Deck 3: History of Print Media in India

Question 1

………………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 1

the portuguese

Question 2

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

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

Answer 2

bombay

Question 3

When the Vernacular Press Act was passed?

A)1868
B)1878
C)1888
D)1898

Answer 3

1878

Question 4

Who passed the Vernacular Press Act?

A)lord wellesley
B)lord lytton
C)lord hastings
D)lord william bentinck

Question 5

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

Question 6

…………………, 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

Question 7

Raja Rammohan set up……………………

A)sambad kaumudi
B)the amrita bazar patrika
C)the statesman
D)the hindu

Question 8

Raja Rammohan set up ………………….in English

A)brahminical magazine
B)the tribune
C)the hindustan times
D)the statesman

Question 9

Raja Rammohan set up the …………………………in Persian

A)mirat-ul-akbar
B)the times of india
C)the hindu
D)mumbai samachar

Question 10

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

Question 11

Who established Serampore Mission, India's first Christian missionary organisation.

A)william carey
B)lord ellenborough
C)b.messink
D)peter reed

Question 12

Serampore Mission was established on 10 January ………………

A)1700
B)1800
C)1867
D)1876

Question 13

Who was called as the 'Liberator of the Indian Press'?

A)charles metcalfe
B)lord lytton
C)lord wellesly
D)lord mecaulay

Question 14

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

Question 15

Who brought out the Newspaper, the Bombay Samachar, in 1822.

A)fardoonji murazban
B)mahatma gandhi
C)jawaharlal nehru
D)vallabhbhai patel

Question 16

The Madras Courier was started in ……………

A)1755
B)1765
C)1768
D)1785

Question 17

Who was the founder of the newspaper 'The Madras Courier'?

A)vallabhbhai patel
B)mohare hanamanthraya
C)jawaharlal nehru
D)richard johnson

Question 18

Who launched in 1858 a Bangla weekly 'Som Prakash'?

A)mohare hanamanthraya
B)robert knight
C)richard johnson
D)iswar chandra

Question 19

In 1875, Robert Knight founded ………………………

A)the calcutta chronicle
B)the calcutta gazette
C)the bengal journal
D)the statesman

Question 20

Who was the founder of the newspaper "The Hindu"(1878)?

A)kasturi ranga iyengar
B)jogendra nath bose
C)dinabandhu mitra
D)robert knight

Question 21

Vernacular Press Act was passed in ………….

A)1828
B)1838
C)1858
D)1878

Question 22

Who passed Vernacular Press Act?

A)lord rippon
B)wellesley
C)delhousie
D)lord lytton

Question 23

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

Question 24

……………….., 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

Question 25

Mahakavi Kumaran Asan's famous poem, Veena Poovu was first published in the………………..

A)mitavadi
B)yuvabharatham
C)malayala rajyam
D)kerala kesari