Top 250+ Solved History of Journalism in India MCQ Questions Answer
Q. Gandhiji started the ……………under the editorship of Mahadev Desai.
a. harijan
b. mumbai herald
c. mumbai samachar
d. the tribune
Q. Who ……………..launched a weekly, called the “Navjeevan”, in Gujarati?
a. gandhiji
b. nathaniel butter
c. nicholas bourne
d. henry muddiman
Q. ……………..was printed from the Vidyavilasom Press and had the active backing ofa number of prominent personalities of the day.
a. keralapatrika
b. swabhimani
c. mahatma
d. navajivan
Q. The Atmavidyakahalam edited by Vagbhadananda Guru from …………….in the latethirties was yet another weekly noted for its sharp attacks against superstitions and conventions.
a. kozhikode
b. cochin
c. travancore
d. thrissoor
Q. …………………..is sometimes called the "father of Malayalam Journalism".
a. chengulathu kunhirama menon
b. keralavarma valiyakoyi thampuran c)
c. v.raman pillai
d. k.p.kesava menon
Q. The management of the ……………..changed hands in 1938 some time after thedeath of Kunhirama Menon.
a. keralopakari
b. swabhimani
c. keralapatrika
d. navajivan
Q. The management of the Keralapatrika changed hands in 1938 some time after thedeath 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 Malayalam periodicalentitled the…………………..
a. kerala sanchari
b. keralopakari
c. navajivan
d. swabhimani
Q. …………………was edited by Vengayil Kunhiraman Nayanar, otherwise well- known by his pen-name "Kesari".
a. kerala sanchari
b. swabhimani
c. mahatma
d. navajivan
Q. …………………..was associated with the periodical for some time in 1897 as KeralaSanchari’s editor.
a. c.v.raman pillai
b. moorkoth kumaran
c. pettayil raman pillai asan
d. c.krishnan
Q. Bengal Gazette was published by ……………………
a. james augustus hicky
b. alan rusbridger
c. volney b. palmer
d. brissot
Q. Calcutta Gazette a newspaper, circulating government advertisements, was firstpublished on 4 March …………………
a. 1764
b. 1784
c. 1789
d. 1794
Q. Calcutta Gazette a newspaper, circulating government advertisements, was first published on 4 March 1784. It was not a government publication and owed its originand initial management to……………, an oriental scholar and an officer of the east India Company.
a. john edward taylor
b. francis gladwin
c. john anderton
d. william bolts
Q. Who was the owner of the Calcutta Morning Post?
a. will smith
b. mr. heatly
c. j.z.kiermander
d. peter read
Q. The Calcutta Journal, a new newspaper was launched by …………
a. james silk buckingham
b. b. messinck
c. e. jerome mccarthy
d. arthur muir