unit 5,6,7

When did Printing Press come to India?

• mid-20th century

• mid-18th century

• mid-12th century

• mid-16th century

Arrange the following in the correct sequence of old tradition of handwritten manuscripts

(i) Vernacular languages

(ii) Persian

(iii) Arabic

(iv) Sanskrit

• iv-iii-ii-I

• iv-i-ii-iii

• iv-ii-i-iii

• iv-iii-i-ii

What made Governor-General Warren Hastings persecute James Hickey who edited the Bengal Gazette

• He published articles supporting Indian nationalist leaders.
  

• He published advertisements related to import and sale of slaves.

• He published anti-religious articles.

• He published gossip about senior East India Company officials.

who brought the printing press to India?

• British
• Dutch
• Portuguese
• French

Which one of the following began to edit the ‘Bengal Gazette’ a weekly magazine?

• John Smith
• Robert Johnson
• Michael Brown
• James Augustus Hickey

Who began to publish the weekly Bengal Gazette?

• Bal GangadharTilak

• Gangadhar Bhattachary

• Raja Ram Mohan Roy

• Madan Mohan Malviya

Sambad Kaumudi, a popular journal was published by :

• Raja Rammohan Roy
• Jawaharlal Nehru
• Subhash Chandra Bose
• Mahatma Gandhi

Which paper of earlier time describes itself as “a commercial paper open to all, but influenced by none”

• Bengal Gazette.
  

• Amritabazar.

• The Telegraph.

• Anandbazaar.

Where was a children's press set up in 1857?

• New York City, USA
• Paris, France
• London, England
• Berlin, Germany

Who compiled the traditional folk tales gathered from the peasants?

• Grimm Brothers

• Hans Christian Andersen
• Charles Perrault
• Aesop