Printing and Politics

Q.

Why did some people in eighteenth century Europe think that print culture would bring enlightenment and end despotism?

Q. Who invented the power driven cylindrical press?

1. Gutenberg
2. Richard M. Hoe
3. Martin Luther
4. Marco Polo

Q. Which of the following did the French want during the French revolution?

1. Equality
2. Liberty
3. Fraternity
4. Oppression

Q. Which of the following statement(s) is/are true about the influence of the print media on politics in Europe during the fifteenth century?

1. Unconditional subservience prevailed towards state and the church.
2. People became unreasonable and irrational.
3. New ideas of social revolution emerged.
4. Re-evaluation of the values, norms, and institutions.

Q. Write a few lines on power driven cylindrical press.

Q. Ram says that by the late eighteenth century, there was an abundance of printed material which mocked the royalty and their skewed morality. Rahul says that the print as a medium did not root for the people to overthrow the monarchy. Who do you think is right?

1. Ram is right.
2. Rahul is right.
3. Both are right.
4. Both are wrong.

Q.

What does tremble , therefore tyrants of world means ?

Q. In the 18th century, wrote novels in which the central characters would be lost in books and make changes in the real world.

1. Voltaire
2. Rousseau
3. Gutenberg
4. Mercier