Social Science (087) — AI-generated practice question

Print served as a tool of social protest and awareness for all three — Phule wrote about caste oppression, Ambedkar mobilised Dalits against untouchability, and Kashibaba linked caste and class exploitation. In each case, print allowed them to spread dissenting ideas widely, challenge dominant groups, and reach large audiences beyond their immediate circles.

Low-cost print was crucial because their target audiences — the poor, lower castes, and oppressed communities — had limited resources. Cheap publications meant these groups could actually access, read, and circulate the message, making the challenge to injustice genuinely effective rather than confined to elite readers.

Source: Print Culture and the Modern World, Chapter 5

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• The examiner expects you to identify the common function (spreading dissent/protest/awareness) and then link affordability to reach among marginalised communities — these are two distinct points worth roughly 1.5 marks each.
• Avoid listing what each person wrote; the question asks for the common function, so stay focused on that thread.
• The phrase "low-cost print" is the key trigger — always connect it to who the audience was and why cost mattered for them specifically.