{"id":87323,"date":"2025-06-01T06:40:08","date_gmt":"2025-06-01T06:40:08","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/exam.pscnotes.com\/mcq\/?p=87323"},"modified":"2025-06-01T06:40:08","modified_gmt":"2025-06-01T06:40:08","slug":"consider-the-following-statements-about-the-early-modern-technology-in","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/exam.pscnotes.com\/mcq\/consider-the-following-statements-about-the-early-modern-technology-in\/","title":{"rendered":"Consider the following statements about the early modern technology in"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Consider the following statements about the early modern technology in India :<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>1. The Portuguese brought European movable metal types to Goa in 1550.<\/li>\n<li>2. The first Indian script of which types were prepared was Tamil.<\/li>\n<li>3. The English Company&#8217;s first experiment with printing press was at Calcutta.<\/li>\n<li>4. The English Company imported printing press to India in 1674-75 at the request of Bhimji Parak.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>Which of the statements given above are correct ?<\/p>\n<p>[amp_mcq option1=&#8221;1 and 2 only&#8221; option2=&#8221;2 and 3&#8243; option3=&#8221;3 and 4&#8243; option4=&#8221;1, 2 and 4&#8243; correct=&#8221;option4&#8243;]<\/p>\n<div class=\"psc-box-pyq-exam-year-detail\">\n<div class=\"pyq-exam\">\n<div class=\"psc-heading\">This question was previously asked in<\/div>\n<div class=\"psc-title line-ellipsis\">UPSC NDA-1 &#8211; 2015<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"pyq-exam-psc-buttons\"><a href=\"\/pyq\/pyq-upsc-nda-1-2015.pdf\" target=\"_blank\" class=\"psc-pdf-button\" rel=\"noopener\">Download PDF<\/a><a href=\"\/pyq-upsc-nda-1-2015\" target=\"_blank\" class=\"psc-attempt-button\" rel=\"noopener\">Attempt Online<\/a><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<section id=\"pyq-correct-answer\">\nStatement 1: The arrival of the first printing press in Goa with the Portuguese is documented around 1556, not 1550. However, given the other options and the likely intent of the question to test knowledge about the early introduction of printing technology, the statement about Portuguese bringing movable metal types to Goa in the early 1550s or mid-1550s might be considered broadly correct in a historical context, even if the precise year is off by a few years.<br \/>\nStatement 2: Tamil was one of the earliest Indian languages for which movable types were prepared by European missionaries, particularly by Jesuits in the late 16th century for printing Christian literature. It is often cited as the first or among the very first.<br \/>\nStatement 3: The English East India Company&#8217;s first printing press was established in Bombay (modern-day Mumbai) around 1674-75, not Calcutta. Calcutta became a prominent British centre much later.<br \/>\nStatement 4: The English East India Company did import a printing press to Bombay in 1674-75 at the request of Bhimji Parak, a prominent Parsi merchant and their chief broker in Surat and Bombay, who saw the potential of printing.<br \/>\nStatements 1, 2, and 4 are presented as correct in Option D. Despite the slight date inaccuracy in statement 1, statements 2 and 4 are historically accurate, while statement 3 is definitively incorrect. The combination offered in D suggests that the question setters considered statement 1 to be sufficiently accurate for the purpose of the question.<br \/>\n<\/section>\n<section id=\"pyq-key-points\">\nThe introduction of the printing press to India by the Portuguese in the 16th century in Goa marked a significant technological shift. Early efforts included preparing types for Indian scripts, with Tamil being notably among the first. The English Company introduced printing much later, first in Bombay.<br \/>\n<\/section>\n<section id=\"pyq-additional-information\">\nThe first book printed in India was likely a religious text in Portuguese or Latin in 1556 in Goa. The printing of vernacular languages, starting with Konkani, Tamil, and Malayalam, followed shortly after. The press imported by the English Company to Bombay in 1674-75 was primarily for commercial and administrative purposes.<br \/>\n<\/section>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Consider the following statements about the early modern technology in India : 1. The Portuguese brought European movable metal types to Goa in 1550. 2. The first Indian script of which types were prepared was Tamil. 3. The English Company&#8217;s first experiment with printing press was at Calcutta. 4. The English Company imported printing press &#8230; <\/p>\n<p class=\"read-more-container\"><a title=\"Consider the following statements about the early modern technology in\" class=\"read-more button\" href=\"https:\/\/exam.pscnotes.com\/mcq\/consider-the-following-statements-about-the-early-modern-technology-in\/#more-87323\">Detailed Solution<span class=\"screen-reader-text\">Consider the following statements about the early modern technology in<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1093],"tags":[1443,1321,1124],"class_list":["post-87323","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-upsc-nda-1","tag-1443","tag-development-of-press-in-modern-india","tag-modern-history-of-india","no-featured-image-padding"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO Premium plugin v22.2 (Yoast SEO v23.3) - https:\/\/yoast.com\/wordpress\/plugins\/seo\/ -->\n<title>Consider the following statements about the early modern technology in<\/title>\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\"Statement 1: The arrival of the first printing press in Goa with the Portuguese is documented around 1556, not 1550. 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