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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 History (BA History) .
| 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 | |
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