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History of Journalism 2 | Set 2

1. …………………now started the Kesari, later to become famous in the annuals of Malayalam journalism.

Correct : D. balakrishna pillai

2. Swarad editor …………….led the deputation to the Dewan who, it must be conceded, gave them a patient hearing.

Correct : A. a.k.pillai

3. June 26, ………………., the day the new newspaper regulations took effect, was observed as a day of mourning by the people of Thiruvananthapuram.

Correct : D. 1926

4. 9, featuring in its columns API and Reuter despatches and news pictures fed by foreign photo agencies.

Correct : B. swarad

5. Malayalarajyam was published from……………...

Correct : D. kollam

6. The Malayalarajyam daily was edited by………………, who was forced to resign from the Malayali over a controversial editorial criticizing the Travancore government.

Correct : A. k.g.sankar

7. It was the course of the non-cooperation and Khilafat movements that Kerala witnessed what was probably the most tragic episode in its freedom struggle, namely the Mappila Rebellion or, has been increasingly called, the Malabar Rebellion of…………..

Correct : C. 1921

8. This was best illustrated by the starting of the nationalist newspaper, the Mathrubhoomi, from Kozhikode in…………….

Correct : C. 1923

9. Mathrubhoomi started issuing on March 18, 1923, thrice a week, with ………………………..as its editor.

Correct : B. k.p.kesava menon

10. The moving spirit of the Vaikom satyagraha was Shri……………….., himself a redoubtable journalist.

Correct : A. t.k.madhavan

11. At the peak of the civil disobedience movement, in April 1930, the …………………started issuing as a daily.

Correct : D. mathrubhoomi

12. An article by……………….., the well-known humourist, criticized the high- handedness of British army personnel at Cochin.

Correct : A. sanjayan

13. The Dewan of Travancore, Sir………………., refused entry to the paper Mathrubhoomi in the State.

Correct : A. c.p.ramaswamy iyer

14. The Prabhatham started publication from ……………….with E.M.S. Namboodiripad as its editor.

Correct : A. shoranur

15. The Deenabandu commenced publication as a weekly in 1941 from………

Correct : D. thrissur

16. The………………… weekly was edited by V.R.Krishnan Ezhuthachan.

Correct : A. deenabandu

17. The …………………was trial-blazer in the sense that it was one of the first periodicals published from Cochin State which supported the national movement.

Correct : D. deenabandu

18. The Deenabandu resumed publication in …………….. on the release of its editor and other staff from jail.

Correct : D. 1944

19. After a splendid innings spread over 21 years the Deenabandu finally succumbed to financial difficulties and ceased publication in……………...

Correct : C. 1962

20. The Lokamanyan started publication from………………..

Correct : A. thrissur

21. The Swarad started publication from………………...

Correct : A. kollam

22. The Yuvabharatham started publication from…………..

Correct : C. palakkad

23. The Kerala Kesari started publication from……………..

Correct : A. thrissur

24. The Chandrika, started out in 1934 from ………….as a weekly.

Correct : D. thalassery

25. The Chandrika of the Muslim League blossomed into a daily in …………..and was shifted to Kozhikode.

Correct : C. 1939

26. The Desabhimani, currently the organ of the Communist Party of India (Marxist), began publication from Kozhikode in ………… as a weekly.

Correct : D. 1942

27. The Desabhimani was converted into a daily in…………….

Correct : D. 1946

28. The government of Madras banned the paper Desabhimani in………...

Correct : D. 1948

29. In the Travancore area the Communist Party started its own publication, the………………….

Correct : A. janayugam

30. The Navajeevan, was launched into existence from Thrissur, with …………………as its editor.

Correct : A. joseph mundassery

31. The Navajeevan, was launched into existence from………….., with Joseph Mundassery as its editor.

Correct : D. thrissur

32. In the late sixties the paper Navajeevan was shifted to……………., but did not survive for long.

Correct : C. kozhikode

33. The Arch Bishop of Ernakulam brought out the Malabar Mail from Ernakulam in………………..

Correct : D. 1936

34. The Powraprabha’s publishing base was successively shifted first to Mavelikkara and then to Kottayam, with ………………as its editor.

Correct : A. c.m.stephen

35. The Powradhwani was …………….-based paper.

Correct : D. kottayam

36. The Powradhwani Started in 1939 by………………….

Correct : A. k.m. chacko

37. The Powradhwani stopped publication in…………...

Correct : D. 1955

38. The Prabhatam started out as a weekly from …………….in 1944, but was soon converted into a daily.

Correct : A. kollam

39. The birth of the Express was from…………...

Correct : D. thrissur

40. The National War Front co-sponsored a daily entitled Powrasakhi from ……………at the height of the Second World War in 1944.

Correct : C. kozhikode

41. Powrasakhi daily bowed out in……………...

Correct : C. 1956

42. V.T.Bhatadiripad, among others, wielded his powerful pen to break the isolation and rid ……………….community of conservatism.

Correct : D. namboodiri

43. The Vivekodayam was the official organ of the SNDP and was edited by…………………...

Correct : A. mahakavi kumaran asan

44. The Vivekodayam was revived in 1967 as a magazine and published from……………...

Correct : D. irinjalakkuda

45. The Atmavidyakahalam edited by ………………..from Kozhikode in the late thirties was yet another weekly noted for its sharp attacks against superstitions and conventions.

Correct : A. vagbhadananda guru

46. The Nair Service Society floated a magazine entitled ……………in 1920.

Correct : D. service

47. In …………….. the magazine ‘Service’ was shifted to Thiruvananthapuram and began issuing as a tri-weekly.

Correct : B. 1927

48. Kerala Press Academy was established on March 19,……………...

Correct : D. 1979

49. The head office of Kerala Press Academy is located at………….; Kerala.

Correct : D. kakkanad

50. Kerala Press Academy’s headquarters at ……………….was inaugrated in May 1985.

Correct : A. kakkanad

51. K M Mathew was doyen of Malayalam journalism and chief editor of………

Correct : D. malayala manorama

52. Born as the eighth son of K M Mammen Mappillai and Kunjaadamma on January 2, 1917, K.M Mathew started his career as a planter in Chikamagalur and later migrated to ……………..as a businessman looking after family business.

Correct : D. bombay

53. ………………took over as Malayala Manorama’s Chief Editor on the death of Mr Cheriyan in 1973.

Correct : A. k.m mathew

54. ………………..is credited with the introduction of the concept of editionalising with larger share for local news and reader-friendly packaging through professional page designing in Manorama, which in turn impacted the entire newspaper industry in Kerala.

Correct : D. k.m mathew

55. …………………has been the president of the Indian Newspaper Society; chairman of PTI; founder trusty and chairman of Press Institute of India and Research Institute for Newspaper Development; executive committee member of the Federation of International Newspaper Publishers and Editors based in France and a consultant of International Press Institute among other positions.

Correct : B. k.m. mathew

56. ………………. has penned two books, an autobiographical “Ettamathe Mothiram” and “Annamma”, written in memory of his wife.

Correct : A. k.m. mathew

57. K.M.Mathew inherited the family owned Manorma, started in …………….. by his great uncle Kandathil Varughese Mappillai .

Correct : D. 1888

58. K.M Mathew married……………., a pioneer of culinary literature in Malayalam in 1942.

Correct : A. annamma

59. ………………..had been the editor of ‘Vanitha’ the women’s journal from Manorama Group till her death in 2003.

Correct : C. annamma

60. …………………is the means of informing as well as influencing the general public to buy products or services through visual or oral messages.

Correct : A. advertising

61. The Indian Newspaper Society (INS) was founded in the year of…………

Correct : C. 1939

62. The Rajan case refers to the death of P. Rajan, a student of the erstwhile Regional Engineering College, Calicut, as a result of torture in local police custody in Kerala state, during the nationwide Emergency in India in………………...

Correct : D. 1976

63. ………………., a student of the erstwhile Regional Engineering College (presently the National Institute of Technology Calicut), was arrested by the Kerala Police on March 1, 1976, during the nationwide Emergency in India, for alleged Naxal association.

Correct : D. p.rajan

64. …………………… was the Home Minister during the emergency. He resigned from the post of the Chief Minister of Kerala in 1978 due to adverse judgement in the case.

Correct : A. k. karunakaran

65. The largest journalist organization in the non-aligned world is the Indian Federation of Working Journalists, founded in New Delhi on 28 October…………...

Correct : D. 1950

66. …………………, who used to head the Indian Express group, made an aborted attempt in the 1960s to control the Indian Iron and Steel Company (IISCO).

Correct : A. ramnath goenka

67. The Commission on freedom of the press (1942-1947), known as the ………………… Commission.

Correct : A. hutchins’

68. The Constitution of India in Article ……………… (a) lays down that “All citizens shall have the right, to freedom of speech & expression.”

Correct : A. 19(1

69. The largest journalist organization in the non-aligned world is the Indian Federation of Working Journalists, founded in …….on 28 October 1950.

Correct : D. new delhi

70. 12th President of IFWJ was…………….

Correct : A. k. vikram rao

71. The headquarters of The Indian Newspaper Society (INS) is ………………

Correct : B. new delhi

72. The New York Times (NYT) is an American daily newspaper founded and continuously published in New York City since…………...

Correct : D. 1851

73. Reuters is an international news agency headquartered in……………, United Kingdom and a division of Reuters.

Correct : D. london

74. The Associated Press is an ………….news agency (1845).

Correct : A. american

75. AFP is headquartered in………………., with regional offices in Nicosia, Montevideo, Hong Kong, and Washington, D.C., and bureaus in 150 countries.

Correct : D. paris

76. Xinhua News Agency is the state news agency of the People's Republic of……………….

Correct : C. china

77. Xinhua's head office is located in China's capital…………...

Correct : A. beijing

78. Based in………….., Press Trust of India or PTI is the largest news agency in India.

Correct : A. delhi

79. United News of India or UNI was launched in March, …………., and has grown into one of the largest news agencies in Asia.

Correct : D. 1961

80. The Hindusthan Samachar was formed on 1st Dec,…………….

Correct : D. 1948

81. The first rotary offset lithographic printing press was created in England and patented in 1875 by………………..

Correct : A. robert barclay

82. ……………….. is the process of using the computer and specific types of software to combine text and graphics to produce documents such as newsletters, brochures, books, Web pages, etc. (print and Web design)

Correct : B. dtp

83. ………………is the process and art of combining text and graphics and communicating an effective message in the design of logos, graphics, brochures, newsletters, posters, signs, and any other type of visual communication.

Correct : D. graphic design

84. The Serampore missionaries under the leadership of ……………brought out Dig Darshan from 1818, the first language newspaper in India.

Correct : A. dr. william carrey

85. In Kerala, the credit for starting the first newspaper goes to a Christian missionary group from……………., the Basel Mission Society (BMS).

Correct : B. germany

86. ……………….was the first journal published in Malayalam.

Correct : C. rajyasamacharam

87. The Basel Mission Society brought it out from June 1847 from a press owned by the Mission at …………..near Tellicherry.

Correct : A. illikkunnu

88. Paschimodayam was the second journal in Malayalam brought out from October …………….. from Tellicherry.

Correct : C. 1847

89. Sathyanada Kahalam (Trumpet of the Voice of Truth) was a Catholic newspaper started as a fortnightly from Koonamavu (Ernakulam district) on October 12,……………….

Correct : D. 1876

90. Keralopakari was magazine published by the Basel Mission Society from………….

Correct : C. 1878

91. Keralopakari was printed from……………..

Correct : A. mangalore

92. …………………., a monthly magazine in Malayalam, was published by the Church Mission Society (CMS) in Kottayam from November 1848.

Correct : A. jnana nikshepam

93. Jnana Nikshepam’s first editor was Reverend………., a foreign missionary who introduced letter press in Kerala.

Correct : A. banjamine bailey

94. Vidyasamgraham or Kottayam College Quarterly Magazine was started by Chruch Mission Society (CMS) College in ………… from Kottayam.

Correct : A. 1864

95. CMS College principal, Richard Collins, and Rev. George Mathan were the key figures behind this publication of…………………..

Correct : A. vidyasamgraham

96. Sathyanada Kahalam (Trumpet of the Voice of Truth) was a Catholic newspaper started as a fortnightly from Koonamavu of ………….district on October 12, 1876.

Correct : C. ernakulam

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

Correct : A. sathyanada kahalam

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

Correct : D. 1926

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

Correct : D. 1970

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

Correct : A. nasrani deepika