1. ………………..joined the paper Samadarshi in 1923 as editor.
Correct : A. a.balakrishna pillai
2. It is said that the notorious Travancore Newspaper Regulations of ………………..
were an offshoot of Balakrishna Pillai's incisive criticisms.
Correct : D. 1926
3. The All Kerala Political Conference held at …………….in April 1921 marked the
beginning of the move for a united Kerala which became a reality in terms of law thirty-five years later.
Correct : B. ottapalam
4. The newspaper regulation of 1926 was promulgated by……………….
Correct : A. dewan watts
5. A.Balakrishana Pillai, who had earlier been eased out of editorial responsibility of
the Samadarshi, had in the meanwhile launched a new periodical entitled………………….
Correct : D. prabhodakan
6. …………………now started the Kesari, later to become famous in the annuals of
Malayalam journalism.
Correct : D. balakrishna pillai
7. Swarad editor …………….led the deputation to the Dewan who, it must be
conceded, gave them a patient hearing.
Correct : A. a.k.pillai
8. 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
9. The …………………made a triumphant entry into Malayalam journalism in 1929,
featuring in its columns API and Reuter despatches and news pictures fed by foreign photo agencies.
Correct : A. malayalarajyam
10. Malayalarajyam was published from……………...
Correct : D. kollam
11. 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
12. This was best illustrated by the starting of the nationalist newspaper, the
Mathrubhoomi, from Kozhikode in…………….
Correct : C. 1923
13. Mathrubhoomi started issuing on March 18, 1923, thrice a week, with
………………………..as its editor.
Correct : B. k.p.kesava menon
14. The moving spirit of the Vaikom satyagraha was Shri……………….., himself a
redoubtable journalist.
Correct : A. t.k.madhavan
15. At the peak of the civil disobedience movement, in April 1930, the
…………………started issuing as a daily.
Correct : D. mathrubhoomi
16. The Dewan of Travancore, Sir………………., refused entry to the paper
Mathrubhoomi in the State.
Correct : A. c.p.ramaswamy iyer
17. The Prabhatham started publication from ……………….with E.M.S.
Namboodiripad as its editor.
Correct : A. shoranur
18. The Deenabandu commenced publication as a weekly in 1941
from…………………...
Correct : D. thrissur
19. The………………… weekly was edited by V.R.Krishnan Ezhuthachan.
Correct : A. deenabandu
20. 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
21. After a splendid innings spread over 21 years the Deenabandu finally succumbed to
financial difficulties and ceased publication in……………...
Correct : C. 1962
22. The Lokamanyan started publication from………………..
Correct : A. thrissur
23. The Swarad started publication from………………...
Correct : A. kollam
24. The Yuvabharatham started publication from…………..
Correct : C. palakkad
25. The Kerala Kesari started publication from……………..
Correct : A. thrissur
26. The Chandrika, started out in 1934 from ………….as a weekly.
Correct : D. thalassery
27. The Chandrika of the Muslim League blossomed into a daily in …………..and was
shifted to Kozhikode.
Correct : C. 1939
28. The Desabhimani, currently the organ of the Communist Party of India (Marxist),
began publication from Kozhikode in ………… as a weekly.
Correct : D. 1942
29. Aurobindo was the editor of
Correct : C. vande mataram
30. The government of Madras banned the paper Desabhimani in………...
Correct : D. 1948
31. In the Travancore area the Communist Party started its own publication,
the………………….
Correct : A. janayugam
32. The Navajeevan, was launched into existence from Thrissur, with …………………as
its editor.
Correct : A. joseph mundassery
33. The Navajeevan, was launched into existence from………….., with Joseph Mundassery as its editor.
Correct : D. thrissur
34. In the late sixties the paper Navajeevan was shifted to……………., but did not
survive for long.
Correct : C. kozhikode
35. The Arch Bishop of Ernakulam brought out the Malabar Mail from Ernakulam
in………………..
Correct : D. 1936
36. The Powraprabha issuing from ……………..in the late thirties wielded considerable
influence in the Travancore area.
Correct : D. kottayam
37. The Powraprabha’s publishing base was successively shifted first to Mavelikkara
and then to Kottayam, with ………………as its editor.
Correct : A. c.m.stephen
38. The Powradhwani was …………….-based paper.
Correct : D. kottayam
39. The Powradhwani Started in 1939 by………………….
Correct : A. k.m. chacko
40. Oldest English daily of India is
Correct : B. the times of indi
41. The Powradhwani stopped publication in…………...
Correct : D. 1955
42. The Keralabhushanam was launched from Kottayam in 1944 by……………………...
Correct : A. k.k.kuruvilla
43. The Prabhatam started out as a weekly from …………….in 1944, but was soon converted into a daily.
Correct : A. kollam
44. The birth of the Express was from…………...
Correct : D. thrissur
45. The paper Express was edited by ……………and with its pronounced nationalist
and socialist views gained extensive circulation in Cochin State.
Correct : A. k.krishnan
46. The National War Front co-sponsored a daily entitled Powrasakhi from
……………at the height of the Second World War in 1944.
Correct : C. kozhikode
47. After the war ‘……………………’ came out as a regular newspaper, with
B.C.Varghese, Varghese Kalathil and K.A.Damodara Menon occupying the editorial chair on successive occasions.
Correct : A. powrasakhi
48. Powrasakhi daily bowed out in……………...
Correct : C. 1956
49. The Namboodiri Yogakshema Sabha sponsored two notable publications, the
Yogakshemam and the ……………..Namboodiri.
Correct : D. unni
50. V.T.Bhatadiripad, among others, wielded his powerful pen to break the isolation
and rid ……………….community of conservatism.
Correct : D. namboodiri
51. The Vivekodayam was the official organ of the SNDP and was edited
by…………………...
Correct : A. mahakavi kumaran asan
52. The Vivekodayam was revived in 1967 as a magazine and published
from……………...
Correct : D. irinjalakkuda
53. 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
54. The Nair Service Society floated a magazine entitled ……………in 1920.
Correct : D. service
55. In …………….. the magazine ‘Service’ was shifted to Thiruvananthapuram and
began issuing as a tri-weekly.
Correct : B. 1927
56. The Commission on freedom of the press (1942-1947), known as the
………………… Commission.
Correct : A. hutchins’
57. The Indian Languages Newspapers Association (ILNA) was formed on June 14,
………………, on the eve of the introduction of control on newsprint during the Second World War.
Correct : B. 1941
58. Saraswathi from …………..under the able editorship of Moorkoth Kumaran began
publication in 1897.
Correct : A. tellicherry
59. ……………….was the editor of the Swadeshabhimani published from
Thiruvananthapuram.
Correct : A. k.ramakrishna pillai
60. K.Ramakrishna Pillai was the editor of the Swadeshabhimani published
from………………..
Correct : A. thiruvananthapuram
61. In which newspaper did Gandhi write: “I have taken up journalism not for its sake,
but merely as an aid to what I have conceived to be my mission in life”.
Correct : B. young indi
62. The name of the newspaper that Gandhi brought out in South Africa was
Correct : C. indian opinion
63. Janmabhumi was earlier a magazine run by Nawab Rajendran from……………..
Correct : C. thrissur
64. …………………is a Malayalam daily newspaper published from Calicut, Cochin
and Doha and Sukumar Azhikode was the chief editor of the newspaper.
Correct : A. varthamanam
65. …………………. is the official mouthpiece of Kerala Pradesh Congress Committee
(KPCC).
Correct : A. veekshanam
66. ………………….was re-launched on November 14, 2006 by Finance Minister Mr. P.
Chidambaram.
Correct : C. veekshanam
67. ……………..is the official mouthpiece of Communist Party of India (CPI).
Correct : C. janayugam
68. Janayugam was first launched from ……………in1947 under the editorship of N.
Gopinathan Nair.
Correct : A. kollam
69. Dr. Herman Gundert was a German missionary who came to Kerala in……………
in order to spread the teachings of Christ.
Correct : A. 1839
70. ……………..studied philosophy and completed his Ph.D. from a Swiss University.
Correct : A. gundert
71. Gundert came to Thalassery as a Protestant missionary in1839 where he stayed
till……………..
Correct : A. 1849
72. ……………. mastered Malayalam language and compiled the first comprehensive
Malayalam-English dictionary.
Correct : A. gundert
73. ……………..set up a printing press named Kerala Mithram in Kochi.
Correct : A. devji bhimji
74. In January 1881, under the ownership of Devji, a newspaper named Kerala
Mithram was started in……………..
Correct : D. kochi
75. In …………. Varghese Mappilai formed a literary club, Bhashaposhini Sabha.
Correct : D. 1891
76. Bhashaposhini magazine, which Varghese Mappilai started in…………..
Correct : D. 1892
77. ……………… was started in1886 in order to promote the interests of the Nair community in Travancore.
Correct : A. malayali
78. C. Krishna Pillai was the main promoter of the paper …………….and later C.V.
Raman Pillai became its editor.
Correct : C. malayali
79. Vakkam Abdul Khadar Moulavi, an enlightened nationalist, started the paper
…………….on January 19, 1905.
Correct : B. swadeshabhimani
80. ……………… was the first Indian to start a domestic news agency, called the
Associated Press of India (API), in 1908.
Correct : A. k.c. roy
81. In June 1847 witnessed the primordial birth pangs of Malayalam journalism
as eight cyclostyled sheets in demy octavo size were churned out from a press at …………….near Thalassery.
Correct : A. illikkunnu
82. Who was the editor of Rajyasamacharam?
Correct : A. dr.herman gundart
83. Who started Amrita Bazar Patrika in 1868?
Correct : A. moti lal ghosh andsisir ghosh
84. Who is deemed as the father of Indian Journalism?
Correct : D. j.a. hicky
85. The Pioneer was started in Allahabad in the year
Correct : A. 1865
86. Bal Gangadhar Tilak was associated with
Correct : D. maratha
87. The Fourth Estate is a name generally given to the Press, but previously, it was the
term applied to
Correct : D. all of the above
88. Malayala manorama’s first editor was …………………who brought with him the rich experience of his previous association with the Keralamitram of Cochin.
Correct : A. kandathil varghese mappilai
89. What is the other name of Hicky’s Bengal Gazettee?
Correct : C. calcutta general advertise
90. In which language was Amrita Bazar Patrika first published before changing over
to English language?
Correct : A. bengali
91. When was censorship introduced on Indian Press?
Correct : D. 1795
92. Who enforced the Vernacular Press Act?
Correct : D. lord lytton
93. Dr.Herman Gundart, the renowned western scholar associated with the …………………..Based Mission Society.
Correct : D. german
94. In October …………….. Gundart started publication called Paschimodayam.
Correct : D. 1847
95. The scene now shifted to central Travancore from where early in 1848; the first
printed magazine in the Malayalam language - the ……………….. hit the news stands.
Correct : A. jnananikshepam
96. Who said “Newspapers should be both a daily teacher and a daily tribune”?