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Social Science (087) — AI-generated practice question

AI-generated practice question — model-generated for extra practice, not a previous-year CBSE board question.

Q1. [1] medium thorough-understanding
Consider the case of Menocchio, the miller from Italy. Which of the following best explains why his case was seen as particularly threatening to the Roman Catholic Church?
  1. A He printed and distributed illegal copies of the Bible without Church permission.
  2. B An ordinary, little-educated person had used widely available books to form his own views on God and Creation that contradicted Church teachings.
  3. C He publicly organised protests against the Church's collection of taxes from peasants.
  4. D He translated religious scriptures into the local language, making them accessible to common people.
Generated by claude-sonnet-4-6 · 2026-06-26 15:01 · grounding rag
Model Answer

Answer: B

An ordinary, little-educated person used widely available books to form independent views on God and Creation that directly contradicted Church teachings, threatening its sole authority over religious interpretation.

Source: Print and Dissent, Chapter 5

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Explanation

The passage clearly states Menocchio was "a miller" (little-educated, working person) who read locally available books, reinterpreted the Bible, and "formulated a view of God and Creation that enraged the Roman Catholic Church." The threat was not translation (D), protest (C), or illegal printing (A) — it was that print empowered ordinary people to think independently, undermining the Church's monopoly on religious interpretation. Examiners expect you to pick up the key phrase "little-educated working people" forming "distinctive individual interpretations of faith" from the passage.

Previous-year CBSE Grade 10 board exam questions, organised by subject and chapter, each with a model answer — free to read and print.