AI-generated practice question — model-generated for extra practice, not a previous-year CBSE board question.
(B) 1558 — The Roman Catholic Church began maintaining an Index of Prohibited Books from 1558.
The passage in section 3.3 explicitly states: "The Roman Church…began to maintain an Index of Prohibited Books from 1558." Note that 1517 is the year Luther wrote his Ninety-Five Theses — a common distractor. Do not confuse the two dates.