Top 250+ Solved History of Journalism 1 MCQ Questions Answer
Q. It is believed that Johannes Gutenberg of …………..was the first to develop printing around 1439.
a. holland
b. england
c. germany
d. poland
Q. Photography was developed in the 19th century by two people from…………, Nicephore Niepce and Louis- Jacques-Mande Daguerre.
a. italy
b. germany
c. france
d. netherlands
Q. The motion picture machines used to project the films into moving images and later talking pictures were developed by ………….in the USA and the Lumiere brothers in France.
a. thomas alva edison
b. samuel morse
c. louis- jacques-mande daguerre
d. nicephore niepce
Q. The first Indian motion picture was Raja Harischandra by ……………………
a. dada saheb phalke
b. thomas alva edison
c. raja rammohan roy
d. samuel morse
Q. In India, television started in 1959 on an experimental basis and the first television station was set up in ………………..
a. bombay
b. madras
c. delhi
d. assam
Q. The term graphic design was actually coined in 1922 by book designer
a. william addison dwiggins
b. piet mondrian
c. james sprenger
d. henry kramer
Q. The first successful newspaper was the Boston News-Letter begun by postmaster ……………….in 1704.
a. james sprenger
b. piet mondrian
c. john campbell
d. edward cave
Q. In 1731, the first magazine, the Gentlemen’s Magazine originally published “a repository of all things worth mentioning,” printed at St.John’s Gate in…………., by Edward Cave.
a. serampore
b. calcutta
c. england
d. bombay
Q. 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
Q. 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
Q. ‘The Samchar Darpan’ was a publication of …………..
a. the baptist mission
b. the wesleyan mission
c. the danish mission
d. the scottish mission
Q. Who founded the Indian Languages Newspapers Association?
a. mahatma gandhi
b. bal gangadhar tilak
c. mammen mappillai
d. amritlal seth