamond Sutra

Q.4 Who were called ‘Chapmen’?

a. Book seller

b. Paper seller

c. Workers of printing press

d. Seller of ‘penny chap books’

Answer: d. Seller of ‘penny chap books’

Q.5 Which one of the following was NOT the reason for the popularity of scientific ideas among the common people in eighteenth century Europe?

a. Printing of ideas of Isaac Newton.

b. Development of printing press.

c. Interest of people in science and reason.

d. Traditional aristocratic groups supported it.

Answer: d. Traditional aristocratic groups supported it.

Q.6 Arrange the following in chronological order:

i) Electrical Printing Press

ii) Offset Press

iii) Metal Printing Press

iv) Cylindrical Press

a. (iii), (iv), (ii), (i)

b. (i), (iv), (ii), (iii)

c. (ii), (i), (iv), (iii)

d. (iii), (i), (ii), (iv)

Answer: a. (iii), (iv), (ii), (i)

Q.7 Arrange the following in chronological order:

i) Print culture created the conditions for the French Revolution.

ii) Martin Luther’s writings led to beginning of the Protestant Reformation.

iii) Menocchio reinterpreted the message of the Bible.

iv) Johann Gutenberg invented Printing press.

a. iii, ii, i & iv

b. i, ii, iii & iv

c. iv, ii, iii, & i

d. iv, iii, ii & i

Answer: c. iv, ii, iii, & i

Q.8 Who wrote the book ‘Sambad Kaumudi’?

a. Bal Gangadhar Tilak

b. Mahatma Gandhi

c. S.C. Bose

d. Raja Ram Mohan Rao.

Answer: d. Raja Ram Mohan Rao.

History MCQ Questions for class 10th

Q.9 In 1517, the religious reformer Martin Luther wrote Ninety Five Theses criticizing many of the practices and rituals of the____________

a. Roman Catholic Church

b. Protestants

c. Orthodox Church

d. Hinduism.

Answer: a. Roman Catholic Church

Q.10 __________ from China introduced hand-printing technology into Japan around AD 768-770.

a. Buddhist Missionaries

b. Christian Missionaries

c. Scholars

d. Traders.

Answer: a. Buddhist Missionaries

Q.11 Who developed the first printing press?

a. Johann Gutenberg

b. Marco Polo

c. Martin Luther

d. None of the above.

Answer: a. Johann Gutenberg

History objective type Questions:

Q.12 Who said, “Printing is the ultimate gift and the greatest one”.

a. Charles Dickens

b. J.V. Schley

c. Mahatma Gandhi

d. Martin Luther

Answer: d. Martin Luther

Q.13 “The printing press is the most powerful engine of progress and public opinion is the force that will sweep despotism away.” Who said these words?

a. Johann Gutenberg

b. Louise Sebastien Mercier

c. James Augustus Hickey

d. Martin Luther

Answer: b. Louise Sebastien Mercier

Q.14 Since China possessed a huge bureaucratic system in the Imperial state how did they do recruitment of its personnel?

a. through civil service examinations

b. through verbal interview

c. if somebody knew someone in the bureaucratic system

d. direct choice of the royals.

Answer: a. through civil service examinations

Q.15 Who were the Scribes?

a. The workers who made newspaper in large number

b. The workers who made manuscripts in large number

c. The workers who made machines in large number

d. The workers who made novels in large number

Answer: b. The workers who made manuscripts in large number

Q.16 Who wrote ‘Ninety-five Theses’?

a. Martin Luther

b. Johann Gutenberg

c. Charles Dickens

d. Louise Sebastian Mercier

Answer: a. Martin Luther

Q.17 Folk tales were collected from peasants in Germany and completed in the form of book by:

a. Thomas Paine

b. Erasmus

c. Jean Jacques Rousseau

d. Grimm Brothers

Answer: d. Grimm Brothers

Q.18 Arrange the following in chronological order:

I. Buddhist Missionaries introduced hand printing technology in Japan.

II. The Jikji of korea was printed with movable metal type.

III. A children’s press, devoted to literature for children alone, was set up in France.

IV. Martin Luther wrote Ninety-Five Theses.

a. III, II, I & IV

b. I, II, IV & III

c. IV, III, II & I

d. IV, II, III & I

Answer: b. I, II, IV & III

Q.19 Arrange the following in a chronological order.

i) First Malayalam Book was printed.

ii) Calcutta Supreme Court passed regulations to control press freedom.

iii) Fairy Tales printed by Grime Brother.

iv) Martin Luther wrote ‘Ninety Five Thesis’

a. (iv), (i), (iii), (ii)

b. (iv), (iii), (i), (ii)

c. (ii), (iv), (iii), (i)

d. (ii), (iii), (i), (iv)

Answer: a. (iv), (i), (iii), (ii)