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This section includes 5672 Mcqs, each offering curated multiple-choice questions to sharpen your UPSC IAS Exam knowledge and support exam preparation. Choose a topic below to get started.
| 1901. |
Vakkam Abdul Khadar Moulavi, an enlightened nationalist, started thepaper …………….on January 19, 1905. |
| A. | indian opinion |
| B. | swadeshabhimani |
| C. | harijan, |
| D. | navajivan |
| Answer» C. harijan, | |
| 1902. |
C. Krishna Pillai was the main promoter of the paper …………….and laterC.V. Raman Pillai became its editor. |
| A. | vivekodayam |
| B. | lokamanyan |
| C. | malayali |
| D. | navajivan |
| Answer» D. navajivan | |
| 1903. |
……………… was started in1886 in order to promote the interests of theNair community in Travancore. |
| A. | malayali |
| B. | harijan |
| C. | navajivan |
| D. | lokamanyan |
| Answer» B. harijan | |
| 1904. |
Bhashaposhini magazine, which Varghese Mappilai started in………….. |
| A. | 1842 |
| B. | 1862 |
| C. | 1872 |
| D. | 1892 |
| Answer» E. | |
| 1905. |
In ……… Varghese Mappilai formed a literary club, Bhashaposhini Sabha. |
| A. | 1851 |
| B. | 1861 |
| C. | 1871 |
| D. | 1891 |
| Answer» E. | |
| 1906. |
In January 1881, under the ownership of Devji, a newspaper namedKerala Mithram was started in…………….. |
| A. | kottayam |
| B. | travancore |
| C. | thalassery |
| D. | kochi |
| Answer» E. | |
| 1907. |
Gundert came to Thalassery as a Protestant missionary in1839 where hestayed till…………….. |
| A. | 1849 |
| B. | 1859 |
| C. | 1879 |
| D. | 1892 |
| Answer» B. 1859 | |
| 1908. |
……………..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 |
| Answer» B. kandathil varghese mappilai | |
| 1909. |
……………. mastered Malayalam language and compiled the firstcomprehensive Malayalam-English dictionary. |
| A. | gundert |
| B. | kesari balakrishna pillai |
| C. | michael hodges |
| D. | max muller |
| Answer» B. kesari balakrishna pillai | |
| 1910. |
…....studied philosophy and completed his Ph.D. from a Swiss University. |
| A. | gundert |
| B. | michael hodges |
| C. | max muller |
| D. | s.kasthuriranga iyengar |
| Answer» B. michael hodges | |
| 1911. |
Janayugam was first launched from…..…in1947 under the editorship ofN. Gopinathan Nair. |
| A. | kollam |
| B. | thalassery |
| C. | kannur |
| D. | calicut |
| Answer» B. thalassery | |
| 1912. |
……………..is the official mouthpiece of Communist Party of India (CPI). |
| A. | vivekodayam |
| B. | lokamanyan |
| C. | janayugam |
| D. | veekshanam |
| Answer» D. veekshanam | |
| 1913. |
……………….was re-launched on November 14, 2006 by Finance MinisterMr. P. Chidambaram. |
| A. | harijan |
| B. | indian opinion |
| C. | veekshanam |
| D. | navajivan |
| Answer» D. navajivan | |
| 1914. |
…………………. is the official mouthpiece of Kerala Pradesh CongressCommittee (KPCC). |
| A. | veekshanam |
| B. | vivekodayam |
| C. | varthamanam |
| D. | harijan |
| Answer» B. vivekodayam | |
| 1915. |
Janmabhumi was earlier a magazine run by Nawab Rajendran from…... |
| A. | thalassery |
| B. | travancore |
| C. | thrissur |
| D. | cochin |
| Answer» D. cochin | |
| 1916. |
Janmabhumi began from Ernakulam on November 14, 1977 under theeditorship of ……………….and published by Mathruka Pracharanalayam. |
| A. | prof. m.p. manmathan |
| B. | sukumar azhikode |
| C. | k.l. mohana varma |
| D. | kesari balakrishna pillai |
| Answer» B. sukumar azhikode | |
| 1917. |
……………….is the official newspaper of the BJP Kerala unit. |
| A. | janmabhumi |
| B. | lokamanyan |
| C. | vivekodayam |
| D. | madhyamam |
| Answer» B. lokamanyan | |
| 1918. |
………………….was the founder-editor of Madhyamam. |
| A. | p.k. balakrishnan |
| B. | kesari balakrishna pillai |
| C. | s. kasthuriranga iyengar |
| D. | vagbhadanantha gurukkal |
| Answer» B. kesari balakrishna pillai | |
| 1919. |
……………………..is a Kozhikode based daily newspaper promoted by theIdeal Publications Trust. |
| A. | madhyamam |
| B. | vivekodayam |
| C. | janmabhumi |
| D. | chandrika |
| Answer» B. vivekodayam | |
| 1920. |
Chandrika introduced offset printing in……………. and started a secondedition from Kochi in1992. |
| A. | 1910 |
| B. | 1920 |
| C. | 1940 |
| D. | 1990 |
| Answer» E. | |
| 1921. |
In 1939, Chandrika became a daily newspaper and later the place ofpublication was shifted to Calicut from February……………... |
| A. | 1906 |
| B. | 1916 |
| C. | 1926 |
| D. | 1946 |
| Answer» E. | |
| 1922. |
In………………, Chandrika became a daily newspaper. |
| A. | 1929 |
| B. | 1939 |
| C. | 1942 |
| D. | 1949 |
| Answer» C. 1942 | |
| 1923. |
Chandrika was started as a weekly from …………..on March 26, 1934. |
| A. | travancore |
| B. | thalassery |
| C. | calicut |
| D. | kannur |
| Answer» C. calicut | |
| 1924. |
Deshabhimani was banned by the Madras Government in ……………. andit could reappear only in 1951. |
| A. | 1908 |
| B. | 1918 |
| C. | 1928 |
| D. | 1948 |
| Answer» E. | |
| 1925. |
……………….was founder-editor of Deshabhimani. |
| A. | m.s. devadas |
| B. | k.l. mohana varma |
| C. | s. kasthuriranga iyengar |
| D. | kuroor neelakandan namboothiripad |
| Answer» B. k.l. mohana varma | |
| 1926. |
Deshabhimani was started as a weekly newspaper from ………………and itbecame a daily in1946. |
| A. | kozhikode |
| B. | travancore |
| C. | thalassery |
| D. | kannur |
| Answer» B. travancore | |
| 1927. |
Deshabhimani Starting at Kozhikode in1942 as a weekly, and becamedaily in…………….. |
| A. | 1906 |
| B. | 1916 |
| C. | 1926 |
| D. | 1946 |
| Answer» E. | |
| 1928. |
…………………….became a daily on January 26, 1946 and the place ofpublication was shifted to Ernakulam. |
| A. | bhaje keralam |
| B. | bhaje bharatham |
| C. | deenabandhu |
| D. | kerala kesari, |
| Answer» D. kerala kesari, | |
| 1929. |
Deenabandhu was banned in the princely state of Kochi in 1942 and itcould re-appear only in………………. |
| A. | 1914 |
| B. | 1924 |
| C. | 1937 |
| D. | 1944 |
| Answer» E. | |
| 1930. |
V.R. Krishnan Ezhuthachan was the editor of …………….. |
| A. | deenabandhu |
| B. | yuvabharatham |
| C. | deepam |
| D. | prabhatham, |
| Answer» B. yuvabharatham | |
| 1931. |
Deenabandhu newspaper was started as a weekly on January 26, 1941from………………... |
| A. | kottayam |
| B. | travancore |
| C. | calicut |
| D. | thrissur |
| Answer» E. | |
| 1932. |
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» B. kesari balakrishna pillai | |
| 1933. |
…………..was edited and promoted by Muhammed Abdul Rahiman. |
| A. | al-ameen |
| B. | yuvabharatham |
| C. | deepam |
| D. | prabhatham, |
| Answer» B. yuvabharatham | |
| 1934. |
Al-Ameen began in October12, 1924 from……………. |
| A. | calicut |
| B. | travancore |
| C. | kannur |
| D. | tellicherry |
| Answer» B. travancore | |
| 1935. |
In 1962, Mathrubhumi started a second edition in ………….and led thecirculation figures in Kerala for a few years. |
| A. | kochi |
| B. | travancore |
| C. | kannur |
| D. | calicut |
| Answer» B. travancore | |
| 1936. |
Mathrubhumi became a daily from April 6,…………... |
| A. | 1910 |
| B. | 1913 |
| C. | 1926 |
| D. | 1930 |
| Answer» E. | |
| 1937. |
At the peak of the civil disobedience movement, in April 1930,………………started issuing as a daily. |
| A. | mathrubhumi |
| B. | yuvabharatham |
| C. | deepam |
| D. | prabhatham |
| Answer» B. yuvabharatham | |
| 1938. |
………………who was the founder-editor of Mathrubhumi was sent to jailfor his leadership role in Vaikom Sathyagraha. |
| A. | k.p. kesava menon |
| B. | k.l. mohana varma |
| C. | sanjayan |
| D. | amsi narayana pillai |
| Answer» B. k.l. mohana varma | |
| 1939. |
The first issue of Mathrubhumi went to the public on March 18,………... |
| A. | 1823 |
| B. | 1829 |
| C. | 1893 |
| D. | 1923 |
| Answer» E. | |
| 1940. |
Mathrubhumi Printing and Publishing Company Limited was registeredas a public limited company on February 15,…………... |
| A. | 1922 |
| B. | 1932 |
| C. | 1935 |
| D. | 1937 |
| Answer» B. 1932 | |
| 1941. |
Based in…………….., Mathrubhumi was founded in 1922 as a publiclimited company in the aftermath of Gandhi’s non-cooperation movement. |
| A. | kottayam |
| B. | cochin |
| C. | travancore |
| D. | calicut |
| Answer» E. | |
| 1942. |
………………was the editor of ‘Swarad’ newspaper. |
| A. | a.k. pillai |
| B. | sanjayan |
| C. | balagangadhara tilak |
| D. | amsi narayana pillai |
| Answer» B. sanjayan | |
| 1943. |
Swarad was started in ………….. from Kollam for the purpose of spreadingthe ideology of INC and to support the Congress activities in Travancore. |
| A. | 1921 |
| B. | 1931 |
| C. | 1937 |
| D. | 1939 |
| Answer» B. 1931 | |
| 1944. |
From 1926, Swarad became a daily and its headquarters was shifted from…………………..to Thiruvananthapuram. |
| A. | kollam |
| B. | calicut |
| C. | cochin |
| D. | kannur |
| Answer» B. calicut | |
| 1945. |
Lokamanyan was edited by K. Neelakanda Pillai and published byPoovathungal Sebastian from …………….from 1920. |
| A. | kottayam |
| B. | tellicherry |
| C. | ernakulam |
| D. | thrissur |
| Answer» E. | |
| 1946. |
Kerala Patrika’s founder-editor was………………….. |
| A. | chenkulath kunhirama menon |
| B. | sanjayan |
| C. | amsi narayana pillai |
| D. | k. neelakanda pillai |
| Answer» B. sanjayan | |
| 1947. |
Kerala Patrika was published as a weekly from …………….in 1884. |
| A. | cochin |
| B. | calicut |
| C. | travancore |
| D. | kannur |
| Answer» C. travancore | |
| 1948. |
…………., a Gujarathi settled in Kochi, was the promoter of Kerala Mitram. |
| A. | devji bhimji |
| B. | sanjayan |
| C. | amsi narayana pillai |
| D. | vagbhadanantha gurukkal |
| Answer» B. sanjayan | |
| 1949. |
Kerala Mitram, a weekly newspaper from…., began on January 1, 1881. |
| A. | kochi |
| B. | travancore |
| C. | tellicherry |
| D. | calicut |
| Answer» B. travancore | |
| 1950. |
………………, the present editor of Manorama assumed office after thedeath of his brother K.M. Cherian in 1973. |
| A. | k.m. mathew |
| B. | sanjayan |
| C. | amsi narayana pillai |
| D. | k. neelakanda pillai |
| Answer» B. sanjayan | |