Top 250+ Solved History of Journalism 2 MCQ Questions Answer
Q. In a number of respects the Keralamitram can be hailed as the …….. "newspaper" in the Malayalam language.
a. first
b. second
c. third
d. fourth
Q. The Keralamitram was fortunate in that it had as its first editor none otherthan Kandathil Varghese Mappilai who later founded the………………...
a. malayalamanorama
b. yuvabharatham
c. malayala rajyam
d. kerala kesari
Q. An English weekly entitled the West Coast Spectator started publication in……………. from Kozhikode.
a. 1819
b. 1829
c. 1849
d. 1879
Q. Devji Bhimji tried his hand at running a Marathi magazine entitledKeralakokil from…………….
a. tellicherry
b. travancore
c. irinjalakkuda
d. cochin
Q. An English weekly entitled the West Coast Spectator started publication in1879 from……………...
a. kozhikode
b. cochin
c. travancore
d. irinjalakkuda
Q. West Coast Spectator was edited by an Englishman,…………..
a. dr.keys
b. william logan
c. charles lawson
d. devji bhimji
Q. A significant development was the publication in 1884 of the Keralapatrikaweekly from…………….
a. kozhikode
b. cochin
c. travancore
d. thrissoor
Q. The idea of a weekly ……………..was conceived by Chengulathu KunhiramaMenon, possibly after attending a conference of the Indian National Association held at Calcutta in 1884.
a. keralapatrika
b. swabhimani
c. mahatma
d. navajivan
Q. …………….. himself claimed that the Keralapatrika was the first"newspaper" in Malayalam in the Malabar district.
a. kunhirama menon
b. c.v.raman pillai
c. k.kalappan
d. k.p.kesava menon
Q. ……………..was printed from the Vidyavilasom Press and had the activebacking of a number of prominent personalities of the day.
a. keralapatrika
b. swabhimani
c. mahatma
d. navajivan
Q. The Atmavidyakahalam edited by Vagbhadananda Guru from …………….inthe late thirties was yet another weekly noted for its sharp attacks against superstitions and conventions.
a. kozhikode
b. cochin
c. travancore
d. thrissur
Q. …………………..is sometimes called the "father of Malayalam Journalism".
a. chengulathu kunhirama menon
b. keralavarma valiyakoyi thampuran
c. v.raman pillai
d. k.p.kesava menon
Q. The management of the ……………..changed hands in 1938 some time afterthe death of Kunhirama Menon.
a. keralopakari
b. swabhimani
c. keralapatrika
d. navajivan
Q. The management of the Keralapatrika changed hands in 1938 some timeafter the death of……………….
a. kunhirama menon
b. sanjayan
c. koyippalli parameswara kurup
d. c.v.raman pillai
Q. The Spectator Press of Kozhikode came out in 1886 with a Malayalamperiodical entitled the…………………..
a. kerala sanchari
b. keralopakari
c. navajivan
d. swabhimani