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History of Journalism 1 | Set 3
1. Leader was launched in 1909 in Allahabad by
A. pt. j.l. nehru
B. gandhi
C. pt. m.m. malviya
D. moti lal nehru
Correct : C. pt. m.m. malviya
2. Which of the following was the first newspaper of India?
A. bengal gazette
B. the hindu
C. maratha
D. the times of india
Correct : A. bengal gazette
3. Bengal Journal was first published in the year
A. 1832
B. 1792
C. 1786
D. 1785
Correct : D. 1785
4. The Statesman was published from
A. delhi
B. madras
C. calcutta
D. bombay
Correct : C. calcutta
5. Tilak is connected with the paper
A. india
B. hindustan
C. vande mataram
D. maratha
Correct : D. maratha
6. Who was called a ‘fighting editor’ by Gandhi?
A. frank moraes
B. m. chakpati rao
C. k. rama rao
D. none of the above
Correct : C. k. rama rao
7. Which newspaper was founded by six young men, all in their twenties, in Madras on September 20, 1878?
A. hindustan times
B. the hindu
C. anand bazar patrika
D. none of the above
Correct : B. the hindu
8. When was the first English newspaper, Bengal Gazette published?
A. 1795 a.d.
B. 1790 a.d.
C. 1780 a
D. 1770 a.d.
Correct : C. 1780 a
9. Who is known as the father of Indian language journalism in India?
A. swami vivekananda
B. raja ram mohan roy
C. v
D. savarkar d) bhupendra nath dutta
Correct : B. raja ram mohan roy
10. The first newspaper published from Mumbai was
A. bombay samachar
B. bombay times
C. the times of india
D. bombay herald
Correct : D. bombay herald
11. The first Indian daily newspaper in English was
A. indian mirror
B. bombay times
C. the times of india
D. the hindu
Correct : A. indian mirror
12. First evening paper in India was
A. calcutta mail
B. mid-day
C. madras mail
D. bombay mail
Correct : C. madras mail
13. When was censorship introduced on Indian Press?
A. 1797
B. 1795
C. 1790
D. 1782
Correct : B. 1795
14. PTI stands for
A. physical training institute
B. physical training inspector
C. prime time instruction
D. press trust of india
Correct : D. press trust of india
15. The newspaper Independent was started by
A. motilal nehru
B. syed hussain
C. jawaharlal nehru
D. mahatma gandhi
Correct : A. motilal nehru
16. Who started the newspaper National Herald?
A. rajiv gandhi
B. indira gandhi
C. motilal nehru
D. jawaharlal nehru
Correct : D. jawaharlal nehru
17. East India Company introduced censorship for the first time in
A. 1790
B. 1795
C. 1800
D. 1806
Correct : B. 1795
18. 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
Correct : B. vernacular press act
19. Press Council was constituted under the recommendations of the Press Commission in
A. 1986
B. 1977
C. 1971
D. 1966
Correct : D. 1966
20. This newspaper was vernacular in origin but overnight it became English because of the enactment of Vernacular Press Act of 1878
A. anand bazar patrika
B. naya bazar patrika
C. amrit bazar patrika
D. bengalee
Correct : C. amrit bazar patrika
21. In India, Englishman William Bolts made the first attempt for the publication of newspapers
A. 1768
B. 1772
C. 1776
D. 1780
Correct : C. 1776
22. Name the hero of the language press during the period 1845-83.
A. dwarkanath tagore
B. manmohan ghosh
C. christo paul
D. vasudev balwant phadke
Correct : D. vasudev balwant phadke
23. Who is known as the ‘Father of Indian Cinema’?
A. ardeshir irani
B. dada saheb phalke
C. raj kapoor
D. none of the above
Correct : B. dada saheb phalke
24. When was the office of the Registrar of Newspapers for India (RNI) started?
A. 1 july 1956
B. 4 june 1956
C. 4 june 1955
D. 1 july 1954
Correct : A. 1 july 1956
25. Press Council of India has how many members?
A. 28
B. 27
C. 26
D. 25
Correct : A. 28
26. The first news agency of India was
A. united news of india (uni
B. free press of india (fpi
C. press news bureau (pnb
D. press trust of india (pti
Correct : B. free press of india (fpi
27. The First Press Commission was appointed in
A. 1950
B. 1951
C. 1952
D. 1953
Correct : C. 1952
28. Who among the following was the chairman of the first Press Commission?
A. justice j.s. rajadhyaksha
B. j. natrajan
C. dr. v.k.r.v. rao
D. dr. c.p. ramaswami aiyer
Correct : A. justice j.s. rajadhyaksha
29. ‘The Samchar Darpan’ was a publication of …………..
A. the baptist mission
B. the wesleyan mission
C. the danish mission
D. the scottish mission
Correct : A. the baptist mission
30. Who founded the Indian Languages Newspapers Association?
A. mahatma gandhi
B. bal gangadhar tilak
C. mammen mappillai
D. amritlal seth
Correct : B. bal gangadhar tilak
31. Who is known as Indian Gutenberg?
A. james augustus hicky
B. john de bustamante
C. john bosco
D. col. james todd
Correct : B. john de bustamante
32. The printing press was introduced in India during
A. the thirteenth century
B. the fourteenth century
C. the fifteenth century
D. the sixteenth century
Correct : D. the sixteenth century
33. Urdu News Service was started for the first time in India by
A. uni
B. ians
C. pti
D. irna
Correct : A. uni
34. When Mahatma Gandhi was in South Africa he started which newspaper?
A. young india
B. indian opinion
C. reformer
D. hindustan
Correct : B. indian opinion
35. The oldest survivings newspaper of India is
A. the statesman
B. the times of india
C. malayalam manorama
D. mumbai samachar
Correct : D. mumbai samachar
36. Who was the owner of The Hindu?
A. k.r. iyengar
B. surendranath banerjee
C. mahatma gandhi
D. motilal ghosh
Correct : A. k.r. iyengar
37. Mirat-ul-Akbar belonged to
A. aurobindo ghosh
B. maulana abdul kalam azad
C. raja ram mohan roy
D. syed abdulla brelvi
Correct : C. raja ram mohan roy