WorksheetsMCQs on Evolution of Print Journalism
Total questions: 20
Worksheet time: 10mins
Who is credited with inventing the printing press in 1440?
William Caxton
Johannes Gutenberg
Benjamin Franklin
James Augustus Hickey
The first printed newspaper in Europe, "Relation," was published in which year?
1440
1605
1704
1780
The French newspaper "Gazette de France" was established in which century?
15th century
16th century
17th century
18th century
Pamphlets played an important role during which historical phase in Europe and America?
Industrial Revolution
17th–18th century political movements
World War I
Cold War
The “Penny Press” movement, which made newspapers affordable for the masses, started in which country?
United Kingdom
France
United States of America
Germany
Which year marks the introduction of the printing press in India by Portuguese missionaries at Goa?
1556
1600
1700
1780
What was the name of the first newspaper published in India?
The Times of India
The Hindu
Hickey’s Bengal Gazette
Bombay Samachar
James Augustus Hickey is often known as the father of which field in India?
Radio journalism
Print journalism
Investigative journalism
Media ethics
Raja Ram Mohan Roy’s newspaper *Sambad Kaumudi* was significant for promoting which social cause?
Abolition of Sati and social reforms
Freedom of Press
Nationalization of industries
Colonial education policies
Which leader used the newspaper *Kesari* as a tool for spreading nationalist ideas?
Mahatma Gandhi
Bal Gangadhar Tilak
Surendranath Banerjee
Subhas Chandra Bose
Which English-language weekly was started by Mahatma Gandhi in 1919 to voice nationalist concerns?
Harijan
Young India
The Pioneer
The Hindu
Which term is used for underground or revolutionary journalism during the Indian freedom struggle?
Vernacular press
Radical journalism
Secret journalism
Revolutionary journalism
Which constitutional article in India guarantees freedom of press implicitly under the freedom of speech and expression?
Article 14
Article 16
Article 19(1)(a)
Article 21
The Emergency period in India (1975–77) is remembered for which restriction on journalism?
Growth of regional newspapers
Rise of advertising
Severe censorship of the press
Expansion of English press
Which two newspapers are considered as leading examples of post-independence national dailies in India?
The Pioneer and Harijan
The Times of India and The Hindu
Bombay Samachar and Kesari
Indian Express and Kesari
The resilience of Indian print media contrasts with the decline of print in which region?
Asia
Middle East
North America and Europe
Africa
After the New Economic Policy (NEP) of 1991, Indian print journalism witnessed significant growth in:
English dailies
Regional and language newspapers
Trade publications
Government gazettes
Which Indian language newspaper became a leading daily after liberalization in the 1990s?
Malayala Manorama
Kesari
National Herald
Hindustan Times
What was the major factor behind the rise of the **Penny Press** in the USA?
High literacy and printing innovation making papers cheap
Government subsidies
Religious patronage
Colonial influences
The growth of the vernacular press in colonial India played a pivotal role in:
Strengthening British administration
Promoting Indian freedom struggle and social change
Expansion of Western education
Spread of cinema and theatre
