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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.
| 2301. |
Mathrubhumi was first published on 18th March, ………. |
| A. | 1923 |
| B. | 1933 |
| C. | 1935 |
| D. | 1936 |
| Answer» B. 1933 | |
| 2302. |
Who started newspaper 'Harijan'? |
| A. | madan mohan malviya |
| B. | gandhiji |
| C. | s.n.b banerje |
| D. | sir syed ahmad khan |
| Answer» C. s.n.b banerje | |
| 2303. |
Bombay Chronicle was an English-language newspaper started in 1910 by ………….. |
| A. | sir pherozeshah mehta |
| B. | madan mohan malviya |
| C. | k. p. kesava menon |
| D. | gandhiji |
| Answer» B. madan mohan malviya | |
| 2304. |
‘My Experiments with Truth’ is the biography of ………… |
| A. | madan mohan malviya |
| B. | mahatma gandhi |
| C. | s.n.b banerje |
| D. | sir syed ahmad khan |
| Answer» C. s.n.b banerje | |
| 2305. |
Mahatma Gandhi started his first paper; ………..was in South Africa. |
| A. | my experiments with truth |
| B. | indian opinion |
| C. | young india |
| D. | new india’ |
| Answer» C. young india | |
| 2306. |
Who started ‘new India’? |
| A. | annie besant |
| B. | mahatma gandhi |
| C. | lord rippon |
| D. | wellesley c) delhousie |
| Answer» B. mahatma gandhi | |
| 2307. |
Who started 'Young India'? |
| A. | mahatma gandhi |
| B. | annie besant |
| C. | madan mohan malviya |
| D. | pherozeshah mehta |
| Answer» B. annie besant | |
| 2308. |
Who founded a weekly newspaper Commonweal in January 1914? |
| A. | annie besant |
| B. | s.n.b banerje |
| C. | sir syed ahmad khan |
| D. | mahatma gandhi |
| Answer» B. s.n.b banerje | |
| 2309. |
Annie Besant came to India on 16 November 1893 to attend the Annual Convention of the Theosophical Society at ……….. |
| A. | adyar |
| B. | banglore |
| C. | trivandrum |
| D. | tirunelveli |
| Answer» B. banglore | |
| 2310. |
Annie Besant was elected President of the Theosophical Society in |
| A. | 1907 |
| B. | 1909 |
| C. | 1943 |
| D. | 1946 |
| Answer» B. 1909 | |
| 2311. |
Annie Besant joined the Theosophical Society in May ………… |
| A. | 1889 |
| B. | 1899 |
| C. | 1907 |
| D. | 1909 |
| Answer» B. 1899 | |
| 2312. |
The All India Muslim League was formed in Dhaka in …………. |
| A. | 1806 |
| B. | 1906 |
| C. | 1909 |
| D. | 196 |
| Answer» C. 1909 | |
| 2313. |
‘The Spectator’ was an English-language newspaper published from ………….. |
| A. | madras |
| B. | bombay |
| C. | bihar |
| D. | assam |
| Answer» B. bombay | |
| 2314. |
Lokmanya Tilak started the newspaper ‘Maratha’ in……………… |
| A. | english |
| B. | gujarathi |
| C. | marathi |
| D. | hindi |
| Answer» B. gujarathi | |
| 2315. |
Lokmanya Tilak started the newspaper 'Kesari' in ………….. |
| A. | marathi |
| B. | english |
| C. | hindi |
| D. | malayalam |
| Answer» B. english | |
| 2316. |
……….were the first Europeans who introduced printing press in India. |
| A. | british |
| B. | french |
| C. | dutch |
| D. | portuguese |
| Answer» E. | |
| 2317. |
………………is a constitutional, quasi judicial body which acts as a supervisory body of the press. |
| A. | the present press council of india |
| B. | all india muslim league |
| C. | indian national congress |
| D. | theosophical society |
| Answer» B. all india muslim league | |
| 2318. |
The Press Council of India was established in the year ………. |
| A. | 1906 |
| B. | 1916 |
| C. | 1926 |
| D. | 1966 |
| Answer» E. | |
| 2319. |
Who passed Vernacular Press Act? |
| A. | lord rippon |
| B. | wellesley |
| C. | delhousie |
| D. | lord lytton |
| Answer» E. | |
| 2320. |
Vernacular Press Act was passed in …………. |
| A. | 1828 |
| B. | 1838 |
| C. | 1858 |
| D. | 1878 |
| Answer» E. | |
| 2321. |
Who was the founder of the newspaper “The Hindu”(1878)? |
| A. | kasturi ranga iyengar |
| B. | jogendra nath bose |
| C. | dinabandhu mitra |
| D. | robert knight |
| Answer» B. jogendra nath bose | |
| 2322. |
In 1875, Robert Knight founded ……………………… |
| A. | the calcutta chronicle |
| B. | the calcutta gazette |
| C. | the bengal journal |
| D. | the statesman |
| Answer» E. | |
| 2323. |
Who launched in 1858 a Bangla weekly ‘Som Prakash’? |
| A. | mohare hanamanthraya |
| B. | robert knight |
| C. | richard johnson |
| D. | iswar chandra vidyasagar |
| Answer» E. | |
| 2324. |
Who was the founder of the newspaper ‘The Madras Courier’? |
| A. | vallabhbhai patel |
| B. | mohare hanamanthraya |
| C. | jawaharlal nehru |
| D. | richard johnson |
| Answer» E. | |
| 2325. |
The Mumbai Samachar is the oldest newspaper in India, published in …………and is one of the most trusted newspapers of Mumbai. |
| A. | gujarati |
| B. | marathi |
| C. | hindi |
| D. | kannada |
| Answer» B. marathi | |
| 2326. |
The Madras Courier was started in …………… |
| A. | 1755 |
| B. | 1765 |
| C. | 1768 |
| D. | 1785 |
| Answer» E. | |
| 2327. |
Who brought out the Newspaper, the Bombay Samachar, in 1822 |
| A. | fardoonji murazban |
| B. | mahatma gandhi |
| C. | jawaharlal nehru |
| D. | vallabhbhai patel |
| Answer» B. mahatma gandhi | |
| 2328. |
Who was called as the ‘Liberator of the Indian Press’? |
| A. | charles metcalfe |
| B. | lord lytton |
| C. | lord wellesly |
| D. | lord mecaulay |
| Answer» B. lord lytton | |
| 2329. |
Serampore Mission (1800-1845)-India's first Christian missionary organisation. William carey and his two associates established this mission on 10 January …………… |
| A. | 1700 |
| B. | 1800 |
| C. | 1867 |
| D. | 1876 |
| Answer» C. 1867 | |
| 2330. |
Raja Rammohan set up the …………………………in Persian |
| A. | mirat-ul-akbar |
| B. | the times of india |
| C. | the hindu |
| D. | mumbai samachar |
| Answer» B. the times of india | |
| 2331. |
Who established Serampore Mission, India’s first Christian missionary organisation. |
| A. | william carey |
| B. | lord ellenborough |
| C. | b.messink |
| D. | peter reed |
| Answer» B. lord ellenborough | |
| 2332. |
The government of India established the Registrar of Newspapers of India (RNI) in …………….. on the recommendation of the first Press Commission. |
| A. | 1936 |
| B. | 1956 |
| C. | 1966 |
| D. | 1978 |
| Answer» C. 1966 | |
| 2333. |
Raja Rammohan set up ………………….in English |
| A. | brahminical magazine |
| B. | the tribune |
| C. | the hindustan times |
| D. | the statesman |
| Answer» B. the tribune | |
| 2334. |
Who passed the Vernacular Press Act? |
| A. | lord wellesley |
| B. | lord lytton |
| C. | lord hastings |
| D. | lord william bentinck |
| Answer» C. lord hastings | |
| 2335. |
Raja Rammohan set up…………………… |
| A. | sambad kaumudi |
| B. | the amrita bazar patrika |
| C. | the statesman |
| D. | the hindu |
| Answer» B. the amrita bazar patrika | |
| 2336. |
…………………, a teacher and reformist, started the first Bangla weekly Bengal Gazette in early 1818 |
| A. | ganga kishore bhattacharya |
| B. | herbert harrington |
| C. | edmond morris |
| D. | pierre brissot |
| Answer» B. herbert harrington | |
| 2337. |
Which Act came to be nicknamed as the Gagging Act? |
| A. | the vernacular press act |
| B. | act of 1858 |
| C. | act of 1909 |
| D. | act of 1919 |
| Answer» B. act of 1858 | |
| 2338. |
When the Vernacular Press Act was passed? |
| A. | 1868 |
| B. | 1878 |
| C. | 1888 |
| D. | 1898 |
| Answer» C. 1888 | |
| 2339. |
The Calcutta Journal, a new newspaper was launched by ………… |
| A. | james silk buckingham |
| B. | b. messinck |
| C. | e. jerome mccarthy |
| D. | arthur muir |
| Answer» B. b. messinck | |
| 2340. |
………………were the first European nations who brought a printing press to India and the first book published in India was by the Jesuits of Goa in 1557. |
| A. | the french |
| B. | the portuguese |
| C. | the english |
| D. | the dutch |
| Answer» C. the english | |
| 2341. |
In 1684 the English East India Company set up a printing press in ……………….. |
| A. | gujarat |
| B. | bombay |
| C. | calcutta |
| D. | madras |
| Answer» C. calcutta | |
| 2342. |
Who was the owner of the Calcutta Morning Post? |
| A. | will smith |
| B. | mr. heatly |
| C. | j.z.kiermander |
| D. | peter read |
| Answer» C. j.z.kiermander | |
| 2343. |
Calcutta Gazette a newspaper, circulating government advertisements, was first published on 4 March 1784. It was not a government publication and owed its origin and initial management to……………, an oriental scholar and an officer of the east India Company. |
| A. | john edward taylor |
| B. | francis gladwin |
| C. | john anderton |
| D. | william bolts |
| Answer» C. john anderton | |
| 2344. |
Calcutta Gazette a newspaper, circulating government advertisements, was first published on 4 March ………………… |
| A. | 1764 |
| B. | 1784 |
| C. | 1789 |
| D. | 1794 |
| Answer» C. 1789 | |
| 2345. |
The Guardian, formerly known as The Manchester Guardian founded………….., is a British national daily newspaper in the Berliner format. |
| A. | 1811 |
| B. | 1821 |
| C. | 1856 |
| D. | 1878 |
| Answer» C. 1856 | |
| 2346. |
Bengal Gazette was published by …………………… |
| A. | james augustus hicky |
| B. | alan rusbridger |
| C. | volney b. palmer |
| D. | brissot |
| Answer» B. alan rusbridger | |
| 2347. |
Bengal Gazette was published James Augustus Hicky by in ……………….. |
| A. | 1770 |
| B. | 1780 |
| C. | 1886 |
| D. | 1889 |
| Answer» C. 1886 | |
| 2348. |
Which is the year of The French revolution? |
| A. | 1789 |
| B. | 1790 |
| C. | 1879 |
| D. | 1889 |
| Answer» B. 1790 | |
| 2349. |
Who was nicknamed as the “Father of Yellow Journalism.”? |
| A. | william randolph hearst |
| B. | benjamin harris |
| C. | william bradford |
| D. | nicholas bourne |
| Answer» B. benjamin harris | |
| 2350. |
‘Publick Occurrences’ was a newspaper published by ………………… |
| A. | benjamin harris |
| B. | william bradford |
| C. | john peter zenger |
| D. | nicholas bourne |
| Answer» B. william bradford | |