NCERT Important Questions Class 10 Social Science Chapter 5
Important NCERT Extra Questions
Chapter 5 Print Culture and The Modern World
NCERT Book Extra Questions for Session 2022-2023
CBSE Board and UP Board Others state Board
Give three ways in which early printed books closely resembled manuscripts.
or
Explain any three features of handwritten manuscripts before the age of print.
or
Explain three factors responsible for the invention of New Printing Technology’.
(a) manuscripts were documents or books written by hand.
(b) short coming or causes for invention of print technology:
(i) They could not satisfy the ever increasing demand for books.
(ii) They were expensive as copying was an expensive, laborious and time consuming business.
(iii) Manuscripts were fragile, awkward to handle, and could not ire carried around or read easily.
(iv) Their circulation, therefore, remained limited.
(c) Resemblances:
(i) The metal letters imitated the ornamental handwritten style.
(ii) Borders were illuminated by hand with foliage and other patterns.
(iii) Illustrations were painted.