MCQ on Development of Press in Modern India Set 2

Question 1. The ‘Swadesh Vahini’ was edited by _________.

(A) C.R. Reddy

(B) K. Ram Krishna Pillai

(C) C.N. Mudaliar

(D) C.V. Raman Pillai

Question 2. The English Newspaper ‘Independent’ was associated to _________.

(A) Motilal Nehru

(B) Jawahar Lal Nehru

(C) C.R. Das

(D) Mahatma Gandhi

Question 3. Through which newspaper published from Kanpur, Vijay Singh Pathik made the Bizaliya movement the subject of discussion in India? 

(A) Majusha

(B) Maratha

(C) Pratap

(D) Kesai

Question 4. ‘Harijan’ was started by ________.

(A) Naoroji

(B) Gandhiji

(C) Gokhale

(D) Tilak

Question 5. The first issue of a weekly paper ‘Harijan’ started by Gandhiji was published on February 11, 1933 from which of the following cities?

(A) Nasik

(B) Poona (now Pune)

(C) Ahmedabad

(D) Bombay (now Mumbai)

Question 6. The Marathi fortnightly ‘Bahiskrit Bharat’ was started by __________.

(A) Gopal Krishna Gokhale

(B) V.D. Savarkar

(C) B.R. Ambedkar

(D) Bal Gangadhar Tilak

Question 7. ________ was related to Bahiskrit Bharat.

(A) B.R. Ambedkar

(B) Bal Gangadhar Tilak

(C) Jyotiba Phule

(D) Atmaram Pandurang

Question 8. Which one of the following was a journal brought out by Abul Kalam Azad?

(A) Zamindar

(B) The Indian Sociologist

(C) Comrade

(D) Al-Hilal

Question 9. Which Urdu newspaper was started by Lajpat Rai from Lahore in 1920?

(A) Vir Arjun

(B) Tribune

(C)  People

(D) Vande Mataram

Question 10. Given below are the names of freedom fighters and the newspapers started by them among these which combination is incorrect?

(A) Mahatma Gandhi – The Pioneer

(B) Jawahar Lal Nehru – National Herald

(C) Lokmanya Tilak – Kesari

(D) Maulana Azad – Al-Hilal

Question 11. To whom Commonweal is related?

(A) B.G. Tilak

(B) G.K. Gokhale

(C) Annie Besant

(D) None of the above

Question 12. Who was the editor of the revolutionary paper ‘Vande Mataram’?

(A) G.D. Savarkar

(B) V.D. Savarkar

(C) Bipin Chandra Pal

(D) Shyamji Krishna Verma

Question 13. 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.

(A) 1, 2 and 3

(B) 2 and 3

(C) 1 and 3

(D) 1 and 2

Question 14. Which of the following were the two Newspapers published by Annie Besant?

1. Commonweal
2. New India
3. New Hindu
4. The Aryans

Select the correct answer using the code given below.

(A) 3 and 4

(B) 2 and 4

(C) 1 and 3

(D) 1 and 2

Question 15. Match List-I with List-II and select the correct answer by using code given below.

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Question 16. Match List-I with List-II and select the correct answer by using the code given below the lists.

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Question 17. Match List-I with List-II and select the correct answer using the code given below the lists.

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Question 18. Match List-I with List-II and select the correct answer using the code given below the lists.

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Question 19. Match List-I with List-II and select the correct answer using the code given below the lists.

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Question 20. Match List-I with List-II and select the correct answer using the code given below the lists. 

Question 21. Which of the following is correctly matched?

(A) Surendranath Banerjee – Maratha

(B) Bal Gangadhar Tilak – Kesari

(C) Mahatma Gandhi – New India

(D) Annie Besant – Young India

Question 22. Which one of the following is not correctly matched?

(A) Dadabhai Naoroji – Rast Goftar

(B)  Annie Besant – New India

(C) Bal Gangadhar Tilak – Kesari

(D) B.R. Ambedkar – Independent

Question 23. Which of the following pairs is correctly matched?

(A) B.R. Ambedkar – Kesari

(B) Annie Besant – Commonweal

(C) Bal Gangadhar Tilak – Young India

(D) Mahatma Gandhi – Mook Nayak

Question 24. Which of the following pairs is not correctly matched?

(A) Qaumi Awaz – Abul Kalam Azad

(B) Prabhat – N.C. Kelkar

(C) Swarajya – T. Prakasham

(D) Navjiwan – M.K. Gandhi

Question 25. Who among the following had launched the paper ‘Qaumi Awaz’?

(A) Khaliquzzaman

(B) Shaukat Ali

(C) Jawahar Lal Nehru

(D) Maulana Abul Kalam Azad