Question 1

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

Accepted Answer

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

Question 2

Who is the author of "The Jungle Book"?

Accepted Answer

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

Question 3

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

Accepted Answer

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

Question 4

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

Accepted Answer

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

Question 5

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

Accepted Answer

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

Question 6

The author of "The Jungle Book", Rudyard Kipling, started ………….in 1866 from Allahabad.

Accepted Answer

A)  the statesman
B)  the times of india
C)  the amrita bazar patrika
D)  the pioneer

Question 7

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

Accepted Answer

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

Question 8

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

Accepted Answer

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

Question 9

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

Accepted Answer

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

Question 10

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

Accepted Answer

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

Question 11

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

Accepted Answer

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

Question 12

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

Accepted Answer

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

Question 13

………………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.

Accepted Answer

A)  the french
B)  the portuguese
C)  the english
D)  the dutch

Question 14

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.

Accepted Answer

A)  john edward taylor
B)  francis gladwin
C)  john anderton
D)  william bolts

Question 15

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

Accepted Answer

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

Question 16

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

Accepted Answer

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

Question 17

Which is the year of The French revolution?

Accepted Answer

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

Question 18

Who was the owner of the Calcutta Morning Post?

Accepted Answer

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

Question 19

Who started the paper "The Boston Newsletter"?

Accepted Answer

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

Question 20

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

Accepted Answer

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

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