Deck 2: Indian Journalism and Media History

Question 1

In Patna the ------------a weekly was an influential journal and the mouthpiece of Congress

A)Aj
B)Swantantra
C)Desh
D)Mitra

Answer 1

Desh

Question 2

By 2011 the Hindi daily -----------claimed to be the largest read newspaper of the world

A)Dainik bhaskar
B)Dainik Jagran
C)Navbharat Times
D)Hari Bhoomi

Answer 2

Dainik Jagran

Question 3

--------------- was the first newspaper in Bengali language published by Serampore Mission Press on 1818

A)Samachar Darpan
B)Digdarshan
C)Sambad Pravakar
D)Sulava Samachar

Answer 3

Samachar Darpan

Question 4

Bengali newspaper suffered after the partition of India in ----------

A)1946
B)1945
C)1947
D)1942

Question 5

The end of -----century saw remarkable newspapers coming out from Bengal

A)20th century
B)16th century
C)18th century
D)19th century

Question 6

The editor of ---------faced contempt of court proceedings and imprisonment when it voiced public indignation in 1833

A)Nayak
B)Bengalee
C)Basumati
D)Ananda Bazaar Patrika

Question 7

--------------was the second place in India to have a radio station after Mumbai

A)Calcutta
B)Hyderabad
C)Bangalore
D)Maharashtra

Question 8

Calcutta had its first television named Doordarshan in --------

A)1976
B)1975
C)1978
D)1782

Question 9

Telugu journalism began mainly with religious, cultural and ------------journals

A)Political
B)Social
C)Literary
D)Educational

Question 10

The first Telugu news weekly -----------------was published in 1886

A)Sasilekha
B)Andhra Prakasika
C)Sahitabodhini
D)Satyavadhini

Question 11

Andhra Prabha the rival of Andhra Patrika first published in 1938 by the -------------group

A)TOI
B)HT
C)Express
D)Ramoji Rao

Question 12

Tamil and Telugu markets accounted for about -----------percent of the total regional viewership followed by Marathi and Bengal

A)0.29
B)0.5
C)0.35
D)0.4

Question 13

Who proposed the statehood of Maharashtra?

A)Maulana Abdul Kalam Azad
B)Jawaharlal Nehru
C)Lokmanya Bal Gangadhar Tilak
D)Kesava Menon

Question 14

Maulana Abdul Kalam Azad served as the Minister of ----------in Pandit Jawaharlal Nehru Cabinet from 1947-1958

A)Finance
B)Health
C)Politics
D)Education

Question 15

Which supplement from Hindustan Times is catered to news and gossip from Bollywood and Hollywood

A)HT Education
B)HT Cafe
C)Brunch
D)HT Bollywood

Question 16

Ramoji Rao also introduced different supplements like -----------for wome

A)Vasundhara
B)Grishobha
C)Champak
D)Saras salil

Question 17

Which newspaper started its publication in Nagpur in the year 1882

A)Prabhakar
B)Deenabandhu
C)Hitavada
D)Dyanodaya

Question 18

The Nair Service Society floated a magazine entitled Service in _______

A)1920
B)1927
C)1930
D)1947

Question 19

Malayalam manorama started publication from _____ in 1890

A)Mumbai
B)Cochin
C)Kottayam
D)Kollam

Question 20

The greatest Urdu periodical that time was _______, started by Maulana Abdul Kalam Azad

A)Swadeshi
B)Urdu Akhbar
C)Zamindar
D)Al- Hilal

Question 21

By the time sun set over the Mughal sultanate in Delhi, there were 40_____ newspapers

A)Urdu
B)Marathi
C)Bengali
D)English

Question 22

Politics and social reform dominated Urdu journalism from the very beginning of the ______ Century

A)18th
B)16th.
C)19th.
D)20th

Question 23

Before Independence Urdu language was considered to be the language of the _______ and the legacy still continues.

A)Hindus
B)Parsis
C)Jains
D)Muslims

Question 24

Urdu journalism which had played a very important role in the country's war of Independence is now on the ____

A)Decline
B)Rise
C)Stable
D)Vanished

Question 25

____ started a printing press at Cochin in 1865

A)Raja Ram Mohan Roy
B)Devji Bhimji
C)Varghese Mappilai
D)Kunhirama Menon