Deck 2: History of Journalism in India: From Keralamitram to Calcutta Journal

Question 1

The Keralamitram began to publish ………………..

A)188
B)1887
C)1895
D)1898

Answer 1

188

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

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 3

malayalamanorama

Question 4

An English weekly entitled the West Coast Spectator started publication in ……………. from Kozhikode.

A)1819
B)1829
C)1849
D)1879

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

The Bengali Gazette was started by ……………………in 1816.

A)mother theresa
B)rabindranath tagore
C)sir c. v raman
D)gangadhar bhattacharjee

Question 9

A significant development was the publication in 1884 of the Keralapatrika weekly from…………….

A)kozhikode
B)cochin
C)travancore
D)thrissur

Question 10

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 11

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

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

Question 12

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

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

Question 13

……………..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

Question 14

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

Question 15

The management of the ……………..changed hands in 1938 some time after the death of Kunhirama Menon.

A)keralopakari
B)swabhimani
C)keralapatrika
D)navajivan

Question 16

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

Question 17

The Spectator Press of Kozhikode came out in 1886 with a Malayalam periodical entitled the…………………..

A)kerala sanchari
B)keralopakari
C)navajivan
D)swabhimani

Question 18

…………………was edited by Vengayil Kunhiraman Nayanar, otherwise well- known by his pen-name "Kesari".

A)kerala sanchari
B)swabhimani
C)mahatma
D)navajivan

Question 19

…………………..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

Question 20

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

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

Question 21

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

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

Question 22

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 23

Who was the owner of the Calcutta Morning Post?

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

Question 24

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

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