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| 1. |
……….were the first Europeans who introduced printing press in India. |
| A. | british |
| B. | french |
| C. | dutch |
| D. | portuguese |
| Answer» D. portuguese | |
| 2. |
Annie Besant came to India on 16 November 1893 to attend the Annual Convention of the Theosophical Society at ……….. |
| A. | adyar |
| B. | banglore |
| C. | trivandrum |
| D. | tirunelveli |
| Answer» A. adyar | |
| 3. |
Who founded a weekly newspaper ‘Commonweal’ in January 1914? |
| A. | annie besant |
| B. | s.n.b banerje |
| C. | sir syed ahmad khan |
| D. | mahatma gandhi |
| Answer» A. annie besant | |
| 4. |
Who started ‘new India’? |
| A. | annie besant |
| B. | mahatma gandhi |
| C. | lord rippon |
| D. | wellesley c) delhousie |
| Answer» A. annie besant | |
| 5. |
Who started 'Young India'? |
| A. | mahatma gandhi |
| B. | annie besant |
| C. | madan mohan malviya |
| D. | pherozeshah mehta |
| Answer» A. mahatma gandhi | |
| 6. |
Mahatma Gandhi started his first paper; ………..was in South Africa. |
| A. | my experiments with truth |
| B. | indian opinion |
| C. | young india |
| D. | new india’ |
| Answer» B. indian opinion | |
| 7. |
A pioneering foursome embarked upon a publication entitled the Western Star from ………………in 1860. |
| A. | cochin |
| B. | travancore |
| C. | irinjalakkuda |
| D. | palakkad |
| Answer» A. cochin | |
| 8. |
……………………, who had left England after completing his studies, took over as the Western Star paper’s editor. |
| A. | charles lawson |
| B. | devji bhimji |
| C. | c.v.raman pillai |
| D. | dr.herman gundart |
| Answer» A. charles lawson | |
| 9. |
…………….migrated to Madras to launch the Madras Mail in later years. |
| A. | c.v.raman pillai |
| B. | devji bhimji |
| C. | lawson's maiden |
| D. | charles lawson |
| Answer» C. lawson's maiden | |
| 10. |
The history of modern journalism in Bengal was inaugurated by ……………. |
| A. | augustus hicky |
| B. | mckinley |
| C. | hermione granger |
| D. | john pilger |
| Answer» A. augustus hicky | |
| 11. |
Bengal gazette was the journal of …………………. |
| A. | edmund burke |
| B. | samuel f. b. morse |
| C. | john pilger |
| D. | augustus hicky |
| Answer» D. augustus hicky | |
| 12. |
The first Bangla newspaper, Samachar Darpan, was published from ……………in 1818. |
| A. | calcutta |
| B. | serampore |
| C. | madras |
| D. | bombay |
| Answer» B. serampore | |
| 13. |
The ‘Travancore Herald’, was printed in English from the C.M.S. Press………………….. |
| A. | kottayam |
| B. | cochin |
| C. | travancore |
| D. | trissur |
| Answer» A. kottayam | |
| 14. |
The Santishtavadi was outspoken in its criticism of the powers that be, and soon fell foul of the ……………….Government which ordered its closure. |
| A. | thrissur |
| B. | cochin |
| C. | irinjalakkuda |
| D. | travancore |
| Answer» D. travancore | |
| 15. |
The …………………created history in Malayalam journalism by becoming the first martyr to the cause of freedom of the press. |
| A. | santishtavadi |
| B. | the malabar spectator |
| C. | atmavidhya kahalam |
| D. | swaraj |
| Answer» A. santishtavadi | |
| 16. |
The Malayalam paper ‘Satyanadakahalam’ started publication modestly as a fortnightly from Kunammavu in October…………... |
| A. | 1816 |
| B. | 1826 |
| C. | 1836 |
| D. | 1876 |
| Answer» D. 1876 | |
| 17. |
Satyanadakahalam was published under the auspices of the ……………..Carmelite Mission, with the Rev.Fr.Candidus designated as its first editor. |
| A. | british |
| B. | german |
| C. | italian |
| D. | spanish |
| Answer» C. italian | |
| 18. |
From 1900 ……………….was issued thrice a month. Four years later it was converted into a weekly. |
| A. | atmavidhya kahalam |
| B. | keralopakari |
| C. | satyanadom |
| D. | swaraj |
| Answer» C. satyanadom | |
| 19. |
In 1926 a change in format was introduced and the ………………….joined the early ranks of 'illustrated weeklies'. |
| A. | satyanadom |
| B. | the malabar spectator |
| C. | keralopakari |
| D. | malayalamitram |
| Answer» A. satyanadom | |
| 20. |
The Tiruvathancore Abhimani began to publish …………….. |
| A. | 1878 |
| B. | 1883 |
| C. | 1886 |
| D. | 1889 |
| Answer» A. 1878 | |
| 21. |
The Keralopakari published from Malabar, which had the distinction of being the …………..printed magazine issuing from this area. |
| A. | first |
| B. | second |
| C. | third |
| D. | fourth |
| Answer» A. first | |
| 22. |
Incidentally, the Keralopakari was printed from the Basel Mission Press located at……………….. |
| A. | mangalore |
| B. | cochin |
| C. | travancore |
| D. | irinjalakkuda |
| Answer» A. mangalore | |
| 23. |
Devji Bhimji started a printing press at ……………in 1865 under the name of the Keralamitram Press. |
| A. | irinjalakkuda |
| B. | travancore |
| C. | cochin |
| D. | palakkad |
| Answer» C. cochin | |
| 24. |
Devji Bhimji started a printing press at Cochin in …………. under the name of the Keralamitram Press. |
| A. | 1865 |
| B. | 1869 |
| C. | 1875 |
| D. | 1895 |
| Answer» A. 1865 | |
| 25. |
Devji Bhimji had co-sponsored the English Western Star in 1860 and the Malayalam Paschimataraka in…………….. |
| A. | 1864 |
| B. | 1868 |
| C. | 1874 |
| D. | 1879 |
| Answer» A. 1864 | |
| 26. |
The Keralamitram began to publish ……………….. |
| A. | 188 |
| B. | 1887 |
| C. | 1895 |
| D. | 1898 |
| Answer» A. 188 | |
| 27. |
The first book printed in India was in …………….language in Old Goa. |
| A. | french |
| B. | dutch |
| C. | british |
| D. | portugese |
| Answer» D. portugese | |
| 28. |
The Keralamitram was fortunate in that it had as its first editor none other than Kandathil Varghese Mappilai who later founded the………………... |
| A. | malayalamanorama |
| B. | yuvabharatham |
| C. | malayala rajyam |
| D. | kerala kesari |
| Answer» A. malayalamanorama | |
| 29. |
An English weekly entitled the West Coast Spectator started publication in ……………. from Kozhikode. |
| A. | 1819 |
| B. | 1829 |
| C. | 1849 |
| D. | 1879 |
| Answer» D. 1879 | |
| 30. |
On January 29, 1780 James Augustus Hickey launched the …………. |
| A. | samachar darpan |
| B. | indian gazette |
| C. | “calcutta gazette |
| D. | bengal gazette |
| Answer» D. bengal gazette | |
| 31. |
The Madras Courier was started in …………………….. |
| A. | 1785 |
| B. | 1789 |
| C. | 1854 |
| D. | 1885 |
| Answer» A. 1785 | |
| 32. |
Who edited a PersianWeekly called ‘Mirat-ul-Akhbar’. |
| A. | ronald rose |
| B. | bal gangadhar tilak |
| C. | mahatma gandhi |
| D. | raja ram mohan roy |
| Answer» D. raja ram mohan roy | |
| 33. |
The Bengali Gazette was started by ……………………in 1816. |
| A. | mother theresa |
| B. | rabindranath tagore |
| C. | sir c. v raman |
| D. | gangadhar bhattacharjee |
| Answer» D. gangadhar bhattacharjee | |
| 34. |
A significant development was the publication in 1884 of the Keralapatrika weekly from……………. |
| A. | kozhikode |
| B. | cochin |
| C. | travancore |
| D. | thrissur |
| Answer» A. kozhikode | |
| 35. |
The author of “The Jungle Book”, Rudyard Kipling, started ………….in 1866 from Allahabad. |
| A. | the statesman |
| B. | the times of india |
| C. | the amrita bazar patrika |
| D. | the pioneer |
| Answer» D. the pioneer | |
| 36. |
Gandhiji started the ……………under the editorship of Mahadev Desai. |
| A. | harijan |
| B. | mumbai herald |
| C. | mumbai samachar |
| D. | the tribune |
| Answer» A. harijan | |
| 37. |
Who ……………..launched a weekly, called the “Navjeevan”, in Gujarati? |
| A. | gandhiji |
| B. | nathaniel butter |
| C. | nicholas bourne |
| D. | henry muddiman |
| Answer» A. gandhiji | |
| 38. |
……………..was printed from the Vidyavilasom Press and had the active backing of a number of prominent personalities of the day. |
| A. | keralapatrika |
| B. | swabhimani |
| C. | mahatma |
| D. | navajivan |
| Answer» A. keralapatrika | |
| 39. |
The Atmavidyakahalam edited by Vagbhadananda Guru from …………….in the late thirties was yet another weekly noted for its sharp attacks against superstitions and conventions. |
| A. | kozhikode |
| B. | cochin |
| C. | travancore |
| D. | thrissoor |
| Answer» A. kozhikode | |
| 40. |
…………………..is sometimes called the "father of Malayalam Journalism". |
| A. | chengulathu kunhirama menon |
| B. | keralavarma valiyakoyi thampuran c) |
| C. | v.raman pillai |
| D. | k.p.kesava menon |
| Answer» A. chengulathu kunhirama menon | |
| 41. |
The management of the ……………..changed hands in 1938 some time after the death of Kunhirama Menon. |
| A. | keralopakari |
| B. | swabhimani |
| C. | keralapatrika |
| D. | navajivan |
| Answer» C. keralapatrika | |
| 42. |
The management of the Keralapatrika changed hands in 1938 some time after the death of………………. |
| A. | kunhirama menon |
| B. | sanjayan |
| C. | koyippalli parameswara kurup |
| D. | c.v.raman pillai |
| Answer» A. kunhirama menon | |
| 43. |
The Spectator Press of Kozhikode came out in 1886 with a Malayalam periodical entitled the………………….. |
| A. | kerala sanchari |
| B. | keralopakari |
| C. | navajivan |
| D. | swabhimani |
| Answer» A. kerala sanchari | |
| 44. |
…………………was edited by Vengayil Kunhiraman Nayanar, otherwise well- known by his pen-name "Kesari". |
| A. | kerala sanchari |
| B. | swabhimani |
| C. | mahatma |
| D. | navajivan |
| Answer» A. kerala sanchari | |
| 45. |
…………………..was associated with the periodical for some time in 1897 as Kerala Sanchari’s editor. |
| A. | c.v.raman pillai |
| B. | moorkoth kumaran |
| C. | pettayil raman pillai asan |
| D. | c.krishnan |
| Answer» B. moorkoth kumaran | |
| 46. |
Bengal Gazette was published by …………………… |
| A. | james augustus hicky |
| B. | alan rusbridger |
| C. | volney b. palmer |
| D. | brissot |
| Answer» A. james augustus hicky | |
| 47. |
Calcutta Gazette a newspaper, circulating government advertisements, was first published on 4 March ………………… |
| A. | 1764 |
| B. | 1784 |
| C. | 1789 |
| D. | 1794 |
| Answer» B. 1784 | |
| 48. |
Calcutta Gazette a newspaper, circulating government advertisements, was first published on 4 March 1784. It was not a government publication and owed its origin and initial management to……………, an oriental scholar and an officer of the east India Company. |
| A. | john edward taylor |
| B. | francis gladwin |
| C. | john anderton |
| D. | william bolts |
| Answer» B. francis gladwin | |
| 49. |
Who was the owner of the Calcutta Morning Post? |
| A. | will smith |
| B. | mr. heatly |
| C. | j.z.kiermander |
| D. | peter read |
| Answer» B. mr. heatly | |
| 50. |
The Calcutta Journal, a new newspaper was launched by ………… |
| A. | james silk buckingham |
| B. | b. messinck |
| C. | e. jerome mccarthy |
| D. | arthur muir |
| Answer» A. james silk buckingham | |
| 51. |
………………were the first European nations who brought a printing press to India and the first book published in India was by the Jesuits of Goa in 1557. |
| A. | the french |
| B. | the portuguese |
| C. | the english |
| D. | the dutch |
| Answer» B. the portuguese | |
| 52. |
In 1684 the English East India Company set up a printing press in ……………….. |
| A. | gujarat |
| B. | bombay |
| C. | calcutta |
| D. | madras |
| Answer» B. bombay | |
| 53. |
When the Vernacular Press Act was passed? |
| A. | 1868 |
| B. | 1878 |
| C. | 1888 |
| D. | 1898 |
| Answer» B. 1878 | |
| 54. |
Who passed the Vernacular Press Act? |
| A. | lord wellesley |
| B. | lord lytton |
| C. | lord hastings |
| D. | lord william bentinck |
| Answer» B. lord lytton | |
| 55. |
Which Act came to be nicknamed as the Gagging Act? |
| A. | the vernacular press act |
| B. | act of 1858 |
| C. | act of 1909 |
| D. | act of 1919 |
| Answer» A. the vernacular press act | |
| 56. |
…………………, a teacher and reformist, started the first Bangla weekly Bengal Gazette in early 1818 |
| A. | ganga kishore bhattacharya |
| B. | herbert harrington |
| C. | edmond morris |
| D. | pierre brissot |
| Answer» A. ganga kishore bhattacharya | |
| 57. |
Raja Rammohan set up…………………… |
| A. | sambad kaumudi |
| B. | the amrita bazar patrika |
| C. | the statesman |
| D. | the hindu |
| Answer» A. sambad kaumudi | |
| 58. |
Raja Rammohan set up ………………….in English |
| A. | brahminical magazine |
| B. | the tribune |
| C. | the hindustan times |
| D. | the statesman |
| Answer» A. brahminical magazine | |
| 59. |
Raja Rammohan set up the …………………………in Persian |
| A. | mirat-ul-akbar |
| B. | the times of india |
| C. | the hindu |
| D. | mumbai samachar |
| Answer» A. mirat-ul-akbar | |
| 60. |
The government of India established the Registrar of Newspapers of India (RNI) in …………….. on the recommendation of the first Press Commission. |
| A. | 1936 |
| B. | 1956 |
| C. | 1966 |
| D. | 1978 |
| Answer» B. 1956 | |
| 61. |
Who established Serampore Mission, India’s first Christian missionary organisation. |
| A. | william carey |
| B. | lord ellenborough |
| C. | b.messink |
| D. | peter reed |
| Answer» A. william carey | |
| 62. |
Serampore Mission was established on 10 January ……………… |
| A. | 1700 |
| B. | 1800 |
| C. | 1867 |
| D. | 1876 |
| Answer» B. 1800 | |
| 63. |
Who was called as the ‘Liberator of the Indian Press’? |
| A. | charles metcalfe |
| B. | lord lytton |
| C. | lord wellesly |
| D. | lord mecaulay |
| Answer» A. charles metcalfe | |
| 64. |
The Mumbai Samachar is the oldest newspaper in India, published in …………and is one of the most trusted newspapers of Mumbai. |
| A. | gujarati |
| B. | marathi |
| C. | hindi |
| D. | kannada |
| Answer» A. gujarati | |
| 65. |
Who brought out the Newspaper, the Bombay Samachar, in 1822. |
| A. | fardoonji murazban |
| B. | mahatma gandhi |
| C. | jawaharlal nehru |
| D. | vallabhbhai patel |
| Answer» A. fardoonji murazban | |
| 66. |
The Madras Courier was started in …………… |
| A. | 1755 |
| B. | 1765 |
| C. | 1768 |
| D. | 1785 |
| Answer» D. 1785 | |
| 67. |
Who was the founder of the newspaper ‘The Madras Courier’? |
| A. | vallabhbhai patel |
| B. | mohare hanamanthraya |
| C. | jawaharlal nehru |
| D. | richard johnson |
| Answer» D. richard johnson | |
| 68. |
Who launched in 1858 a Bangla weekly ‘Som Prakash’? |
| A. | mohare hanamanthraya |
| B. | robert knight |
| C. | richard johnson |
| D. | iswar chandra |
| Answer» D. iswar chandra | |
| 69. |
In 1875, Robert Knight founded ……………………… |
| A. | the calcutta chronicle |
| B. | the calcutta gazette |
| C. | the bengal journal |
| D. | the statesman |
| Answer» D. the statesman | |
| 70. |
Who was the founder of the newspaper “The Hindu”(1878)? |
| A. | kasturi ranga iyengar |
| B. | jogendra nath bose |
| C. | dinabandhu mitra |
| D. | robert knight |
| Answer» A. kasturi ranga iyengar | |
| 71. |
Vernacular Press Act was passed in …………. |
| A. | 1828 |
| B. | 1838 |
| C. | 1858 |
| D. | 1878 |
| Answer» D. 1878 | |
| 72. |
Who passed Vernacular Press Act? |
| A. | lord rippon |
| B. | wellesley |
| C. | delhousie |
| D. | lord lytton |
| Answer» D. lord lytton | |
| 73. |
The appearance of the …………….from Tellicherry in 1907 marks the next important milestone in the history of the press in Kerala. |
| A. | mitavadi |
| B. | yuktivadi |
| C. | malayala rajyam |
| D. | kerala kesari |
| Answer» A. mitavadi | |
| 74. |
……………….., who had already tried his hand successfully at other journalistic ventures, occupied the editorial chair of Mitavadi. |
| A. | moorkoth kumaran |
| B. | ramakrishna pillai |
| C. | k.p.kesava menon |
| D. | k.madhavan nair |
| Answer» A. moorkoth kumaran | |
| 75. |
Mahakavi Kumaran Asan's famous poem, Veena Poovu was first published in the……………….. |
| A. | mitavadi |
| B. | yuvabharatham |
| C. | malayala rajyam |
| D. | kerala kesari |
| Answer» A. mitavadi | |
| 76. |
Lokmanya Tilak started the newspaper 'Kesari' in ………….. |
| A. | marathi |
| B. | english |
| C. | hindi |
| D. | malayalam |
| Answer» A. marathi | |
| 77. |
Lokmanya Tilak started the newspaper ‘Maratha’ in……………… |
| A. | english |
| B. | gujarathi |
| C. | marathi |
| D. | hindi |
| Answer» A. english | |
| 78. |
‘The Spectator’ was an English-language newspaper published from ………….. |
| A. | madras |
| B. | bombay |
| C. | bihar |
| D. | assam |
| Answer» A. madras | |
| 79. |
Kerala Kaumudi paper initially started publication from……………. Later, it was shifted to Kollam and then to Thiruvananthapuram. |
| A. | cochin |
| B. | mayyanad |
| C. | travancore |
| D. | thrissoor |
| Answer» B. mayyanad | |
| 80. |
Kerala Kaumudi was converted into a full-fledged daily in………….. |
| A. | 1901 |
| B. | 1910 |
| C. | 1920 |
| D. | 1940 |
| Answer» D. 1940 | |
| 81. |
……………. who rose to prominence as general secretary of the S.N.D.P. yogam started publication of the Desabhimani in 1915. |
| A. | t.k.madhavan |
| B. | ramakrishna pillai |
| C. | p.ramunni menon |
| D. | k.a.damodara menon |
| Answer» A. t.k.madhavan | |
| 82. |
The ………………of 1915 rendered Yeoman Service in pin-pointing the grievances, political and social, of the Ezhava community and seeking redressal. |
| A. | desabhimani |
| B. | al ameen |
| C. | malayala rajyam |
| D. | chandrika |
| Answer» A. desabhimani | |
| 83. |
The apogee of Madhavan’s reputation and influence as a journalist came with the famous satyagraha at the …………..temple. |
| A. | palakkad |
| B. | cochin |
| C. | travancore |
| D. | vaikom |
| Answer» D. vaikom | |
| 84. |
The Sahodaran was published by ……………from Cherayi in 1917. |
| A. | k.ayyappan |
| B. | t.k. madhavan |
| C. | k.a.damodara menon |
| D. | vakkom moulavi |
| Answer» A. k.ayyappan | |
| 85. |
…………………..encouraged rationalist thought and the socialist doctrine. |
| A. | t.k. madhavan |
| B. | k.ayyappan |
| C. | pettayil raman pillai asan |
| D. | vakkom moulavi |
| Answer» B. k.ayyappan | |
| 86. |
In fact, in 1933, ………………launched a publication, the Velakkaran, modeled along the British Daily Worker and devoted in the main to the labour movement. |
| A. | k.ayyappan |
| B. | ramakrishna pillai |
| C. | abdul rahiman sahib |
| D. | t.k. madhavan |
| Answer» A. k.ayyappan | |
| 87. |
…………….was associated with two other publications-the Yuktivadi and the Stree. |
| A. | abdul rahiman sahib |
| B. | ramakrishna pillai |
| C. | pettayil raman pillai asan |
| D. | k.ayyappan |
| Answer» D. k.ayyappan | |
| 88. |
’The Leader’ was one of the most influential English-language newspapers in India during British Raj which was Founded by ……… |
| A. | s.n. banerje |
| B. | madan mohan malviya |
| C. | sir syed ahmad khan |
| D. | k. p. kesava menon |
| Answer» B. madan mohan malviya | |
| 89. |
Bombay Chronicle was an English-language newspaper started in 1910 by ………….. |
| A. | sir pherozeshah mehta |
| B. | madan mohan malviya |
| C. | k. p. kesava menon |
| D. | gandhiji |
| Answer» A. sir pherozeshah mehta | |
| 90. |
Mathrubhumi was first published on 18th March, ………. |
| A. | 1923 |
| B. | 1933 |
| C. | 1935 |
| D. | 1936 |
| Answer» A. 1923 | |
| 91. |
The founder of ‘Mathrubhumi’, the Malayalam language newspaper was the renowned freedom fighter …………. |
| A. | k. p. kesava menon |
| B. | madan mohan malviya |
| C. | jawaharlal nehru |
| D. | annie besant |
| Answer» A. k. p. kesava menon | |
| 92. |
Who founded the newspaper ‘National Herald’? |
| A. | madan mohan malviya |
| B. | jawaharlal nehru |
| C. | annie besant |
| D. | tilak |
| Answer» B. jawaharlal nehru | |
| 93. |
‘Yugantar’ was started by ………….. |
| A. | madan mohan malviya |
| B. | barindra kumar ghosh |
| C. | jawaharlal nehru |
| D. | patel |
| Answer» B. barindra kumar ghosh | |
| 94. |
In 1930 the government confiscated the ‘Al Ameen’ press and in ………….. the paper was completely closed down. |
| A. | 1919 |
| B. | 1929 |
| C. | 1939 |
| D. | 1949 |
| Answer» C. 1939 | |
| 95. |
After independence Al Ameen was re launched by …………….who was a close disciple of Muhammed Abdul Rahman, and it continued for a long time. |
| A. | moidu maoulavi |
| B. | vakkom moulavi |
| C. | muhammed basheer |
| D. | moidu kunnath |
| Answer» A. moidu maoulavi | |
| 96. |
Being an admirer of Subhas Chandra Bose, …………………associated himself with the Forward Block formed by Netaji. |
| A. | abdul rahiman sahib |
| B. | k.g.sankar |
| C. | muhammed basheer |
| D. | moidu kunnath |
| Answer» A. abdul rahiman sahib | |
| 97. |
The Second World War broke out, and Mohammed Abdul Rahiman Sahib was kept in jail from 1940 to 1945 by the……………. |
| A. | french |
| B. | british |
| C. | dutch |
| D. | portuguese |
| Answer» B. british | |
| 98. |
Muhammed Abdul Rahman died on November 23, 1945 at Pottashery village near ………………….just after addressing a public meeting at Kodiyathur. |
| A. | chennamangallur |
| B. | cochin |
| C. | travancore |
| D. | thrissoor |
| Answer» A. chennamangallur | |
| 99. |
Muhammed Abdul Rahman died on November 23, 1945 at Pottashery village near Chennamangallur just after addressing a public meeting at……………………….. |
| A. | cochin |
| B. | kodiyathur |
| C. | travancore |
| D. | palakkad |
| Answer» B. kodiyathur | |
| 100. |
The Samadarshi which commenced publication from ………………..in 1918 was a powerful and popular vehicle of public opinion. |
| A. | thrissoor |
| B. | cochin |
| C. | thiruvananthapuram |
| D. | palakkad |
| Answer» C. thiruvananthapuram | |
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