Question 1: The first printing press was introduced to Europe by:
a) Johannes Gutenberg
b) William Caxton
c) Aldus Manutius
d) Johann Fust
Answer: a) Johannes Gutenberg
Question 2: Which of the following was NOT a Chinese invention related to printing?
a) Woodblock printing
b) Movable type printing
c) Paper
d) Printing ink
Answer: b) Movable type printing
Question 3: The first book printed by Gutenberg was:
a) The Bible
b) The Quran
c) The Iliad
d) The Odyssey
Answer: a) The Bible
Question 4: The printing press played a crucial role in the spread of which religious movement in Europe?
a) Hinduism
b) Christianity
c) Islam
d) Buddhism
Answer: b) Christianity
Question 5: The first Indian newspaper in English was:
a) Bengal Gazette
b) Sambad Kaumudi
c) The Indian Mirror
d) The Hindu
Answer: a) Bengal Gazette
Question 6: Who was the founder of the ‘Bengal Gazette’, the first newspaper in India?
a) James Augustus Hickey
b) Raja Ram Mohan Roy
c) Ishwar Chandra Vidyasagar
d) Rabindranath Tagore
Answer: a) James Augustus Hickey
Question 7: The Vernacular Press Act of 1878 was enacted in:
a) India
b) Britain
c) China
d) United States
Answer: a) India
Question 8: The book ‘The Indian War of Independence, 1857’ was written by:
a) Lala Lajpat Rai
b) Bipin Chandra Pal
c) Dadabhai Naoroji
d) Vinayak Damodar Savarkar
Answer: d) Vinayak Damodar Savarkar
Question 9: Who founded the ‘Bombay Chronicle’ newspaper in 1910?
a) Gopal Krishna Gokhale
b) Jamsetji Tata
c) Dadabhai Naoroji
d) Feroze Shah Mehta
Answer: b) Jamsetji Tata
Question 10: The first Indian language newspaper was published in:
a) Bengali
b) Hindi
c) Tamil
d) Marathi
Answer: a) Bengali
Question 11: The newspaper ‘Kesari’ was founded by:
a) Bal Gangadhar Tilak
b) Gopal Krishna Gokhale
c) Bipin Chandra Pal
d) Lala Lajpat Rai
Answer: a) Bal Gangadhar Tilak
Question 12: Who was the founder of the ‘Madras Mail’ newspaper in 1868?
a) Annie Besant
b) Gopal Krishna Gokhale
c) Dadabhai Naoroji
d) T. Muthuswamy Iyer
Answer: d) T. Muthuswamy Iyer
Question 13: The first Indian woman to start a newspaper was:
a) Annie Besant
b) Sarojini Naidu
c) Kamaladevi Chattopadhyay
d) Begum Rokeya Sakhawat Hossain
Answer: a) Annie Besant
Question 14: Who wrote the book ‘Hind Swaraj’ in 1909?
a) Jawaharlal Nehru
b) Mahatma Gandhi
c) Subhas Chandra Bose
d) Rabindranath Tagore
Answer: b) Mahatma Gandhi
Question 15: The Vernacular Press Act was repealed in:
a) 1857
b) 1909
c) 1919
d) 1947
Answer: b) 1909
Question 16: Who among the following was NOT a famous Indian journalist during the freedom struggle?
a) Raja Ram Mohan Roy
b) B.G. Tilak
c) G.K. Gokhale
d) Annie Besant
Answer: a) Raja Ram Mohan Roy
Question 17: The press played a crucial role in:
a) Unifying the people of India
b) Encouraging religious conflicts
c) Opposing social reforms
d) Promoting colonial rule
Answer: a) Unifying the people of India
Question 18: Who was the first Indian to own and operate a steam press in Bombay?
a) Dadabhai Naoroji
b) Dinshaw Wacha
c) Jamsetji Tata
d) Jehangir Petit
Answer: b) Dinshaw Wacha
Question 19: The newspaper ‘Amrita Bazar Patrika’ was founded by:
a) Surendranath Banerjee
b) Motilal Nehru
c) Syed Ahmad Khan
d) Sisir Kumar Ghosh
Answer: d) Sisir Kumar Ghosh
Question 20: The ‘Raja Harishchandra’ movie, made in 1913, was directed by:
a) Dadasaheb Phalke
b) Satyajit Ray
c) Bimal Roy
d) V. Shantaram
Answer: a) Dadasaheb Phalke
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