40 questions
The first newspaper in India was -
Who among the following had primarily implemented the Press Censorship?
Who among the following introduced the Vernacular Press Act?
Who was the first Indian to go to jail in performance of his duty as a journalist:
Given below are two statements, in which one is labelled as Assertion (A) and the other as Reason (R): Assertion (A): Raja Ram Mohan Roy was the Editor of "sambad Kaumudi", a Bengali weekly. Reason (R): His articles condemning the custom of widow burning were published in it. Select the correct answer using the code given below: Code -
Persian Weekly 'Miratul Akhbar' was Published by:
From where the 'Indian Mirror' newspaper was published in 1880?
In which one of the following languages was the first issue of the Journal Gadar published?
Which newspaper was started by Lokmanya Bal Gangadhar Tilak to serve the cause of India's freedom struggle?
Which one of the popular magazines of the revolutionary period criticized the Congress for various reasons?
Which of the following newspapers advocated revolutionary terrorism during the period of Indian freedom struggle? 1. Sandhya 2. Yugantar 3. Kaal Choose the correct answer from the code given below: Code :
The first editor of the journal 'Indian Opinion' was :
The 'Young India' was started as a weekly by:
The first Hindi Newspaper 'Udant Martand' (30th May, 1826) was published from -
The first newspaper published by the Indians in the English language was:
Who affiliated himself with the English journal 'Vande Matram'?
The 'Swadesh Vahini' was edited by -
The English newspaper 'Independent' was associated to-
Match List-I with List-II and select the correct answer by using codes given below.
| List-I (News Paper) | List-II (Language) |
|---|---|
| A. Bharat Mitra | 1. Bengali |
| B. Rastra Mata | 2. Gujarati |
| C. Prajamitra | 3. Hindi |
| D. Nayak | 4. Marathi |
Code:
| A | B | C | D |
|---|---|---|---|
| (a) 1 | 2 | 4 | 3 |
| (b) 2 | 3 | 1 | 4 |
| (c) 3 | 4 | 2 | 1 |
| (d) 4 | 1 | 3 | 2 |
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Match List – I with List – II and select the correct answer from the code given below the lists. || List-I (Newspaper/Magazine) | List-II (Place of publication) | | --- | --- | | A. Swadesh | 1. Agra | | B. Bharat Bandhu | 2. Almora | | C. Satyawadi | 3. Hathras | | D. Shakti | 4. Gorakhpur | Code :
| A | B | C | D | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| (a) | 4 | 3 | 1 | 2 |
| (b) | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 |
| (c) | 3 | 2 | 1 | 4 |
| (d) | 2 | 3 | 4 | 1 |
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Match List-I with List-II and select the correct answer by using the codes given below the lists :
| List-I (Newspaper) | List-II (Founder) |
|---|---|
| A. Dainik Aaj | 1. George Allen |
| B. The Leader | 2. Jawahar Lal Nehru |
| C. The National Herald | 3. Madan Mohan Malviya |
| D. The Pioneer | 4. Shiv Prasad Gupta |
| A | B | C | D | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| (a) | 4 | 3 | 2 | 1 |
| (b) | 4 | 1 | 3 | 2 |
| (c) | 2 | 3 | 4 | 1 |
| (d) | 1 | 4 | 2 | 3 |
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The first issue of a weekly paper ‘Harijan’ started by Gandhiji was published on February 11, 1933 from which of the following cities?
The Marathi fortnightly ‘Bahishkrit Bharat’ was started by:
Which Urdu newspaper was started by Lajpat Rai from Lahore in 1920?
Match list-I with List-II and select the correct answer from the codes given below:
| List-I (Newspapers) | List-II (Editors) |
|---|---|
| A. Hindu | 1. Dadabhai Nauroji |
| B. Sudharak | 2. Gopal Krishna Gokhale |
| C. Voice of India | 3. G. Subramaniya Iyer |
| D. Bengalee | 4. Surendra Nath Banerjee |
Code:
| A | B | C | D | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| (a) | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 |
| (b) | 1 | 3 | 2 | 4 |
| (c) | 2 | 3 | 1 | 4 |
| (d) | 3 | 2 | 1 | 4 |
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Match List-I with List-II and select the correct answer from the codes given below :
| List-I (Newspapers) | List-II (Editors) |
|---|---|
| A. Kal | 1. Surendra Nath Banerjee |
| B. Bengalee | 2. Gopal Krishna Gokhale |
| C. Sudharak | 3. Dwarkanath |
| D. Somaprakash | 4. Shivrama Madhav Paranjape |
Codes :
| A | B | C | D | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| (a) | 4 | 1 | 2 | 3 |
| (b) | 4 | 1 | 3 | 2 |
| (c) | 3 | 1 | 4 | 2 |
| (d) | 3 | 1 | 2 | 4 |
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Match List-I with List-II and select the correct answer using the code given below the lists:
| List-I (Newspapers) | List-II (Person who started it) |
|---|---|
| A. Bombay Chronicle | 1. Annie Besant |
| B. Common Weal | 2. Madan Mohan Malviya |
| C. Leader | 3. Feroz Shah Mehta |
| D. Search Light | 4. Sachindanand Sinha |
Code :
| (a) | 1 | 4 | 3 | 2 |
| (b) | 2 | 3 | 4 | 1 |
| (c) | 3 | 1 | 2 | 4 |
| (d) | 4 | 2 | 1 | 3 |
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Match List-I with List-II and select the correct answer from the code given below:
| List-I (Newspapers) | List-II (Launcher/Publisher) |
|---|---|
| A. Leader | 1. Madan Mohan Malviya |
| B. Bombay Chronicle | 2. Firozshah Mehta |
| C. Independent | 3. T.M. Nair |
| D. Justice | 4. Motilal Nehru |
Code :
| A | B | C | D | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| (a) | 1 | 2 | 4 | 3 |
| (b) | 4 | 3 | 2 | 1 |
| (c) | 3 | 2 | 1 | 4 |
| (d) | 4 | 1 | 2 | 3 |
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Match List-I with List-II and choose the correct answer from the codes given below the Lists: List I List II
| List-I | List-II |
|---|---|
| A. Abul Kalam Azad | 1. Bombay Chronicle |
| B. Feroz Shah Mehta | 2. Al-Hilal |
| C. Annie Besant | 3. Young India |
| D. Mahatma Gandhi | 4. New India |
Code :
| A | B | C | D | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| (a) | 2 | 1 | 4 | 3 |
| (b) | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 |
| (c) | 2 | 1 | 3 | 4 |
| (d) | 3 | 2 | 1 | 4 |
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Which of the following is NOT correctly matched? (Newspaper) (Founder)
Who among the following had launched the paper 'Qaumi Awaz'?
Which of the following pairs is correctly matched?
Match the List-I to List-II and select the correct answer using the codes given below the lists :
| List-I | List-II |
|---|---|
| A. Samachar Darpan | 1. Raja Ram Mohan Roy |
| B. Mirat-ul-Akhbar | 2. B.G. Tilak |
| C. Kesari | 3. Mahatma Gandhi |
| D. Young India | 4. J.C. Marshman |
Codes :
| A | B | C | D | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| (a) | 2 | 1 | 4 | 3 |
| (b) | 4 | 3 | 2 | 1 |
| (c) | 2 | 3 | 4 | 1 |
| (d) | 4 | 1 | 2 | 3 |
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Which one of the following is not correctly matched?
Which of the following pairs is not correctly matched:
Which of the following is correctly matched?
Which of the following were the two newspapers published by Annie Besant? Select the correct answer using the code given below: 1. Commonweal 2. New India 3. New Hindu 4. The Aryans Code :
To whom Commonweal is related?
Match List-I with List-II and select the correct answer using the codes given below :
| List-I (News paper) | List-II (Publisher) |
|---|---|
| A. Bengalee | 1. Jogendra Nath Bose |
| B. Bangbasi | 2. Arvind Ghosh |
| C. Vande Mataram | 3. Surendranath Banerjee |
| D. Amrit Bazar Patrika | 4. Motilal Ghosh |
Code :
| A | B | C | D | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| (a) | 2 | 1 | 3 | 4 |
| (b) | 3 | 1 | 2 | 4 |
| (c) | 3 | 4 | 2 | 1 |
| (d) | 4 | 3 | 2 | 1 |
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Who was the editor of the revolutionary paper 'Vande Mataram'?
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