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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) .
| 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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