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These multiple-choice questions (MCQs) are designed to enhance your knowledge and understanding in the following areas: Bachelor of Arts in English (BA English) .
| 101. |
…………………now started the Kesari, later to become famous in the annuals of Malayalam journalism. |
| A. | k.g.sankar |
| B. | pettayil raman pillai asan |
| C. | k.ayyappan |
| D. | balakrishna pillai |
| Answer» D. balakrishna pillai | |
| 102. |
Swarad editor …………….led the deputation to the Dewan who, it must be conceded, gave them a patient hearing. |
| A. | a.k.pillai |
| B. | k.g.sankar |
| C. | k.ayyappan |
| D. | c.krishnan |
| Answer» A. a.k.pillai | |
| 103. |
June 26, ………………., the day the new newspaper regulations took effect, was observed as a day of mourning by the people of Thiruvananthapuram. |
| A. | 1906 |
| B. | 1916 |
| C. | 1919 |
| D. | 1926 |
| Answer» D. 1926 | |
| 104. |
9, featuring in its columns API and Reuter despatches and news pictures fed by foreign photo agencies. |
| A. | malayalarajyam |
| B. | swarad |
| C. | prabhodakan |
| D. | yuvabharatham |
| Answer» B. swarad | |
| 105. |
Malayalarajyam was published from……………... |
| A. | thrissoor |
| B. | cochin |
| C. | travancore |
| D. | kollam |
| Answer» D. kollam | |
| 106. |
The Malayalarajyam daily was edited by………………, who was forced to resign from the Malayali over a controversial editorial criticizing the Travancore government. |
| A. | k.g.sankar |
| B. | pettayil raman pillai asan |
| C. | a.k.pillai |
| D. | none |
| Answer» A. k.g.sankar | |
| 107. |
It was the course of the non-cooperation and Khilafat movements that Kerala witnessed what was probably the most tragic episode in its freedom struggle, namely the Mappila Rebellion or, has been increasingly called, the Malabar Rebellion of………….. |
| A. | 1821 |
| B. | 1892 |
| C. | 1921 |
| D. | 1929 |
| Answer» C. 1921 | |
| 108. |
This was best illustrated by the starting of the nationalist newspaper, the Mathrubhoomi, from Kozhikode in……………. |
| A. | 1903 |
| B. | 1913 |
| C. | 1923 |
| D. | 1928 |
| Answer» C. 1923 | |
| 109. |
Mathrubhoomi started issuing on March 18, 1923, thrice a week, with ………………………..as its editor. |
| A. | pettayil raman pillai asan |
| B. | k.p.kesava menon |
| C. | t.k.madhavan |
| D. | sanjayan |
| Answer» B. k.p.kesava menon | |
| 110. |
The moving spirit of the Vaikom satyagraha was Shri……………….., himself a redoubtable journalist. |
| A. | t.k.madhavan |
| B. | k.p.kesava menon |
| C. | dr. sebastian paul |
| D. | pettayil raman pillai asan |
| Answer» A. t.k.madhavan | |
| 111. |
At the peak of the civil disobedience movement, in April 1930, the …………………started issuing as a daily. |
| A. | kerala kesari |
| B. | yuvabharatham |
| C. | malayala rajyam |
| D. | mathrubhoomi |
| Answer» D. mathrubhoomi | |
| 112. |
An article by……………….., the well-known humourist, criticized the high- handedness of British army personnel at Cochin. |
| A. | sanjayan |
| B. | pettayil raman pillai asan |
| C. | k.g.sankar |
| D. | none |
| Answer» A. sanjayan | |
| 113. |
The Dewan of Travancore, Sir………………., refused entry to the paper Mathrubhoomi in the State. |
| A. | c.p.ramaswamy iyer |
| B. | k.g.sankar |
| C. | a.k.pillai |
| D. | p.rajagopalachari |
| Answer» A. c.p.ramaswamy iyer | |
| 114. |
The Prabhatham started publication from ……………….with E.M.S. Namboodiripad as its editor. |
| A. | shoranur |
| B. | irinjalakkuda |
| C. | cochin |
| D. | thrissur |
| Answer» A. shoranur | |
| 115. |
The Deenabandu commenced publication as a weekly in 1941 from……… |
| A. | anchuthengu |
| B. | travancore |
| C. | thangassery |
| D. | thrissur |
| Answer» D. thrissur | |
| 116. |
The………………… weekly was edited by V.R.Krishnan Ezhuthachan. |
| A. | deenabandu |
| B. | yuvabharatham |
| C. | malayala rajyam |
| D. | kerala kesari |
| Answer» A. deenabandu | |
| 117. |
The …………………was trial-blazer in the sense that it was one of the first periodicals published from Cochin State which supported the national movement. |
| A. | kerala kesari |
| B. | yuvabharatham |
| C. | malayala rajyam |
| D. | deenabandu |
| Answer» D. deenabandu | |
| 118. |
The Deenabandu resumed publication in …………….. on the release of its editor and other staff from jail. |
| A. | 1904 |
| B. | 1914 |
| C. | 1924 |
| D. | 1944 |
| Answer» D. 1944 | |
| 119. |
After a splendid innings spread over 21 years the Deenabandu finally succumbed to financial difficulties and ceased publication in……………... |
| A. | 1902 |
| B. | 1912 |
| C. | 1962 |
| D. | 1967 |
| Answer» C. 1962 | |
| 120. |
The Lokamanyan started publication from……………….. |
| A. | thrissur |
| B. | irinjalakkuda |
| C. | cochin |
| D. | calicut |
| Answer» A. thrissur | |
| 121. |
The Swarad started publication from………………... |
| A. | kollam |
| B. | cochin |
| C. | thrissur |
| D. | palghat |
| Answer» A. kollam | |
| 122. |
The Yuvabharatham started publication from………….. |
| A. | thrissur |
| B. | irinjalakkuda |
| C. | palakkad |
| D. | calicut |
| Answer» C. palakkad | |
| 123. |
The Kerala Kesari started publication from…………….. |
| A. | thrissur |
| B. | palakkad |
| C. | irinjalakkuda |
| D. | thalassery |
| Answer» A. thrissur | |
| 124. |
The Chandrika, started out in 1934 from ………….as a weekly. |
| A. | palakkad |
| B. | irinjalakkuda |
| C. | cochin |
| D. | thalassery |
| Answer» D. thalassery | |
| 125. |
The Chandrika of the Muslim League blossomed into a daily in …………..and was shifted to Kozhikode. |
| A. | 1909 |
| B. | 1919 |
| C. | 1939 |
| D. | 1946 |
| Answer» C. 1939 | |
| 126. |
The Desabhimani, currently the organ of the Communist Party of India (Marxist), began publication from Kozhikode in ………… as a weekly. |
| A. | 1912 |
| B. | 1923 |
| C. | 1938 |
| D. | 1942 |
| Answer» D. 1942 | |
| 127. |
The Desabhimani was converted into a daily in……………. |
| A. | 1916 |
| B. | 1926 |
| C. | 1936 |
| D. | 1946 |
| Answer» D. 1946 | |
| 128. |
The government of Madras banned the paper Desabhimani in………... |
| A. | 1908 |
| B. | 1917 |
| C. | 1928 |
| D. | 1948 |
| Answer» D. 1948 | |
| 129. |
In the Travancore area the Communist Party started its own publication, the…………………. |
| A. | janayugam |
| B. | kaumudi |
| C. | kerala kesari |
| D. | bharati |
| Answer» A. janayugam | |
| 130. |
The Navajeevan, was launched into existence from Thrissur, with …………………as its editor. |
| A. | joseph mundassery |
| B. | dr. sebastian paul |
| C. | pettayil raman pillai asan |
| D. | k.g.sankar |
| Answer» A. joseph mundassery | |
| 131. |
The Navajeevan, was launched into existence from………….., with Joseph Mundassery as its editor. |
| A. | eranakulam |
| B. | irinjalakkuda |
| C. | kozhikode |
| D. | thrissur |
| Answer» D. thrissur | |
| 132. |
In the late sixties the paper Navajeevan was shifted to……………., but did not survive for long. |
| A. | thrissur |
| B. | travancore |
| C. | kozhikode |
| D. | tellicherry |
| Answer» C. kozhikode | |
| 133. |
The Arch Bishop of Ernakulam brought out the Malabar Mail from Ernakulam in……………….. |
| A. | 1906 |
| B. | 1916 |
| C. | 1926 |
| D. | 1936 |
| Answer» D. 1936 | |
| 134. |
The Powraprabha’s publishing base was successively shifted first to Mavelikkara and then to Kottayam, with ………………as its editor. |
| A. | c.m.stephen |
| B. | pettayil raman pillai asan |
| C. | k.m. chacko |
| D. | k.k.kuruvilla |
| Answer» A. c.m.stephen | |
| 135. |
The Powradhwani was …………….-based paper. |
| A. | calicut |
| B. | irinjalakkuda |
| C. | travancore |
| D. | kottayam |
| Answer» D. kottayam | |
| 136. |
The Powradhwani Started in 1939 by…………………. |
| A. | k.m. chacko |
| B. | pettayil raman pillai asan |
| C. | a.k.pillai |
| D. | c.krishnan |
| Answer» A. k.m. chacko | |
| 137. |
The Powradhwani stopped publication in…………... |
| A. | 1905 |
| B. | 1915 |
| C. | 1925 |
| D. | 1955 |
| Answer» D. 1955 | |
| 138. |
The Prabhatam started out as a weekly from …………….in 1944, but was soon converted into a daily. |
| A. | kollam |
| B. | irinjalakkuda |
| C. | cochin |
| D. | thrissur |
| Answer» A. kollam | |
| 139. |
The birth of the Express was from…………... |
| A. | travancore |
| B. | irinjalakkuda |
| C. | cochin |
| D. | thrissur |
| Answer» D. thrissur | |
| 140. |
The National War Front co-sponsored a daily entitled Powrasakhi from ……………at the height of the Second World War in 1944. |
| A. | cochin |
| B. | irinjalakkuda |
| C. | kozhikode |
| D. | travancore |
| Answer» C. kozhikode | |
| 141. |
Powrasakhi daily bowed out in……………... |
| A. | 1916 |
| B. | 1926 |
| C. | 1956 |
| D. | 1966 |
| Answer» C. 1956 | |
| 142. |
V.T.Bhatadiripad, among others, wielded his powerful pen to break the isolation and rid ……………….community of conservatism. |
| A. | nair |
| B. | ezhava |
| C. | muslim |
| D. | namboodiri |
| Answer» D. namboodiri | |
| 143. |
The Vivekodayam was the official organ of the SNDP and was edited by…………………... |
| A. | mahakavi kumaran asan |
| B. | b.c.varghese |
| C. | vagbhadananda guru |
| D. | c.v.raman pillai |
| Answer» A. mahakavi kumaran asan | |
| 144. |
The Vivekodayam was revived in 1967 as a magazine and published from……………... |
| A. | thrisur |
| B. | cochin |
| C. | travancore |
| D. | irinjalakkuda |
| Answer» D. irinjalakkuda | |
| 145. |
The Atmavidyakahalam edited by ………………..from Kozhikode in the late thirties was yet another weekly noted for its sharp attacks against superstitions and conventions. |
| A. | vagbhadananda guru |
| B. | kainikkara govinda pillai |
| C. | ryru nambiar |
| D. | c.v.raman pillai |
| Answer» A. vagbhadananda guru | |
| 146. |
The Nair Service Society floated a magazine entitled ……………in 1920. |
| A. | janmabhumi |
| B. | thejas |
| C. | varthamanam |
| D. | service |
| Answer» D. service | |
| 147. |
In …………….. the magazine ‘Service’ was shifted to Thiruvananthapuram and began issuing as a tri-weekly. |
| A. | 1917 |
| B. | 1927 |
| C. | 1937 |
| D. | 1947 |
| Answer» B. 1927 | |
| 148. |
Kerala Press Academy was established on March 19,……………... |
| A. | 1949 |
| B. | 1959 |
| C. | 1969 |
| D. | 1979 |
| Answer» D. 1979 | |
| 149. |
The head office of Kerala Press Academy is located at………….; Kerala. |
| A. | manjeri |
| B. | travancore |
| C. | thrissur |
| D. | kakkanad |
| Answer» D. kakkanad | |
| 150. |
Kerala Press Academy’s headquarters at ……………….was inaugrated in May 1985. |
| A. | kakkanad |
| B. | cochin |
| C. | travancore |
| D. | thrissur |
| Answer» A. kakkanad | |
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