Top 250+ Solved History of Journalism in India MCQ Questions Answer
Q. The Fourth Estate is a name generally given to the Press, but previously, it was theterm applied to
a. lawyers
b. the queen of england
c. the proletariat
d. all of the above
Q. Malayala manorama’s first editor was …………………who brought with him the rich experience of his previous association with the Keralamitram of Cochin.
a. kandathil varghese mappilai
b. k.kalappan
c. k.p.kesava menon
d. k.madhavan nair
Q. What is the other name of Hicky’s Bengal Gazettee?
a. bengal harkarv
b. the bengal news
c. calcutta general advertise
d. bengal journal
Q. In which language was Amrita Bazar Patrika first published before changing overto English language?
a. bengali
b. punjabi
c. urdu
d. hindi
Q. Who enforced the Vernacular Press Act?
a. queen victoria
b. east india company
c. lord canning
d. lord lytton
Q. Dr.Herman Gundart, the renowned western scholar associated with the …………………..Based Mission Society.
a. french
b. british
c. dutch
d. german
Q. In October …………….. Gundart started publication called Paschimodayam.
a. 1807
b. 1817
c. 1827
d. 1847
Q. The scene now shifted to central Travancore from where early in 1848; the firstprinted magazine in the Malayalam language - the ……………….. hit the news stands.
a. jnananikshepam
b. the malabar spectator
c. atmavidhya kahalam
d. swaraj
Q. Who said “Newspapers should be both a daily teacher and a daily tribune”?
a. jawaharlal nehru
b. edwin emery
c. joseph pulitze
d. chester barnard