Question 1

Satyanadakahalam was published under the auspices of the ……………..Carmelite Mission, with the Rev.Fr.Candidus designated as its first editor.

Accepted Answer

A)  british
B)  german
C)  italian
D)  spanish C

Question 2

The 'Travancore Herald', was printed in English from the C.M.S. Press…………………..

Accepted Answer

A)  kottayam
B)  cochin
C)  travancore
D)  trissur A

Question 3

The Santishtavadi was outspoken in its criticism of the powers that be, and soon fell foul of the ……………….Government which ordered its closure.

Accepted Answer

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

Question 4

The Tiruvathancore Abhimani began to publish ……………..

Accepted Answer

A)  1878
B)  1883
C)  1886
D)  1889

Question 5

Annie Besant came to India on 16 November 1893 to attend the Annual Convention of the Theosophical Society at ………..

Accepted Answer

A)  adyar
B)  banglore
C)  trivandrum
D)  tirunelveli

Question 6

Mahatma Gandhi started his first paper; ………..was in South Africa.

Accepted Answer

A)  my experiments with truth
B)  indian opinion
C)  young india
D)  new india'

Question 7

From 1900 ……………….was issued thrice a month. Four years later it was converted into a weekly.

Accepted Answer

A)  atmavidhya kahalam
B)  keralopakari
C)  satyanadom
D)  swaraj

Question 8

The history of modern journalism in Bengal was inaugurated by …………….

Accepted Answer

A)  augustus hicky
B)  mckinley
C)  hermione granger
D)  john pilger

Question 9

The first Bangla newspaper, Samachar Darpan, was published from ……………in 1818.

Accepted Answer

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

Question 10

Who founded a weekly newspaper 'Commonweal' in January 1914?

Accepted Answer

A)  annie besant
B)  s.n.b banerje
C)  sir syed ahmad khan
D)  mahatma gandhi

Question 11

Who started 'Young India'?

Accepted Answer

A)  mahatma gandhi
B)  annie besant
C)  madan mohan malviya
D)  pherozeshah mehta

Question 12

…………….migrated to Madras to launch the Madras Mail in later years.

Accepted Answer

A)  c.v.raman pillai
B)  devji bhimji
C)  lawson's maiden
D)  charles lawson

Question 13

Devji Bhimji started a printing press at Cochin in …………. under the name of the Keralamitram Press.

Accepted Answer

A)  1865
B)  1869
C)  1875
D)  1895

Question 14

The Keralopakari published from Malabar, which had the distinction of being the …………..printed magazine issuing from this area.

Accepted Answer

A)  first
B)  second
C)  third
D)  fourth

Question 15

In 1926 a change in format was introduced and the ………………….joined the early ranks of 'illustrated weeklies'.

Accepted Answer

A)  satyanadom
B)  the malabar spectator
C)  keralopakari
D)  malayalamitram

Question 16

The Malayalam paper 'Satyanadakahalam' started publication modestly as a fortnightly from Kunammavu in October…………...

Accepted Answer

A)  1816
B)  1826
C)  1836
D)  1876

Question 17

Incidentally, the Keralopakari was printed from the Basel Mission Press located at………………..

Accepted Answer

A)  mangalore
B)  cochin
C)  travancore
D)  irinjalakkuda

Question 18

Devji Bhimji started a printing press at ……………in 1865 under the name of the Keralamitram Press.

Accepted Answer

A)  irinjalakkuda
B)  travancore
C)  cochin
D)  palakkad

Question 19

……………………, who had left England after completing his studies, took over as the Western Star paper's editor.

Accepted Answer

A)  charles lawson
B)  devji bhimji
C)  c.v.raman pillai
D)  dr.herman gundart

Question 20

The …………………created history in Malayalam journalism by becoming the first martyr to the cause of freedom of the press.

Accepted Answer

A)  santishtavadi
B)  the malabar spectator
C)  atmavidhya kahalam
D)  swaraj

Exam 1: A History of Journalism and Printing Press in India