Development of Press in Modern India Questions and Answers

1. Which of the following regulation envision that press without licence was a penal offence?

1. Press Act of 1835 or Metcalfe Act
2. Lord Wellesley enacted Censorship of Press Act, 1799
3. Licensing Regulations, 1823
4. Licensing Act, 1857

Answer: Licensing Regulations, 1823

2. Which of the following act/regulation empowered the magistrates to confiscate press property which published objectionable material likely to cause incitement to murder/acts of violence against the Extremist nationalist activity?

1. Indian Press Act, 1910
2. Newspaper (Incitement to Offences) Act, 1908
3. Vernacular Press Act, 1878
4. Registration Act, 1867

Answer: Newspaper (Incitement to Offences) Act, 1908

3. Who were the first Europeans, brought a printing press to India?

1. French
2. Dutch
3. English
4. Portuguese

Answer: Portuguese

4. Who among the started Bombay Samachar?

1. Fardaonji Murzban
2. Raja Ram Mohan Roy
3. James Silk Buckingham
4. Shishir Kumar Ghosh

Answer: Fardaonji Murzban

5. What was the title of India’s first newspaper?

1. Punjab Mirror
2. The Bengal Gazette
3. Azad Hind
4. Enlighten India

Answer: The Bengal Gazette

6. Which of the following act relaxed the restrictions put by the Metcalf Act?

1. Licensing Act, 1857
2. Press Act of 1835
3. Vernacular Press Act, 1878
4. Registration Act, 1867

Answer: Registration Act, 1867

7. Which of the following was the first book published in India by Portuguese?

1. Jesuit of Goa
2. Jesus of Pondicherry
3. The Christian Monarch
4. The Scheme of William Bolts

Answer: Jesuit of Goa

8. Who among the following published first newspaper in India?

1. James Augustus Hickey
2. Lord William Bentinck
3. Lord Cornwallis
4. Sir Thomas Munro

Answer: James Augustus Hickey

8. Which of the following statement is/are correct?

1. Censorship of Press Act, 1799 was introduced by Lord Wellesley.
2. Licensing regulation, 1823 was introduced by John Adams.
3. Press Act of 1835 by Metcalfe.
4. All the above

Answer: All the above

9. Which of the following statement is/are correct?

1. The magistrate’s action was final and no appeal could be made in a court of law.
2. A vernacular newspaper could get an exemption from the operation of the Act by submitting proof to a government censor.
3. Neither A nor B
4. Both A and B

Answer: Both A and B

10. Which of the following newspaper was started by Mazhar-ul-Haq to propagate HinduMuslim unity and Gandhian ideology?

1. Bihar Herald
2. Motherland
3. Bihar Opinion
4. None of the above

Answer: Motherland

11. Which laws were taken as models for the Vernacular Press Act, 1878?

1. Irish Press Laws
2. English Press Laws
3. Indian Press Laws
4. American Press Laws

Answer: Irish Press Laws

12. What was the name of Magazine published by Mahatma Gandhi?

1. Swatantrata
2. The Times
3. Young India
4. More than one of the above

Answer: Young India

13. Which of the following is the first English Newspaper of Bihar?

1. Bihar Times
2. The Bihar Herald
3. The Patna Times
4. More than one of the above

Answer: The Bihar Herald

14. With reference to the Indian Press Act, 1910 which of the following statements is correct?

1. It was enacted to repeal the Vernacular Press Act.
2. It imposed strict censorship on both vernacular and english publications.
3. It was based on the recommendations of a committee led by Motilal Nehru.
4. More than one of the above

Answer: It imposed strict censorship on both vernacular and english publications.

15. Which daily newspaper was started in Marathi by Bal Gangadhar Tilak?

1. Maratha
2. Kesari
3. Bengal Gazette
4. Harijan

Answer: Kesari