Role of The Press

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By Whom And Why Was Sambad Kaumudi Published In 1821

Q. Raja Rammohun Roy started a Bengali weekly by the name ___.

1. The Royal Bengal
2. The Hindu
3. Sambad Kaumudi
4. The Indian Express

Q. passed the Vernacular Press Act in 1878.

1. Warren Hastings
2. Lord Lytton
3. Lord Curzon
4. Robert Clive

Q. ___ newspaper is the oldest running newspaper in India, and was founded by Fardourji Marsban.

1. Kesari
2. Bombay Samachar
3. The Hindu
4. Swadeshi Mitram

Q. Which is the oldest and still existing newspaper of India?

Q. Which of the following issues were highlighted by the newspapers published during the 19th century in the Indian subcontinent?

1. The oppressive nature of British rule
2. Economic exploitation by the British
3. The egalitarian social system of Great Britain
4. Global events related to the principles of freedom, democracy, and equality

Q. Write short notes to show what you know about: The Vernacular Press Act.

Q. S1: Most of the newspapers published in India was printed in regional languages to reach out to a greater number of people. S2: The Vernacular Act was passed in 1878 by Lytton to censor the press.

1. S1: True; S2: True; S1 and S2 are related to each other
2. S1: True; S2: True; S1 and S2 are independent statements
3. S1: True; S2: False
4. S1: False; S2: True

Q. Pick the odd one out.
Hint: Names of newspapers.

1. Old India
2. Vandematharam
3. Harijan
4. The Hindu

Q. How did the colonial administration respond to the growing importance of regional newspapers in the 19th century?

1. By appointing British editors to supervise all local publications
   
2. By organising a boycott of all vernacular newspapers
   
3. By recognising English as the only language for the press
   
4. By passing the Vernacular Press Act to curb nationalist criticism
   

Q. Newspapers published articles on massacres and the oppressive rule of the British throughout the Indian subcontinent. It also discussed how the British were economically exploiting India. What can be inferred from these two sentences?

1. People read newspapers and were literate.
2. Newspapers spread only negative news which was not good for the nation.
3. People learnt about the ill-treatment by the British and how they were looting the nation.
4. British did not bother about the newspapers.

Q. It was a pleasure to live in those good old days, when a Federalist could knock a Republican down in the streets and not be questioned about it. The speaker of the above quotation most likely was referring to which decade in history?

1. 1800s
2. 1850s
3. 1870s
4. 1920s
5. 1960s

Q. Raja Rammohun Roy is known as the 'Grand Old Man of India'.

1. True
2. False

Q. Match the following:

1. Fardourji Marsban
2. Bal Gangadhar Tilak
3. Sisir Kumar Ghosh

Q. Vernacular newspapers spread the nationalist message, while all English language papers were pro-British.

1. True
2. False

Q. Who had passed the Vernacular Press Act into law?

1. Lord Mayo
2. Lord Hardinge
3. Lord Dalhousie
4. Lord Lytton

Q. Outline the factors that led to an increase in the readers of the novel in 18th century Europe.

Q. Who ran the 20th century newspaper 'New India'?

1. Maulana Abul Kalam Azad
2. Balgangadhar Tilak
3. Annie Besant
4. Mahatma Gandhi

Q. 'The Hindu' is a national daily which was founded by:

1. Fardourji Marsban
2. G Subrahmania Iyer
3. Sisir Kumar Ghosh
4. Motilal Ghosh