Print culture

Question 1

Who introduced hand-printing technology in Japan

Answer 1

Buddhist missionaries from China

Question 2

Which year was hand-printing introduced in Japan

Answer 2

AD 768-770

Question 3

Oldest Japanese book printed in which year

Answer 3

AD 868

Question 4

What is the oldest japanese book

Answer 4

Buddhist Diamond Sutra

Question 5

which year was the Tripitaka Koreana engraved in the UNESCO Memory of the World Register

Answer 5

2007

Question 6

who was widely known for his contributions to an art form called ukiyo

Answer 6

Kitagawa Utamoro

Question 7

where and when was Kitagawa Utamoro born

Answer 7

Edo in 1753

Question 8

what art did Kitagawa Utamoro contribute to

Answer 8

Ukiyo

Question 9

What is vellum

Answer 9

a parchment made from the skin of animals

Question 10

who brought the knowledge of woodblock printing to italy

Answer 10

marco polo

Question 11

which year did marco polo bring the knowledge of woodblock printing to italy

Answer 11

1295

Question 12

which books are the world’s oldest existing books printted with movable metal type

Answer 12

jikji of korea

Question 13

what was jikji of korea about

Answer 13

essential features of Zen Buddhism

Question 14

in which year was jikji of korea inscribed in the UNESCO Memory of the World Register

Answer 14

2001

Question 15

who developed the first-known printing press

Answer 15

Johann Gutenberg

Question 16

where did Johann Gutenberg develop the first-known printing press

Answer 16

Strasbourg, Germany

Question 17

What was the first book Gutenberg printed

Answer 17

The bible

Question 18

what is galley

Answer 18

metal frame in which types are laid and the text composed

Question 19

which book did martin luther write

Answer 19

ninety five theses

Question 20

what year did martin luther write ninety five theses

Answer 20

1517

Question 21

where was a printed copy of ninety five theses posted

Answer 21

on a church door in Wittenberg

Question 22

what did the ninety five theses lead to within the church

Answer 22

it led to a division within the church and to the beginning of the Protestant Reformation

Question 23

who said “printing is the ultimate gift of God and the greatest one”

Answer 23

martin luther

Question 24

who began to maintain an index of prohibited books from 1558 onwards

Answer 24

roman church

Question 25

which year did the roman church began to maintain an index of prohibited books

Answer 25

1558

Question 26

who said "the printing press is the most powerful engine of progress and public opinion is the force that will sweep despotism away"

Answer 26

louise-sebastien mercier

Question 27

which year was a children's press devoted to literature set up for children in france

Answer 27

1857

Question 28

who perfected the power-driven cylindrical press in mid-19th century

Answer 28

richard m. hoe of new york

Question 29

who brought the first printing press to india in the mid-16th century

Answer 29

portuguese missionaries

Question 30

where did the first printing press come in india

Answer 30

goa

Question 31

in which year was 50 books in konkani and kannada language been printed

Answer 31

1674

Question 32

catholic priests printed the first tamil book in which year in chochin

Answer 32

1579

Question 33

by which year did dutch protestant missionaries print 32 tamil texts

Answer 33

1710

Question 34

which year was the first malayalam book was printed by the catholic priests

Answer 34

1713

Question 35

who began to publish the weekly bengal gazette

Answer 35

gangadhar bhattacharya

Question 36

who began to edit the "bengal gazette" a weekly magazine

Answer 36

james augustus hickey

Question 37

who said a "commercial paper open to all, but influenced by none" about bengal gazette

Answer 37

james augustus hickey

Question 38

who published sambad kaumudi

Answer 38

rammohun roy

Question 39

what did rammohun roy publish

Answer 39

sambad kaumudi

Question 40

in which year was sambad kaumudi by rammohun roy published

Answer 40

1821

Question 41

who commissioned the Samachar Chandrika to oppose rammohun roy's views

Answer 41

hindu orthodoxy

Question 42

what did the hindu orthodoxy commission to oppose rammohun roy's views

Answer 42

Samachar Chandrika

Question 43

which year was two persian newspapers called jam-i-jaban and Shamsul Akhbar published

Answer 43

1822

Question 44

in 1822 which two persian newspapers were published

Answer 44

jam-i-jaban and Shamsul Akhbar

Question 45

a gujarati newspaper published in 1822

Answer 45

Bombay Samachar

Question 46

Bombay Samachar was published in which year

Answer 46

1822

Question 47

which year was the Deoband Seminary founded

Answer 47

1867

Question 48

______ was founded in 1867, which published thousands of fatwas telling muslim readers how to conduct themselves in their everyday lives

Answer 48

Deoband Seminary

Question 49

first printed edition of the Ramcharitmanas of Tulsidas came out where

Answer 49

calcutta

Question 50

first printed edition of the Ramcharitmanas of Tulsidas came out when

Answer 50

1810

Question 51

a 16th century text which came out from calcutta in 1810

Answer 51

Ramcharitmanas of Tulsidas

Question 52

from 1880s, which two press published numerous religious texts

Answer 52

naval kishore press at lucknow and shri venkateshwar press in bombay

Question 53

what was rashsundari debi's autobiography aclled

Answer 53

amar jiban

Question 54

who published amar jiban

Answer 54

rashsundari debi

Question 55

which year was amar jiban by rashsundari debi published

Answer 55

1876

Question 56

which language was amar jiban written in

Answer 56

bengali language

Question 57

who wrote books highlighting the experiences of women

Answer 57

kailashbashini debi

Question 58

in 1880s, in maharashtra, who are the two people who wrote about the miserable lives of upper-caste hindu women, especially widows

Answer 58

tarabai shinde and pandita ramabai

Question 59

who wrote My childhood and My university

Answer 59

maxim gorky

Question 60

who strongly condemned men for withholding education from women in the name of religion as she addressed the bengal women's education conference in 1926

Answer 60

begum rokeya sakhawat hossein

Question 61

who published istri dharm vichar

Answer 61

ram chaddha

Question 62

what did ram chaddha publish

Answer 62

istri dharm vichar

Question 63

what book did jyotiba phule write

Answer 63

gulamgiri

Question 64

who wrote gulamgiri

Answer 64

jyotiba phule

Question 65

what year did jyotiba phule write gulamgiri

Answer 65

1871

Question 66

who was known as periyar

Answer 66

e.v ramaswamy naicker in madras

Question 67

what did kashibaba write and publish

Answer 67

chhote aur bade ka sawal

Question 68

who wrote chhote aur bade ka sawal

Answer 68

kashibaba

Question 69

which year did kashibaba publish chhote aur bade ka sawal

Answer 69

1938

Question 70

who wrote a collection of poems called sacchi kavitayan

Answer 70

sudarshan chakr

Question 71

sudarshan chakr wrote poems which were brought together and published in a collection called what

Answer 71

sacchi kavitayan

Question 72

who wrote burhi aair sadhu(grandma's tales)

Answer 72

lakshminath bezbaruah

Question 73

who penned the popular song "O mor apunar desh" (o' my beloved land)

Answer 73

lakshminath bezbaruah

Question 74

what year was vernacular press act passed

Answer 74

1878

Question 75

what press laws was vernacular press act modelled on

Answer 75

irish press laws

Question 76

when punjab revolutionaries were deported in 1907, who wrote with great sympathy about them in his kesari

Answer 76

balgangadhar tilak

Question 77

which year was balgangadhar tilak imprisoned

Answer 77

1908