Poor People and Print

Q. Pick the correctly matched (Author-Book) pairs from the following:

1. Jyotiba Phule - Chhote Aur Bade Ka Sawal
2. Kashibaba - Gulamgiri
3. Sudarshan Chakr - Sacchi Kavitayan
4. Rashsundari Debi - Amar Jiban

Q. Which of the following are true about the policies of the British government regarding printing and press in India?

1. It encouraged newspapers that celebrated British rule.
2. Editors of vernacular press were happy with the British repressive policies.
3. Thomas Macaulay formulated relatively strict rules for Indian publishers.
4. Vernacular Press Act was passed in 1878.

Q. Kashibaba, a mill worker from Kanpur, wrote Chhote Aur Bade Ka Sawal in 1938 to contextualise caste and class exploitation.

1. True
2. False

Q. Answer the following question in 30 - 40 words:
Why was Gandhiji against peasants going to courts for justice ?

Q. Why did some people fear the effect of easily available printed books? Choose one example from Europe and one from India

Q. The conservatives imposed _____ laws to control what was said in newspapers, books, plays and songs.

1. Censorship
2. Speech
3. Infringement
4. Restrictive

Q. "The use of novel was a valuable source for the colonial administrators.' Explain.