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Q1. Read the following passage carefully:
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FROM PAPYRUS TO PAPER
1) It all began more than 5,000 years ago in Egypt. At that time ancient Egyptians wrote on materials
made from the papyrus reed, a plant grown in the delta of the Nile. This plant paper' was made by laying
strips of the stem tissue side by side. These were then stuck together with a crude kind of paste made
from bread crumbs soaked in boiling water.
(2) Though papyrus travelled all over, it did not travel to Eastern Europe. Europeans had started using
animal skins as their writing paper. This material was called parchment and although it was expensive, it
had several advantages over the humble papyrus. First, the parchment could be folded over without it
cracking unlike papyrus, which had to be rolled up into a scroll, making it cumbersome for a reader to
handle. Second, as both sides of the parchment could be used for writing, no space was wasted.
(3) The material we use for writing today was invented over 1000 years earlier in China. A Chinese official
named Tsai Loon made his paper in 105 A.D from a motley assortment of strange ingredients including
mulberry and bamboo fibres, fishnets and rags. The Emperor Ho Ti was pleased with the invention. Tsai
Loon was made an important man in his court.
(4) With success going to his head Loon got involved in dangerous business. Unable to face public
exposure, he committed suicide. The Chinese jealously guarded the secret of paper making for more than
1,000 years. Unfortunately for the Chinese, the Moors learned it and it was brought to Spain and Sicily.
From there it spread throughout Europe and by 13th century, paper mills had mushroomed in Italy and
elsewhere.
(5) Paper got a big boost when Johannes Gutenberg, a German craftsman, invented the first practical
mechanical printing press in 1455. The next 50 years saw thousands of books being printed all over
Europe and the demand for paper grew. At present, the US is the world's leading paper producer,
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Ques: The first among Europeans to learn the art of paper making were?
1) East Europeans
2) The Germans
3) The Italians
4) The Spanish


Please Give a valid reason to support you answer.​

Answer 1

Answer:

1)East Europeans

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Answer 2

Your answer is option a) East European...

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