MCQs: 1. What type of government was established in Belgium to address ethnic tensions?    – A) Dictatorship    – B) Federal government    – C) Unitary government    – D) Colonial government 2. What was the key feature of Belgium’s power-sharing model?    – A) Absolute monarchy    – B) Community government representing different language groups    – C) Military rule…

MCQs: 1. Which act in Sri Lanka made Sinhala the only official language?    – A) The Tamil Act of 1955    – B) The Official Language Act of 1956    – C) The Language Equality Act of 1960    – D) The National Language Act of 1952 2. What was a key demand of the Sri Lankan Tamil…

MCQs: 1. What percentage of Belgium’s population lives in the Flemish region?    – A) 30%    – B) 40%    – C) 59%    – D) 70% 2. Which languages are officially recognized in Belgium?    – A) French and German only    – B) Dutch, French, and German    – C) Dutch and English    – D) English and German 3.…

MCQs: 1. Before 1798, the colonial state’s censorship efforts in India were primarily directed at:    – A) Indian reformers    – B) British officers critical of Company rule    – C) Vernacular newspapers    – D) Religious leaders 2. Which act, passed in 1878, granted the colonial government extensive rights to censor vernacular press?    – A) Rowlatt Act…

MCQs: 1. Where were cheap small books commonly sold to poor people in 19th-century Madras?    – A) Royal libraries    – B) Temples    – C) Crossroads and markets    – D) Universities 2. Who was the Maratha reformer who wrote Gulamgiri against caste discrimination?    – A) B.R. Ambedkar    – B) Jyotiba Phule    – C) Periyar E.V. Ramaswamy…

MCQs: 1. Who wrote Amar Jiban, the first full-length autobiography in Bengali?    – A) Tarabai Shinde    – B) Rashsundari Debi    – C) Pandita Ramabai    – D) Begum Rokeya 2. What was a significant outcome of women’s increased access to print?    – A) Decline in female literacy    – B) Emergence of women writers and reformists    –…

MCQs: 1. Which literary form, originally developed in Europe, became popular in India after the advent of print?    – A) Epic poetry    – B) The novel    – C) Folk tales    – D) Oral ballads 2. What role did Raja Ravi Varma play in the new forms of publication?    – A) He wrote political pamphlets    –…

MCQs: 1. Which reformer published the Sambad Kaumudi in 1821 to promote social reform?    – A) Bal Gangadhar Tilak    – B) Raja Rammohun Roy    – C) Ishwar Chandra Vidyasagar    – D) Dayananda Saraswati 2. What was the purpose of the Samachar Chandrika newspaper?    – A) To support social reform    – B) To promote British policies…

MCQs: 1. When did the printing press first arrive in India?    – A) Mid-16th century    – B) Early 18th century    – C) Late 19th century    – D) Early 20th century 2. Who introduced the printing press to India?    – A) British East India Company    – B) Portuguese missionaries    – C) Mughal emperors    – D) French…

MCQs: 1. What materials were commonly used for manuscripts in India before the age of print?    – A) Plastic sheets    – B) Palm leaves and handmade paper    – C) Metal plates    – D) Stone tablets 2. Why were manuscripts fragile and expensive?    – A) They were mass-produced    – B) They were handwritten and required delicate…