B.A./B.COM. LL.B. (5 YEAR LAW / U.G. LAW) Panjab University Entrance Exam 2019 : MCQs and Answer Key

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4.

The First Country To Print Book Was

A: Japan
B: China
C: USA
D: Ireland

The answer is: B

Explanation

The first country to print books using a movable type printing press was China. Movable type printing was invented in China during the Song dynasty in the 11th century by Bi Sheng, who created individual characters from clay, baked them, and then arranged them on an iron plate to print pages. The first book printed using this method was the Diamond Sutra in 868 AD. However, it is worth noting that printing using woodblocks, a precursor to movable type printing, was already in use in China and other countries for centuries before the invention of movable type printing.