CBSE Class 10 Social Science, Chapter 5: Print Culture and the Modern World
NCERT India and the Contemporary World II, pages 105–130. 23 topics, about 5 days of study at 20 to 30 minutes a day.
Topics in this chapter, with textbook pages
- Introductionpages 105–107
- 1 The First Printed Bookspage 108
- 1.1Print in Japanpages 108–109
- 2 Print Comes to Europepage 110
- 2.1Gutenberg and the Printing Presspages 111–112
- 3 The Print Revolution and Its Impactpage 113
- 3.1A New Reading Publicpage 113
- 3.2Religious Debates and the Fear of Printpage 114
- 3.3Print and Dissentpage 115
- 4 The Reading Maniapage 116
- 4.1‘Tremble, therefore, tyrants of the world!’page 117
- 4.2Print Culture and the French Revolutionpages 117–118
- 5 The Nineteenth Centurypage 119
- 5.1Children, Women and Workerspage 119
- 5.2Further Innovationspage 120
- 6 India and the World of Printpage 121
- 6.1Manuscripts Before the Age of Printpages 121–122
- 6.2Print Comes to Indiapage 122
- 7 Religious Reform and Public Debatespages 123–124
- 8 New Forms of Publicationpage 125
- 8.1Women and Printpages 126–128
- 8.2Print and the Poor Peoplepage 128
- 9 Print and Censorshippage 129
Teach this chapter at home
- A day-by-day plan with the exact textbook pages for each day.
- A step-by-step script for each day, so you know what to say and ask, written from the NCERT chapter.
- A quiz at the end and a written task you can check with a photo of the notebook.
Textbook pages follow the 2026-27 NCERT print and can differ by a page or two in older prints. Adhian Gurus is not affiliated with NCERT or CBSE.