Deck 2: History of Journalism and Printing in India and the World

Question 1

The first printed book published in China was the Buddhist text, the "Diamond Sutra" by ……………….in 868 AD.

A)wang chick
B)david henry
C)edward cave
D)richard cave

Answer 1

wang chick

Question 2

The first book printed in India was in …………….language in Old Goa.

A)french
B)dutch
C)british
D)portugese

Answer 2

portugese

Question 3

In 1784, ……………launched the "Daily Universal Register" from London which later adopted a new name "The Times".

A)john walter
B)francis xavier
C)johann carlous
D)james asher

Answer 3

john walter

Question 4

Who started the paper "The Boston Newsletter"?

A)samuel johnson
B)e. mallet
C)william wordsworth
D)john campbell

Question 5

On January 29, 1780 James Augustus Hickey launched the ………….

A)samachar darpan
B)indian gazette
C)"calcutta gazette
D)bengal gazette

Question 6

The Madras Courier was started in ……………………..

A)1785
B)1789
C)1854
D)1885

Question 7

Who edited a PersianWeekly called 'Mirat-ul-Akhbar'.

A)ronald rose
B)bal gangadhar tilak
C)mahatma gandhi
D)raja ram mohan roy

Question 8

Who is the author of "The Jungle Book"?

A)tilak
B)amartya sen
C)mahatma gandhi
D)rudyard kipling

Question 9

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

Question 10

Gandhiji started the ……………under the editorship of Mahadev Desai.

A)harijan
B)mumbai herald
C)mumbai samachar
D)the tribune

Question 11

Who ……………..launched a weekly, called the "Navjeevan", in Gujarati?

A)gandhiji
B)nathaniel butter
C)nicholas bourne
D)henry muddiman

Question 12

Henry Muddiman had gained eminence as the "journalist" who edited the …………in 1666.

A)london gazette
B)madras gazette
C)kannada samachar
D)the times of india

Question 13

…………….Hungarian-born editor and publisher, was instrumental in developing 'yellow journalism' in the United States.

A)joseph pulitzer
B)nicholas bourne
C)thomas archer
D)benjamin franklin

Question 14

Who was nicknamed as the "Father of Yellow Journalism."?

A)william randolph hearst
B)benjamin harris
C)william bradford
D)nicholas bourne

Question 15

'Publick Occurrences' was a newspaper published by …………………

A)benjamin harris
B)william bradford
C)john peter zenger
D)nicholas bourne

Question 16

Which is the year of The French revolution?

A)1789
B)1790
C)1879
D)1889

Question 17

The Guardian, formerly known as The Manchester Guardian founded………….., is a British national daily newspaper in the Berliner format.

A)1811
B)1821
C)1856
D)1878

Question 18

Bengal Gazette was published by ……………………

A)james augustus hicky
B)alan rusbridger
C)volney b. palmer
D)brissot

Question 19

Bengal Gazette was published James Augustus Hicky by in ………………..

A)1770
B)1780
C)1886
D)1889

Question 20

Calcutta Gazette a newspaper, circulating government advertisements, was first published on 4 March …………………

A)1764
B)1784
C)1789
D)1794

Question 21

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

Question 22

Who was the owner of the Calcutta Morning Post?

A)will smith
B)mr. heatly
C)j.z.kiermander
D)peter read

Question 23

The Calcutta Journal, a new newspaper was launched by …………

A)james silk buckingham
B)b. messinck
C)e. jerome mccarthy
D)arthur muir

Question 24

………………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

Question 25

In 1684 the English East India Company set up a printing press in ………………..

A)gujarat
B)bombay
C)calcutta
D)madras