AI-generated practice question — model-generated for extra practice, not a previous-year CBSE board question.
B) Elites and the privileged
Before the age of print, reading was restricted to the elites; common people lived in a world of oral culture where knowledge was transferred orally.
The passage explicitly states: "Earlier, reading was restricted to the elites. Common people lived in a world of oral culture." This is the direct textual evidence needed. In MCQs from this chapter, examiners expect students to recall this contrast between pre-print elite access and post-print wider readership.