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This set of History of Journalism in India Multiple Choice Questions & Answers (MCQs) focuses on History Of Journalism In India Set 1
Q1 | ……….were the first Europeans who introduced printing press in India.
- british
- french
- dutch
- portuguese
Q2 | Annie Besant came to India on 16 November 1893 to attend the Annual Conventionof the Theosophical Society at ………..
- adyar
- banglore
- trivandrum
- tirunelveli
Q3 | Who founded a weekly newspaper ‘Commonweal’ in January 1914?
- annie besant
- s.n.b banerje
- sir syed ahmad khan
- mahatma gandhi
Q4 | Who started ‘new India’?
- annie besant
- mahatma gandhi
- lord rippon
- wellesley c) delhousie
Q5 | Who started 'Young India'?
- mahatma gandhi
- annie besant
- madan mohan malviya
- pherozeshah mehta
Q6 | Mahatma Gandhi started his first paper; ………..was in South Africa.
- my experiments with truth
- indian opinion
- young india
- new india’
Q7 | A pioneering foursome embarked upon a publication entitled the Western Star from………………in 1860.
- cochin
- travancore
- irinjalakkuda
- palakkad
Q8 | ……………………, who had left England after completing his studies, took over asthe Western Star paper’s editor.
- charles lawson
- devji bhimji
- c.v.raman pillai
- dr.herman gundart
Q9 | …………….migrated to Madras to launch the Madras Mail in later years.
- c.v.raman pillai
- devji bhimji
- lawson's maiden
- charles lawson
Q10 | The history of modern journalism in Bengal was inaugurated by …………….
- augustus hicky
- mckinley
- hermione granger
- john pilger
Q11 | Bengal gazette was the journal of ………………….
- edmund burke
- samuel f. b. morse
- john pilger
- augustus hicky
Q12 | The first Bangla newspaper, Samachar Darpan, was published from ……………in1818.
- calcutta
- serampore
- madras
- bombay
Q13 | The ‘Travancore Herald’, was printed in English from the C.M.S.Press…………………..
- kottayam
- cochin
- travancore
- trissur
Q14 | The Santishtavadi was outspoken in its criticism of the powers that be, and soon fellfoul of the ……………….Government which ordered its closure.
- thrissur
- cochin
- irinjalakkuda
- travancore
Q15 | The …………………created history in Malayalam journalism by becoming the firstmartyr to the cause of freedom of the press.
- santishtavadi
- the malabar spectator
- atmavidhya kahalam
- swaraj
Q16 | The Malayalam paper ‘Satyanadakahalam’ started publication modestly as afortnightly from Kunammavu in October…………...
- 1816
- 1826
- 1836
- 1876
Q17 | Satyanadakahalam was published under the auspices of the ……………..CarmeliteMission, with the Rev.Fr.Candidus designated as its first editor.
- british
- german
- italian
- spanish
Q18 | From 1900 ……………….was issued thrice a month. Four years later it wasconverted into a weekly.
- atmavidhya kahalam
- keralopakari
- satyanadom
- swaraj
Q19 | In 1926 a change in format was introduced and the ………………….joined the earlyranks of 'illustrated weeklies'.
- satyanadom
- the malabar spectator
- keralopakari
- malayalamitram
Q20 | The Tiruvathancore Abhimani began to publish ……………..
- 1878
- 1883
- 1886
- 1889
Q21 | The Keralopakari published from Malabar, which had the distinction of being the…………..printed magazine issuing from this area.
- first
- second
- third
- fourth
Q22 | Incidentally, the Keralopakari was printed from the Basel Mission Press locatedat………………..
- mangalore
- cochin
- travancore
- irinjalakkuda
Q23 | Devji Bhimji started a printing press at ……………in 1865 under the name of theKeralamitram Press.
- irinjalakkuda
- travancore
- cochin
- palakkad
Q24 | Devji Bhimji started a printing press at Cochin in …………. under the name of theKeralamitram Press.
- 1865
- 1869
- 1875
- 1895
Q25 | Devji Bhimji had co-sponsored the English Western Star in 1860 and the MalayalamPaschimataraka in……………..
- 1864
- 1868
- 1874
- 1879