Deck 1: A Journey Through the History of Indian Journalism

Question 1

---------is information about current events happening around us on a day today-basis

A)News
B)Research
C)Guidance
D)Reports

Answer 1

News

Question 2

----------each day structure this chaos, so that public receive stories on the same day in radio and TV

A)Editors
B)Photographers
C)Journalist
D)Informer

Answer 2

Journalist

Question 3

One of the best known lists of news was drawn up media researcher ----------- and ------

A)Galtung and Ruge
B)Maslow
C)Pavlo
D)Walter Lippman

Answer 3

Galtung and Ruge

Question 4

Stories must compete with one another for ------------in media

A)Value
B)Significance
C)Space
D)Profit

Question 5

------------ is one of front runners among the Malayalam Newspapers

A)Malayalam Manorama
B)Mathurabhumi
C)Deepika
D)Madhyamam

Question 6

------------the prominent freedom fighter was the editor of Mathrubhumi

A)Madhavan Nair
B)K.P Kesava Menon
C)Balakrishnan
D)P.Subramanian Iyer

Question 7

The first copy of Mathrubhumi was published on 18th March -----------

A)1924
B)1926
C)1923
D)1928

Question 8

The ----------was a weekly Urdu Language newspaper established by Indian leader Maulana Abdul Kalam Azad

A)Urdu Times
B)Inquilab
C)Al-Hilal
D)Sahafat

Question 9

The first issue of Al-Hilal came out on 13 July ---------

A)1910
B)1920
C)122
D)1912

Question 10

Urdu newspaper were designed on the pattern of ----------------newspaper

A)Asian
B)Egyptian
C)Russian/
D)American

Question 11

------------in 1920 wrote in his publication, Young India about how Azad used Hilal as a medium of critiquing the British Raj

A)Mahatma Gandhi
B)Jawaharlal Nehru
C)Subhash Chandra Bose
D)Bakim Chandra

Question 12

Mohidin Ahmed better known as --------------played a leading role in the Indian Independence remaining the symbol of Muslim diverse in India

A)Abdul Kalam Azad
B)Sayyid
C)Bhagdadi
D)Ashkari

Question 13

Kolkata was the cradle of --------------in India

A)Reporting
B)Literature
C)Sculpture
D)Journalism

Question 14

--------------was the nursery where social and political reformist journalism sprouted

A)Kolkata
B)Mumbai
C)Chennai
D)Andhra Pradesh

Question 15

Name the first Marathi Journal or periodical

A)Bombay Darpan
B)Kesari
C)Pudhari
D)Saamna

Question 16

Marathi Journalism played a notable role in the -------------movement of the day and had considerable influence in the society

A)Political reform
B)Cultural refom
C)Social reform
D)Communal reform

Question 17

In the 19th century the ------------press played a important role in the development of Indian Journalism

A)Urdu
B)Marathi
C)Tamil
D)Bengal

Question 18

Who was the first professional Marathi Journalist?

A)Balshastri Jambekar
B)Bal Gangadhar Tilak
C)Govind Vital Kunte
D)Kesava Menon

Question 19

In 1877 Mahatma Jyotiba Phule and Krishnarao launched Deenabndu as a part of ----------------movement

A)Social
B)Informing and educating
C)Entertaining
D)Dalit upliftment

Question 20

After Independence in 1948 the -----------group started Loksatta in Mumbai

A)Times of India
B)Asian Age
C)Indian Express
D)Hindustan tines

Question 21

The Maharashtra Times was started by the Times of India group on 18th June _________

A)1960
B)1961
C)1985
D)1962

Question 22

The history of Marathi Journalism would not be complete without ----------and --------paper

A)Times and Lokmat
B)Saamna and Loksatta
C)Navyug and Maratha
D)Kesari and Darpan

Question 23

The first Hindi Newspaper ------------ a weekly was publishes in Kolkata on May 30,1826

A)Banga Doota
B)Samachar Suda Varshan
C)Oodhund Martand
D)Tatwa Bodhini

Question 24

A period of -----to --------year saw a number of Hindi newspapers being published

A)1845-1850
B)1850-1857
C)1872-1875
D)1849-1897

Question 25

Hindi Journalism made rapid progress during the ---------period and many outstanding journalist came to the fore

A)First World War
B)Second World War'
C)Renaissance
D)Industrialization