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Who introduced hand-printing technology into Japan?

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  1. Buddhist missionaries

  2. Christian missionaries

  3. Muslim maulvis

  4. Jain missionaries

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Correct Option: A
Explanation:

a. Buddhist missionaries


The Buddhist missionaries from China introduced hand-printing technology into Japan around 768 – 770 AD. The Buddhist Diamond Sutra which was printed in 868 AD was the oldest Japanese book. Libraries and bookstores were packed with hand-printed materials of various types. These included books on women, musical instruments, calculations, tea ceremony, flower arrangements, proper etiquette, cooking and famous places.

Whom would you associate with the Censorship of the Press Act $1794$?

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  1. Charles Metcalfe

  2. Andrew Frazer

  3. Lord Wellesly

  4. Lord Auckland

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Correct Option: C

Lord Lytton was the Viceroy of India from ________.

social studies print culture and the modern world film and print media evolution of writing and communication system great reformers and reform movements

  1. 1868 to 1872

  2. 1876 to 1880

  3. 1878 to 1884

  4. 1885 to 1890

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Correct Option: B
Explanation:

Lord Lytton was the Viceroy from 1876 – 1880 and was known as the Viceroy with reverse characters. Some of the main aspects during his rule were

  • Organised the Grand ‘Delhi Durbar’ in 1877 to proclaim Queen Victoria as the Empress of India.
  • He introduced the Vernacular Press Act( 1878) and Indian Arms Act (1879).

'The Times of India' which celebrated its $150$th anniversary in $1988$, was first published in $1838$ as _________.

social studies print culture and the modern world film and print media evolution of writing and communication system great reformers and reform movements

  1. Bombay Chronicle

  2. Bombay Times

  3. Indian Times

  4. National Times

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Correct Option: B

________ was very severe Cyclonic Storm and the most intense tropical cyclone of the 2016 in North Indian Ocean.

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  1. Hudhud

  2. Ockhi

  3. Vardah

  4. Nilofar

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Correct Option: C

In the satellite based techniques, track and intensity of cyclones are forecast based on the _________ associated with cyclone.

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  1. wind speed

  2. cloud pattern

  3. atmospheric pressure

  4. climate

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Correct Option: B

The Cyclone name Vardah, was suggested by __________.

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  1. India

  2. Pakistan

  3. Sri Lanka

  4. Saudi Arabia

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Correct Option: B

Which of the following country does not decide the naming the cyclone in the Indian Ocean region?

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  1. India

  2. Sri Lanka

  3. Thailand

  4. Japan

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Correct Option: D

Hurricane is a tropical cyclone that occurs in the ___________.

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  1. Atlantic Ocean

  2. North-eastern Pacific Ocean

  3. Indian Ocean

  4. Both A & B

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Correct Option: D

 The term Vardah, refers to ________.

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  1. white rose

  2. eye

  3. national bird of Pakistan

  4. red rose

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Correct Option: D