History Of Journalism In India Set 8

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Q1 | Bhashaposhini magazine, which Varghese Mappilai started in…………..
  • 1842
  • 1862
  • 1872
  • 1892
Answer: 1892
Q2 | ……………… was started in1886 in order to promote the interests of the Nair community in Travancore.
  • malayali
  • harijan
  • navajivan
  • lokamanyan
Answer: malayali
Q3 | C. Krishna Pillai was the main promoter of the paper …………….and later C.V.Raman Pillai became its editor.
  • vivekodayam
  • lokamanyan
  • malayali
  • navajivan
Answer: malayali
Q4 | Vakkam Abdul Khadar Moulavi, an enlightened nationalist, started the paper…………….on January 19, 1905.
  • indian opinion
  • swadeshabhimani
  • harijan,
  • navajivan
Answer: swadeshabhimani
Q5 | ……………… was the first Indian to start a domestic news agency, called theAssociated Press of India (API), in 1908.
  • k.c. roy
  • michael hodges
  • max muller
  • s. kasthuriranga iyengar
Answer: k.c. roy
Q6 | In June 1847 witnessed the primordial birth pangs of Malayalam journalismas eight cyclostyled sheets in demy octavo size were churned out from a press at …………….near Thalassery.
  • illikkunnu
  • dharmadam
  • muzhappilangad
  • chettamkunnu
Answer: illikkunnu
Q7 | Who was the editor of Rajyasamacharam?
  • dr.herman gundart
  • william logan
  • charles lawson
  • devji bhimji
Answer: dr.herman gundart
Q8 | Who started Amrita Bazar Patrika in 1868?
  • moti lal ghosh andsisir ghosh
  • navin chandra railways
  • harish chandra mukherjee
  • b.k. bhatt and m.m. ghosh
Answer: moti lal ghosh andsisir ghosh
Q9 | Who is deemed as the father of Indian Journalism?
  • s.n. banerjee
  • devendra nath ghosh
  • dadabhai nauroji
  • j.a. hicky
Answer: j.a. hicky
Q10 | The Pioneer was started in Allahabad in the year
  • 1865
  • 1876
  • 1890
  • 1901
Answer: 1865
Q11 | Bal Gangadhar Tilak was associated with
  • bombay times
  • indian gazettee
  • hindu
  • maratha
Answer: maratha
Q12 | The Fourth Estate is a name generally given to the Press, but previously, it was theterm applied to
  • lawyers
  • the queen of england
  • the proletariat
  • all of the above
Answer: all of the above
Q13 | Malayala manorama’s first editor was …………………who brought with him the rich experience of his previous association with the Keralamitram of Cochin.
  • kandathil varghese mappilai
  • k.kalappan
  • k.p.kesava menon
  • k.madhavan nair
Answer: kandathil varghese mappilai
Q14 | What is the other name of Hicky’s Bengal Gazettee?
  • bengal harkarv
  • the bengal news
  • calcutta general advertise
  • bengal journal
Answer: calcutta general advertise
Q15 | In which language was Amrita Bazar Patrika first published before changing overto English language?
  • bengali
  • punjabi
  • urdu
  • hindi
Answer: bengali
Q16 | When was censorship introduced on Indian Press?
  • 1792
  • 179
  • 1794
  • 1795
Answer: 1795
Q17 | Who enforced the Vernacular Press Act?
  • queen victoria
  • east india company
  • lord canning
  • lord lytton
Answer: lord lytton
Q18 | Dr.Herman Gundart, the renowned western scholar associated with the …………………..Based Mission Society.
  • french
  • british
  • dutch
  • german
Answer: german
Q19 | In October …………….. Gundart started publication called Paschimodayam.
  • 1807
  • 1817
  • 1827
  • 1847
Answer: 1847
Q20 | The scene now shifted to central Travancore from where early in 1848; the firstprinted magazine in the Malayalam language - the ……………….. hit the news stands.
  • jnananikshepam
  • the malabar spectator
  • atmavidhya kahalam
  • swaraj
Answer: jnananikshepam
Q21 | Who said “Newspapers should be both a daily teacher and a daily tribune”?
  • jawaharlal nehru
  • edwin emery
  • joseph pulitze
  • chester barnard
Answer: joseph pulitze
Q22 | Deccan Herald was started in the year
  • 1940
  • 1941
  • 1948
  • 1949
Answer: 1948
Q23 | Gandhiji started Harijan in
  • 1932
  • 1933
  • 1935
  • 1937
Answer: 1933
Q24 | Independent was started by
  • jawaharlal nehru
  • gandhi
  • motilal nehru
  • lal bahadur shastri
Answer: lal bahadur shastri
Q25 | Navjivan was started by
  • kalanath shastri
  • gandhi
  • moti lal nehr
  • jawaharlal nehru
Answer: gandhi
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