Development of Press in Modern India– Old Year Questions and Answers

1. The first newspaper in India was –

(a) Bengal Gazette
(b) Hindustan Times
(c) Pioneer
(d) Sambad Kaumadi

[U.P.P.C.S. (Spl) (Mains)2004]

 

2. Which among the following was the first newspaper published in India?

(a) The Bengal Gazette
(b) The Calcutta Times
(c) Madras Courier
(d) Bombay Herald

[U.P. U.D.A./L.D.A. (Spl) (Mains) 2010]

 

3. Who among the following had primarily implemented Press Censorship?

(a) Wellesley
(b) Hastings
(c) John Adams
(d) Dalhousie

[U.P. P.C.S. (Pre) 2001]

 

4. Who among the following repealed the Vernacular Press Act of 1878?

(a) Lord Ripon
(b) Lord Lytton
(c) Lord Curzon
(d) Lord Minto

[I.A.S. (Pre) 2005, 39th B.P.S.C. (Pre) 1994]

 

5. Who among the following introduced the Vernacular Press Act?

(a) Lord Lytton
(b) Lord Ripon
(c) Lord Curzon
(d) Lord Hastings

[U.P.P.C.S. (Mains) 2007]

 

6. Under whose Governor-General ship was the Vernacular Act repealed?

(a) Lord Ripon
(b) Lord Lytton
(c) Lord Curzon
(d) Lord Dufferin

[U.P.P.C.S. (Mains) 2009]

 

7. Who was the first Indian to go to jail in the performance of his duty as a journalist:

(a) Bal Gangadhar Tilak
(b) Dadabhai Nauroji
(c) Motilal Ghosh
(d) Surendra Nath Banerjee

[U.P.P.C.S. (Pre) 1997]

 

8. Who in America started to issue the newspaper ‘Free India’?

(a) Ram Nath Puri
(b) G..D. Kumar
(c) Lala Hardayal
(d) Tarak Nath Das

[39th B.P.S.C. (Pre) 1994]

 

9. Persian Weekly ‘Miratul Akhbar’ was Published by:

(a) Lala Lajpat Rai
(b) Raja Ram Mohan Roy
(c) Sir Syed Ahmad Khan
(d) Maulana Shibli Nomani

[U.P.P.C.S. (Pre) 2000]

 

10. The first Hindi Newspaper ‘Udant Martand’ (30th May 1826) was published from –

(a) Kolkata
(b) Patna
(c) Allahabad
(d) Lucknow

[U.P.P.C.S. (Mains) 2016]

 

11. From where the ‘Indian Mirror’ newspaper was published in 1880?

(a) Bombay
(b) Calcutta
(c) Madras
(d) Pondicherry

[U.P. P.C.S. (Mains) 2007]

 

12. In which one of the following languages was the first issue of the Journal Gadar published?

(a) Urdu
(b) Hindi
(c) English
(d) Marathi

[U.P.P.C.S. (Mains) 2007]

 

13. The journal ‘Gadar’ of Gadar Party was a :

(a) Monthly Journal
(b) Fortnightly Journal
(c) Weekly Journal
(d) Daily Journal

[U.P.P.C.S. (Mains) 2013]

 

14. Who founded the ‘Amrit Bazar Patrika’?

(a) Girish Chandra Ghosh
(b) Harish Chandra Mukherjee
(c) S.N. Banerjee
(d) Shishir Kumar Ghose

[47th B.P.S.C. (Pre) 2005]

 

15. Which newspaper was started by Lokmanya Bal Gangadhar Tilak to serve the cause of India’s freedom struggle?

(a) Gadar
(b) Kesari
(c) Free Hindustan
(d) Swadesh Mitra

[Uttarakhand P.C.S. (Pre) 2010, M.P.P.C.S. (Pre) 2008, U.P. P.C.S. (Pre) 1990]

 

16. Which one of the popular magazines of the revolutionary period criticized Congress for various reasons?

(a) Bangawasi
(b) Kaal
(c) Kesari
(d) All of the above

[U.P.P.C.S. (Mains) 2011]

 

17. Which of the following newspapers advocated revolutionary terrorism during the period of the Indian freedom struggle ?’
1. Sandhya 2. Yugantar
3. Kaal
Choose the correct answer from the code given below:
Code :

(a) 1, 2
(b) 1, 3
(c) 2, 3
(d) 1, 2, 3

[U.P. Lower Sub. (Pre) 2008]

 

18. With which of the following newspapers/magazines, Mahatma Gandhi was not associated?

(a) Indian Opinion
(b) Young India
(c) Nav Jeevan
(d) Yugantar

[U.P.P.C.S. (Mains) 2017]

 

19. Who among the following started the newspaper ‘Som Prakash’?

(a) Dayanand Saraswati
(b) Ishwar Chandra Vidyasagar
(c) Raja Rammohan Roy
(d) Surendranath Banerjee

[I.A.S. (Pre) 2007]

 

20. Which of the following papers was essentially the mouthpiece of the policies of liberals?

(a) New India
(b) Leader
(c) Young India
(d) Free Press Journal

[47th B.P.S.C. (Pre) 2005]

 

21. Which one of the following was not the language in which the ‘Indian Opinion’ paper was published?

(a) English
(b) Gujarati
(c) Tamil
(d) Urdu

[U.P.P.C.S. (Pre) 2005]

 

22. The first editor of the journal ‘Indian Opinion’ was :

(a) M.K. Gandhi
(b) Albert West
(c) Mahadev Desai
(d) Mansukhal Nazar

[U.P.P.C.S. (Pre) 2014]

 

23. The ‘Young India’ was started as a weekly by:

(a) The Home Rule Party
(b) The Extremist Party
(c) Gadar Party
(d) Swaraj Party

[U.P. Lower Sub. (Pre) 2003]

 

24. Which journal was not associated with revolutionary activities?

(a) Sandhya
(b) Yugantar
(c) Gadar
(d) Young India
(e) None of the above/More than one of the above

[60th to 62nd B.P.S.C. (Pre) 2016]

 

25. The first Newspaper published by the Indians in the English language was:

(a) Hindu Patriot
(b) The Hindu
(c) Young India
(d) Native Opinion

[U.P.P.C.S. (Mains) 2006]

 

26. The editor of the ‘Hindu Patriot’ who strongly supported the Indigo Movement was :

(a) Hem Chandrakar
(b) Harish Chandra Mukherjee
(c) Dinbandhu Mitra
(d) Digambar Biswas

[U.P.P.S.C. (GIC) 2010, U.P.P.C.S. (Pre) 1998]

 

27. Who affiliated himself with the English Journal ‘Vande Matram’?

(a) Arbind Ghosh
(b) M. G. Ranade
(c) S. C. Bose
(d) Lokmanya Tilak

[U.P. P.C.S. (Pre) 1996]

 

28. Which of the following newspapers used to be published in Patna?

(a) Indian Nation
(b) Punjab Kesari
(c) Prabhakar
(d) Dawn

[45th B.P.S.C. (Pre) 2001]

 

29. The ‘Swadesh Vahini’ was edited by –

(a) C.V. Raman Pillai
(b) C.N. Mudaliar
(c) K. Ram Krishna Pillai
(d) C.R. Reddy

[U.P.P.C.S. (Pre) 2005]

 

30. The English Newspaper ‘Independent’ was associated to-

(a) Mahatma Gandhi
(b) C.R. Das
(c) Jawahar Lal Nehru
(d) Motilal Nehru

[U.P.P.C.S. (Mains) 2012]

 

31. Match List-I with List-II and select the correct answer by using the codes given below.
List-I  List-II
(News Paper) (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

[U.P.R.O./A.R.O. (Mains) 2013, U.P.P.C.S. (Pre) 2012]

 

32. Match List-I with List-II and select the correct answer by using the codes given below the lists :
List-I  List-II
(Newspaper)  (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
Code :
A B C D

(a) 4 3 2 1
(b) 4 1 3 2
(c) 2 3 4 1
(d) 1 4 2 3

[U.P.P.C.S. (Mains) 2010]

 

33. Through this newspaper published in Kanpur, Vijay Singh Pathik made the Bijoliya movement the subject of discussion in India.

(a) Kesari
(b) Pratap
(c) Maratha
(d) Majusha

[R.A.S./R.T.S. (Pre) 1996]

 

34. ‘Harijan’ was started by –

(a) Tilak
(b) Gokhale
(c) Gandhiji
(d) Naoroji

[Uttarakhand U.D.A./L.D.A. (Pre) 2007]

 

35. The first issue of a weekly paper ‘Harijan’ started by Gandhiji was published on February 11, 1933, from which of the following cities?

(a) Bombay (now Mumbai)
(b) Ahmedabad
(c) Poona (now Pune)
(d) Nasik

[U.P. Lower Sub. (Mains) 2013]

 

36. The Marathi fortnightly ‘Bahishkrit Bharat’ was started by:

(a) Bal Gangadhar Tilak
(b) B.R. Ambedkar
(c) V.D. Savarkar
(d) Gopal Krishna Gokhale

[U.P.P.C.S. (Pre) 2004]

 

37. …… was related to Bahishkrit Bharat –

(a) Atmaram Pandurang
(b) Jyotiba Phule
(c) Bal Gangadhar Tilak
(d) B. R. Ambedkar

[U.P. P.C.S. (Pre) 1991]

 

38. Which one of the following was a journal brought out by Abul Kalam Azad?

(a) Al-Hilal
(b) Comrade
(c) The Indian Sociologist
(d) Zamindar

[I.A.S. (Pre), 2008, Uttarakhand U.D.A./L.D.A. (Pre) 2007]

 

39. Which Urdu newspaper was started by Lajpat Rai from Lahore in 1920?

(a) Vande Matram
(b) People
(c) Tribune
(d) Vir Arjun

[U.P. Lower Sub. (Spl) (Pre) 2008]

 

40. Match list-I with List II and select the correct answer from the codes given below:
List-I  List-II
(Newspapers)  (Editors)
A. Hindu  1. Dadabhai Nauroji
B. Sudharak  2. Gopal Krishna Gokhale
C. Voice of India  3. G. Subramaniya Iyer
D. Bengali  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

[U.P. Lower Sub. (Pre) 2003, U.P. Lower Sub. (Pre) 2002]

 

41. From the options given below, find the correct combination of the names of editors of the nationalist newspapers The Hindu, Kesari, Bengalee, Hindustani, and Sudharak:

(a) Surendra nath Benerjee, G, Subramania Iyer, Bal Gangadhar Tilak, Ganga Prasad Verma, Gopal krishna Gokhale
(b) Bal Gangadhar Tilak, G. Subramania Iyer, Surendra nath Banerjee, Ganga Prasad Verma, Gopal Krishna Gokhale
(c) G. Subramania Iyer, Bal Gangadhar tilak, Ganga Prasad Verma, Gopal Krishna Gokhale, Surendra nath banerjee
(d) G. Subramania Iyer, Bal Gangadhar Tilak, Surendra Nath Banerjee, Ganga Prasad Verma, Gopal Krishna Gokhale
(e) None of the above/More than one of the above

[64th B.P.S.C. (Pre) 2018]

 

42. Match List -I with List II and select the correct answer using the codes given below:
List-I  List-II
(News Paper) (Publisher)
A. Bengalee  1. Jogendra Nath Bose
B. Bangbasi  2. Arvind Ghosh
C. Vande Matram  3.Surendranath Bannerjee
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

[U.P. R.O./A.R.O. (Mains) 2017]

 

43. Match List-I with List-II and select the correct answer from the codes given below :
List-I  List-II
(Newspapers)  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

[U.P.P.C.S. (Mains) 2017]

 

44. Match List-I with List-II and select the correct answer using the code given below the lists:
List-I (Newspapers)
A. Bombay Chronicle B. Common Weal
C. Leader D. Search Light
List II (Person who started it)
1. Annie Besant
2. Madan Mohan Malviya
3. Feroz Shah Mehta
4. Sachindanand Sinha
Code :
A B C D

(a) 1 4 3 2
(b) 2 3 4 1
(c) 3 1 2 4
(d) 4 2 1 3

[U.P.P.C.S. (Spl) (Mains) 2004, U.P.P.C.S. (Pre) 2002]

 

45. Match List-I with List-II and select the correct answer from the code given below:
List -I  List -II
(Newspapers)  (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

[U.P.P.C.S. (Mains) 2014]

 

46. Match List-I with List-II and choose the correct answer from the codes given below the Lists:
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

[U.P. Lower Sub. (Pre) 2008]

 

47. Which of the following is NOT correctly matched?
(Newspaper) (Founder)

(a) Al-Hilal – Maulana Abul Kalam Azad
(b) New India – Annie Besant
(c) Tahzeeb-ul-Akhlaq – Muhammad Ali Jinnah
(d) Samvad Kaumudi – Raja Ram Mohan Roy

[U.P.B.E.O. (Pre) 2019]

 

48. Given below are the names of freedom fighters and the newspapers started by them among these which combination is incorrect?

(a) Maulana Azad – Al-Hilal
(b) Lokmanya Tilak – Kesari
(c) Jawaharlal Nehru – National Herald
(d) Mahatma Gandhi – The Pioneer

[Uttarakhand U.D.A./L.D.A. (Pre) 2007]

 

49. Who among the following had launched the paper ‘Qaumi Awaz’?

(a) Maulana Abul Kalam Azad
(b) Jawaharlal Nehru
(c) Shaukat Ali
(d) Khaliquzzaman

[U.P.P.C.S. (Mains) 2013]

 

50. Which of the following pairs is not correctly matched?

(a) Navjiwan – M.K. Gandhi
(b) Swarajya – T. Prakasham
(c) Prabhat – N.C. Kelkar
(d) Qaumi Awaz – Abul Kalam Azad

[U.P.R.O./A.R.O. (Mains) 2013]

 

51. Which of the following pairs is correctly matched?

(a) Mahatma Gandhi – Mook Nayak
(b) Bal Gangadhar Tilak – Young India
(c) Annie Besant – Commonweal
(d) B.R. Ambedkar – Kesari

[U.P. P.C.S. (Spl) (Mains) 2004, U.P. P.C.S. (Pre) 2001]

 

52. Which one of the following is not correctly matched?

(a) B.R. Ambedkar – Independent
(b) Bal Gangadhar Tilak – Kesari
(c) Annie Besant – New India
(d) Dadabhai Nauroji – Rast Goftar

[U.P.P.C.S. (Mains) 2008]

 

53. Which of the following is correctly matched?

(a) Annie Besant – Young India
(b) Mahatma Gandhi – New India
(c) Bal Gangadhar Tilak – Kesari
(d) Surendranath Banerjee – Maratha

[U.P. P.C.S. (Pre) 1992]

 

54. 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 :

(a) 1 and 2
(b) 1 and 3
(c) 2 and 4
(d) 3 and 4

[U.P.P.C.S. (Mains) 2002, U.P.P.C.S. (Pre) 2004]

 

55. To whom Commonweal is related?

(a) B.G. Tilak
(b) Annie Besant
(c) G.K. Gokhale
(d) None of the Above

[U.P. U.D.A./L.D.A. (Pre) 2013]

 

56. Match the following and select the correct answer from the codes given below:
(A) Bipin Chandra Pal  1. New India
(B) Arvind Ghosh  2. Comrade
(C) Brahmobandhab Upadhyay  3. Vande Mataram
(D) Mohammad Ali  4. Sandhya
Code :
A B C D

(a) 1 3 4 2
(b) 2 1 3 4
(c) 2 1 4 3
(d) 1 3 2 4

[M.P.P.C.S. (Pre) 2008]

 

57. Who was the editor of the revolutionary paper ‘Vande Mataram’?

(a) Shyamji Krishna Verma
(b) Bhikaji Cama
(c) V.D. Savarkar
(d) G..D. Savarkar

[U.P.P.C.S. (Mains) 2015]

 

58. Which of the following was not a ‘nationalist’ newspaper?

(a) The Hindu
(b) Bengalee
(c) The Mahratta
(d) The Times of India
(e) None of the above/More than one of the above

[B.P.S.C. (Pre) 2018]

 

59. Match the list of the Editors with that of the Papers/ Magazines, they were editing:
‘A’ (Editors) ‘B’ (Papers/Magazine)
A. S.A. Dange (i) Navyug
B. Muzaff ar Ahmad (ii) Inqilab
C. Ghulam Husain (iii) Labour Kisan Gazette
D. M. Singarvelu (iv) The Socialist
Code:
A B C D

(a) i ii iii iv
(b) iv i ii iii
(c) ii iii i iv
(d) iii iv ii i

[R.A.S./R.T.S.(Pre) 2013]