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In which of the following countries was the earliest form of printing technology developed?

The traditional 'Accordion Book' was folded and stitched at the sides. Where did this book originate?

Which of the following books is the oldest Japanese book that was printed in 868 AD and contains six sheets of text and woodcut illustrations?

Which art form flourished in Japan in the late eighteenth century?

Which of the following statements is/are correct about Johann Gutenberg?

a. He was a master goldsmith.
b. The first book he printed was the Bible.
c. He printed 180 copies of the Bible in three years.

Who wrote 'Ninety-Five Theses' criticising many of the practices and rituals of the Roman Catholic Church and began the 'Protestant Revolution'?

______________ maintained an index of prohibited books.

Which of the following thinkers reinterpreted the message of the Bible and formulated a view of God and Creation that enraged the Roman Catholic Church and was ultimately executed at the time of the inquisition?

Why did the Roman Catholic Court hold its inquisition?

Which of the following statements is correct about penny magazines in the nineteenth century?

Which of the following statements are correct about the self-educated working class people of the mid nineteenth century?

a. They were interested in self-improvement and self-expression.
b. They wrote autobiographies and political tracts in large numbers.
c. They read voraciously from books borrowed from lending libraries.

Which of the following statements about Grimm Brothers is incorrect?

Which of the following steps did the publishers take to sustain buying during the Great Depression of 1930s?

In which Indian language did the Catholic priests print the first book in 1579?

Who edited the weekly Bengal Gazette in 1780 and was persecuted by the first de facto Governor-General of India for publishing a lot of gossip about the Company's senior officials in India?

Which of the following papers was published by Raja Rammohan Roy, which popularised reformist opinions?

Which of the following statements is/are correct about the steps the Ulama took to counter the fear of conversions of Muslims and change in Muslim personal laws as a result of the fall of the Muslim dynasties?

a. They published thousands of fatwas telling Muslim readers how to conduct themselves in their everyday lives, and explaining the meanings of Islamic doctrines.
b. They published religious newspapers, Jam-i-Jahan Nama and Shamsul Akhbar, under the aegis of the Deoband Seminary.
c. They published Persian and Urdu translations of holy scriptures and tracts.

The first full-length autobiography published in Bengali language, Amar Jiban, was the story of a young girl who learnt to read in the secrecy of her kitchen and was published in 1876. Who wrote this book?

Who wrote about the injustices of the caste system in Gulamgiri?

The Vernacular Press Act provided the government with extensive rights to censor reports and editorials in the vernacular press. It was passed in which year?