UNIT 9 Chapter 29 Development of Indian Press and previous years Questions

1. Match List-I with List-II and select the correct answer by using the codes given below the lists: (UPSC /IAS 1999) 

 Codes:

2. Which one of the following was a journal brought out by Abul Kalam Azad? (UPSC /IAS2008)

3. Who among the following started the newspaper Shome Prakash? (UPSC /IAS2007)

4. Who among the following wrote the book Bahubivah? (UPSC /IAS2007)

5. Consider the following Statement regarding coronology of the Paper/Journal.

1. Bengal Gazette
2. India Gazette
3. Madras Courier
4. Bombay Herald

Choose the correct answer

6. Consider the following Statement regarding coronology of the Paper/Journal.

1. Indian Statesman
2. Amrita Bazar Patrika
3. Bangadarshana
4. The Hindu

Choose the correct answer

7. With reference to which Paper/Journal was /were launched before 1857 , consider the following statements:

1. Rast Goftar
2. Hindu Patriot
3. Indian Mirror
4. National Paper

  Which of the statements given above is/are correct?

8. With reference to Founder/ Editor  and their Paper/Journal  , consider the following statements:

Match the following  

Choose the correct answer

9. With reference to which news paper  was /were published outside india, consider the following statements:

1. Indian Sociologist
2. Bande Mataram
3. Talvar
4. Free Hindustan
5. Bandi Jivan

  Which of the statements given above is/are correct?

10. With reference to which Paper/Journal was /were launched after 1857, consider the following statements:

1. Amrita Bazar Patrika
2. Bangadarshana
3. Kesari
4. Yugantar

  Which of the statements given above is/are correct?

11. With reference to Founder/ Editor  and their Paper/Journal, consider the following statements:

    Match the following  .

Choose the correct answer

12. Consider the following Statement regarding chronology

1. Press Act or Metcalfe Act
2. Licensing Regulations
3. Censorship of Press Act
4. Licensing Act

Choose the correct answer

13. With reference to Tilak work, consider the following statements:  

1. He was an advocate
2. he organised an all Maharashtra campaign for boycott of foreign cloth In 1896.
3. he initiated a no-tax campaign in Maharashtra
4. Tilak as the leader of militant nationalists was tried on charges of sedition and transported to Mandalay (Burma) for six years.

  Which of the statements given above is/are correct?