Deck 9: Indian Newspapers: Part A

Question 1

Young India was later renamed as

A)navjivan
B)harijan
C)kalyan
D)none of the above

Answer 1

harijan

Question 2

Leader was launched in 1909 in Allahabad by

A)pt. j.l. nehru
B)gandhi
C)pt. m.m. malviya
D)moti lal nehru

Answer 2

pt. m.m. malviya

Question 3

Which of the following was the first newspaper of India?

A)bengal gazette
B)the hindu
C)maratha
D)the times of india

Answer 3

bengal gazette

Question 4

Bengal Journal was first published in the year

A)1832
B)1792
C)1786
D)1785

Question 5

The Statesman was published from

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

Question 6

Tilak is connected with the paper

A)india
B)hindustan
C)vande mataram
D)maratha

Question 7

Who was called a 'fighting editor' by Gandhi?

A)frank moraes
B)m. chakpati rao
C)k. rama rao
D)none of the above

Question 8

Which newspaper was founded by six young men, all in their twenties, in Madras on September 20, 1878?

A)hindustan times
B)the hind
C)anand bazar patrika
D)none of the above

Question 9

When was the first English newspaper, Bengal Gazette published?

A)1795 a.d.
B)1790 a.d
C)1780 a.d
D) 1770 a.d.

Question 10

Who is known as the father of Indian language journalism in India?

A)swami vivekananda
B)raja ram mohan roy

Question 11

The first newspaper published from Mumbai was

A)bombay samachar
B)bombay time
C)the times of india
D)bombay herald

Question 12

The first Indian daily newspaper in English was

A)indian mirror
B)bombay times
C)the times of indi
D)the hindu

Question 13

First evening paper in India was

A)calcutta mail
B)mid-day
C)madras mail
D)bombay mail

Question 14

When was censorship introduced on Indian Press?

A)1797
B)1795
C)1790
D)1782

Question 15

In ……………. the name Sathyanada Kahalam was changed to Sathyanadam.

A)1906
B)1916
C)1918
D)1926

Question 16

In………………., Sathyanadam was merged with Kerala Times, a daily from Kochi published by the Catholic Diocese of Varapuzha.

A)1910
B)1920
C)1940
D)1970

Question 17

………………. started publication from St. Joseph's Press at Mannanam on April 15, 1887.

A)nasrani deepika
B)prabhuddha keralam
C)sadananda vilasam
D)abhinava keralam

Question 18

East India Company introduced censorship for the first time in

A)1790
B)1795
C)1800
D)1806

Question 19

Which of the following was considered as 'Gagging Act'?

A)press (emergency) powers act, 1931
B)vernacular press act
C)indian penal code
D)india press code

Question 20

The Malayala Manorama Company was registered as a joint stock company in Travancore in……………..

A)1848
B)1857
C)1867
D)1888

Question 21

Although the Malayala Manorama company was registered in 1888, the first issue rolled out of its press in Kottayam on March 22,…………...

A)1850
B)1860
C)1890
D)1896

Question 22

…………………., a talented writer and an experienced hand in newspaper business, was the founder-editor of Manorama.

A)kandathil varghese mappilai
B)k.m. cherian
C)k.m. mathew
D)devji bhimji

Question 23

From January 26, ……………Malayala Manorama became a daily newspaper.

A)1908
B)1918
C)1923
D)1928

Question 24

Sir C.P. Ramaswami Aiyer, the Dewan of…………….., brutally suppressed the agitations.

A)madras
B)travancore
C)cochin
D)malabar

Question 25

On September 9, ………………, the Dewan banned Malayala Manorama and confiscated the press.

A)1838
B)1848
C)1918
D)1938