Which of the following is a legal pronouncement on Islamic law usually given by a mufti (legal scholar) to clarify issues on which the law is uncertain?
Fatwa
Ulama
Ordinance
Code of Law
Hafiz was a 14th century poet whose collected works were known as:
Diwan
Ballads
Odes
Ghazals
Name the place where people gathered to drink alcohol, to have food and to meet friends and exchange news.
Taverns
Tea shops
Markets
Courtyard
In England books carried by petty peddlers and sold for a penny were known as:
Shilling series
Almanacs
Chapbooks
Novels
The first printed edition of the 'Ram Charitmanas' of Tulsidas, a 16th century text, came out in:
1817
1810
1814
1820
Name the Governor General who persecuted James Augustus Hickey.
Warren Hastings
Cornwallis
Rippon
Dalhousie
"The printing press is the most powerful engine of progress and public opinion is the force that will sweep despotism away" - these are the words by:
Louise Sebastien Mercier
Robert Darnton
James Lackington
Gutenberg
Penny Magazines were meant for:
Children
Women
Workers
Men
Buddhist missionaries from which country introduced hand-printing technology in Japan.
Nepal
Burma
Ceylon
China
The earliest kind of print technology was developed in:
Britain, Australia and Russia
China, India and Japan
China, Japan and Korea
Egypt, India and China