Deck 8: Newspapers and Their Founders in Kerala

Question 1

Al-Ameen began in October12, 1924 from…………….

A)calicut
B)travancore
C)kannur
D)tellicherry

Answer 1

calicut

Question 2

…………..was edited and promoted by Muhammed Abdul Rahiman.

A)al-ameen
B)yuvabharatham
C)deepam
D)prabhatham,

Answer 2

al-ameen

Question 3

Malayala Rajyam was a weekly newspaper edited and published by ………………….from Kollam in1929.

A)k.g. shanker
B)kesari balakrishna pillai
C)balagangadhara tilak
D)vagbhadanantha gurukkal

Answer 3

k.g. shanker

Question 4

Deenabandhu newspaper was started as a weekly on January 26, 1941 from………………...

A)kottayam
B)travancore
C)calicut
D)thrissur

Question 5

V.R. Krishnan Ezhuthachan was the editor of ……………..

A)deenabandhu
B)yuvabharatham
C)deepam
D)prabhatham,

Question 6

Deenabandhu was banned in the princely state of Kochi in 1942 and it could re-appear only in……………….

A)1914
B)1924
C)1937
D)1944

Question 7

…………………….became a daily on January 26, 1946 and the place of publication was shifted to Ernakulam.

A)bhaje keralam
B)bhaje bharatham
C)deenabandhu
D)kerala kesari,

Question 8

Deshabhimani Starting at Kozhikode in1942 as a weekly, and became daily in……………..

A)1906
B)1916
C)1926
D)1946

Question 9

Deshabhimani was started as a weekly newspaper from ………………and it became a daily in1946.

A)kozhikode
B)travancore
C)thalassery
D)kannur

Question 10

……………….was founder-editor of Deshabhimani.

A)m.s. devadas
B)k.l. mohana varma
C)s. kasthuriranga iyengar
D)kuroor neelakandan namboothiripad

Question 11

Deshabhimani was banned by the Madras Government in ……………. and it could reappear only in 1951.

A)1908
B)1918
C)1928
D)1948

Question 12

Chandrika was started as a weekly from …………..on March 26, 1934.

A)travancore
B)thalassery
C)calicut
D)kannur

Question 13

In………………, Chandrika became a daily newspaper.

A)1929
B)1939
C)1942
D)1949

Question 14

In 1939, Chandrika became a daily newspaper and later the place of publication was shifted to Calicut from February……………...

A)1906
B)1916
C)1926
D)1946

Question 15

Chandrika introduced offset printing in……………. and started a second edition from Kochi in1992.

A)1910
B)1920
C)1940
D)1990

Question 16

……………………..is a Kozhikode based daily newspaper promoted by the Ideal Publications Trust.

A)madhyamam
B)vivekodayam
C)janmabhumi
D)chandrika

Question 17

………………….was the founder-editor of Madhyamam.

A)p.k. balakrishnan
B)kesari balakrishna pillai
C)s. kasthuriranga iyengar
D)vagbhadanantha gurukkal

Question 18

……………….is the official newspaper of the BJP Kerala unit.

A)janmabhumi
B)lokamanyan
C)vivekodayam
D)madhyamam

Question 19

Janmabhumi began from Ernakulam on November 14, 1977 under the editorship of ……………….and published by Mathruka Pracharanalayam.

A)prof. m.p. manmathan
B)sukumar azhikode
C)k.l. mohana varma
D)kesari balakrishna pillai

Question 20

Janmabhumi was earlier a magazine run by Nawab Rajendran from…...

A)thalassery
B)travancore
C)thrissur
D)cochin

Question 21

…………………. is the official mouthpiece of Kerala Pradesh Congress Committee (KPCC).

A)veekshanam
B)vivekodayam
C)varthamanam
D)harijan

Question 22

……………….was re-launched on November 14, 2006 by Finance Minister Mr. P. Chidambaram.

A)harijan
B)indian opinion
C)veekshanam
D)navajivan

Question 23

……………..is the official mouthpiece of Communist Party of India (CPI).

A)vivekodayam
B)lokamanyan
C)janayugam
D)veekshanam

Question 24

Janayugam was first launched from…..…in1947 under the editorship of N. Gopinathan Nair.

A)kollam
B)thalassery
C)kannur
D)calicut

Question 25

…....studied philosophy and completed his Ph.D. from a Swiss University.

A)gundert
B)michael hodges
C)max muller
D)s.kasthuriranga iyengar

Question 26

Gundert came to Thalassery as a Protestant missionary in1839 where he stayed till……………..

A)1849
B)1859
C)1879
D)1892

Question 27

……………. mastered Malayalam language and compiled the first comprehensive Malayalam-English dictionary.

A)gundert
B)kesari balakrishna pillai
C)michael hodges
D)max muller

Question 28

……………..set up a printing press named Kerala Mithram in Kochi.

A)devji bhimji
B)kandathil varghese mappilai
C)kesari balakrishna pillai
D)s. kasthuriranga iyengar

Question 29

In January 1881, under the ownership of Devji, a newspaper named Kerala Mithram was started in……………..

A)kottayam
B)travancore
C)thalassery
D)kochi

Question 30

In ……… Varghese Mappilai formed a literary club, Bhashaposhini Sabha.

A)1851
B)1861
C)1871
D)1891

Question 31

Bhashaposhini magazine, which Varghese Mappilai started in…………..

A)1842
B)1862
C)1872
D)1892

Question 32

……………… was started in1886 in order to promote the interests of the Nair community in Travancore.

A)malayali
B)harijan
C)navajivan
D)lokamanyan

Question 33

C. Krishna Pillai was the main promoter of the paper …………….and later C.V. Raman Pillai became its editor.

A)vivekodayam
B)lokamanyan
C)malayali
D)navajivan

Question 34

Vakkam Abdul Khadar Moulavi, an enlightened nationalist, started the paper …………….on January 19, 1905.

A)indian opinion
B)swadeshabhimani
C)harijan,
D)navajivan

Question 35

……………… was the first Indian to start a domestic news agency, called the Associated Press of India (API), in 1908.

A)k.c. roy
B)michael hodges
C)max muller
D)s. kasthuriranga iyengar