GENERAL KNOWLEDGE
ABOUT HISTORY OF PRESS IN INDIA
1. Who among the following published first newspaper in India?
A. James Augustus Hickey
B. Lord William Bentinck
C. Lord Cornwallis
D. Sir Thomas Munro
Ans: A
2. What was the title of India’s first newspaper?
A. Punjab Mirror
B. The Bengal Gazette
C. Azad Hind
D. Enlighten India
Ans:B
3. Which of the following regulation envision that press without licence was a penal offence?
A. Press Act of 1835 or Metcalfe Act
B. Lord Wellesley enacted Censorship of Press Act, 1799
C. Licensing Regulations, 1823
D. Licensing Act, 1857
Ans: C
4. Which of the following statement is/are correct?
A. The magistrate’s action was final and no appeal could be made in a court of law.
B. A vernacular newspaper could get an exemption from the operation of the Act by submitting proof to a government censor.
C. Neither A nor B
D. Both A and B
Ans: D
5. Which of the following
act/regulation empowered the magistrates to confiscate press property
which published objectionable material likely to cause incitement to
murder/acts of violence against the Extremist nationalist activity?
A. Indian Press Act, 1910
B. Newspaper (Incitement to Offences) Act, 1908
C. Vernacular Press Act, 1878
D. Registration Act, 1867
Ans: B
6. Which of the following act relaxed the restrictions put by the Metcalf Act?
A. Licensing Act, 1857
B. Press Act of 1835
C. Vernacular Press Act, 1878
D. Registration Act, 1867
Ans :D
7. Which of the following statement is/are correct?
A. Censorship of Press Act, 1799 was introduced by Lord Wellesley.
B. Licensing regulation, 1823 was introduced by John Adams.
C. Press Act of 1835 by Metcalfe.
D. All the above
Ans :D
8. Who were the first Europeans, brought a printing press to India?
A. French
B. Dutch
C. English
D. Portuguese
Ans: D
9. Which of the following was the first book published in India by Portuguese?
A. Jesuit of Goa
B. Jesus of Pondicherry
C. The Christian Monarch
D. The Scheme of William Bolts
Ans: A
10. Who among the started Bombay Samachar?
A. Fardaonji Murzban
B. Raja Ram Mohan Roy
C. James Silk Buckingham
D. Shishir Kumar Ghosh
Ans: A
