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Development of press - Test Set 4

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  1. Question 1

    UPSC CAPF 2022
    The Vernacular Press Act was enacted under the viceroyalty of:
    1. Lord Ripon
    2. Lord Lytton
    3. Lord Curzon
    4. Lord Wellesley
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  2. Question 2

    UPSC NDA 2018
    Raja Ram Mohan Roy was associated with which of the following newspapers?
    1. Indian Mirror
    2. Sambad Kaumudi
    3. The Hindu
    4. Kesari
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  3. Question 3

    Who started the 'Calcutta Chronicle'?
    1. Serampore missionaries
    2. British traders
    3. James Silk Buckingham
    4. Raja Ram Mohan Roy
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  4. Question 4

    UPSC CDS 2018
    ‘The Hindu Patriot’ played a key role in:
    1. Campaign against Sati
    2. Revolt of 1857
    3. Social reform
    4. Indigo Revolt
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  5. Question 5

    MPSC 2021
    ‘Mooknayak’ was a journal launched by:
    1. Jyotirao Phule
    2. B.R. Ambedkar
    3. Savitribai Phule
    4. Periyar
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  6. Question 6

    UPSC NDA 2022
    ‘Voice of India’ was a newspaper started by:
    1. Surendranath Banerjee
    2. Badruddin Tyabji
    3. Pherozeshah Mehta
    4. Dadabhai Naoroji
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  7. Question 7

    BPSC Prelims 2018 / SSC CGL 2016 / MPSC Prelims 2019
    Who is known as the 'Liberator of the Indian Press'?
    1. Lord Ripon
    2. Charles Metcalfe
    3. Lord Hastings
    4. Lord Macaulay
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  8. Question 8

    JPSC Prelims 2021
    Raja Ram Mohan Roy started which Persian language journal?
    1. Sambad Kaumudi
    2. Bengal Gazette
    3. Mirat-ul-Akhbar
    4. Tuhfat-ul-Muwahhidin
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  9. Question 9

    MPSC Prelims 2018
    'Rast Goftar' (Truth Teller) was a newspaper started to advocate for the interests of which community?
    1. Muslims
    2. Sikhs
    3. Parsis
    4. Anglo-Indians
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  10. Question 10

    UPSC CSE Prelims 2014 / BPSC Prelims 2018 / WBCS Prelims 2016 / MPSC Prelims 2019
    Which newspaper changed overnight from a Bengali paper to an English paper to escape the Vernacular Press Act, 1878?
    1. Kesari
    2. The Hindu
    3. Amrita Bazar Patrika
    4. Hindoo Patriot
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  11. Question 11

    PPSC Prelims
    Who was the founder-editor of the nationalist newspaper 'The Tribune' in Lahore?
    1. Lala Lajpat Rai
    2. Harkishan Lal
    3. Madan Mohan Malaviya
    4. Sardar Dyal Singh Majithia
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  12. Question 12

    Motilal Nehru was associated with the founding of which newspaper?
    1. The Leader
    2. National Herald
    3. The Independent
    4. National Herald
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  13. Question 13

    The newspaper 'Comrade' (English weekly) was started by:
    1. Maulana Abul Kalam Azad
    2. Syed Ahmed Khan
    3. Maulana Mohammad Ali
    4. M. A. Jinnah
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  14. Question 14

    NET Bengali Literature
    Bankim Chandra Chattopadhyay's novel 'Anandamath', which contains the song 'Vande Mataram', was serialized in which journal?
    1. Bangadarshan
    2. Sambad Prabhakar
    3. Tattwabodhini Patrika
    4. Soma Prakash
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  15. Question 15

    The Press Trust of India (PTI) was formed in which year?
    1. 1942
    2. 1945
    3. 1947
    4. 1949
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  16. Question 16

    SSC CGL 2022
    Jawaharlal Nehru founded which newspaper in 1938?
    1. The Independent
    2. National Herald
    3. Blitz
    4. The Statesman
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  17. Question 17

    NET History 2021
    The newspaper 'Kudi Arasu' (Republic) was started by whom to propagate Self-Respect ideology?
    1. C. N. Annadurai
    2. C. Rajagopalachari
    3. E. V. Ramasamy (Periyar)
    4. K. Kamaraj
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  18. Question 18

    NET History 2018
    The journal 'Tattwabodhini Patrika', associated with the Tattwabodhini Sabha, was founded by:
    1. Raja Ram Mohan Roy
    2. Debendranath Tagore
    3. Ishwar Chandra Vidyasagar
    4. Keshab Chandra Sen
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  19. Question 19

    NET History 2019
    The revolutionary journal 'Yugantar' was associated with which group?
    1. Anushilan Samiti
    2. Ghadr Party
    3. Hindustan Socialist Republican Association (HSRA)
    4. Abhinav Bharat
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