GK Questions and Answers On Newspapers | Multiple Choice Questions
1. First Newspaper in India?
Hicky’s Bengal Gazette
2. Who Published the First Newspaper in India?
James Augustus Hicky
3. When and where was the First Newspaper in India published?
29 January 1780
- Language: English
- Place: Calcutta
- Country: British India
4. The First Newspaper in the World?
Relation aller Fürnemmen und gedenckwürdigen Historien
5. When and where was the First Newspaper in the World published?
1605
- Language: German
- Place: Strasbourg
- Country: Holy Roman Empire
6. Who Published the First Newspaper in the World?
Johann Carolus
7. First English Newspaper in the world?
Oxford Gazette, 1665 (Country: England)
8. First English Newspaper in India?
Hicky’s Bengal Gazette (It was also known as Original Calcutta General Advertiser)
Place: Calcutta
Year: 1780
9. First Newspaper in South Asia?
Hicky’s Bengal Gazette
10. First Bengali Newspaper in India?
Samachar Darpan
Place: Serampore
Year: 1818
11. First Hindi Newspaper in India?
Udant Martand
Place: Calcutta
Year: 1826
12. First Gujarati Newspaper in India?
Bombay Samachar
Place: Bombay
Year: 1822
13. First Urdu Newspaper in India?
Jam-i-Jahan-Numa
Place: Calcutta
Year: 1822
14. First Armenian Newspaper in India?
Azdarar
Place: Madras
Year: 1794
15. First Marathi Newspaper in India?
Darpan
Place: Bombay
Year: 1832
16. First Assamese Newspaper in India?
Orunodoi
Place: Sivasagar
Year: 1846
17. Which Act envision that Press without Licence was a Penal Offence?
Licensing Regulations (1823)
18. The First Europeans to bring Printing Press in India?
Portuguese
19. Oldest Continuously published Newspaper in India?
Mumbai Samachar (Previously Bombay Samachar, 1822)
20. The Oldest English Newspaper in India that is still in circulation?
Times of India, 1838
21. When did “The Hindu” Newspaper First published?
20 September 1878
22. When was Indian Press Act Passed?
1910
23. When was Vernacular Press Act passed?
14 March 1878
24. Who started Bombay Samachar?
Fardunjee Marzban
25. When was Licensing Act Passed?
1857
26. When did “Hindustan Times” (हिन्दुस्तान टाईम्स) Newspaper First published?
1924
27. Who innaugurated “Hindustan Times”?
Mahatma Gandhi (1924)
28. When did “The Telegraph” Newspaper First published?
1982
29. First E-newspaper in India?
The Hindu
30. Who was the First News reader in India?
Pratima Puri (First news reader of Doordarshan)
31. First Business Newspaper in India to use salmon-pink paper?
Financial Times
32. Newspaper Format?
Broadsheet and Tabloid
33. Largest Producer of Newspaper in the world?
China
34. Largest distributor of Newspaper in India?
Dainik Jagran (Hindi)
35. Largest distributor of Malayalam Newspaper in India?
Malayala Manorama
36. Largest distributor of Tamil Newspaper in India?
Dina Thanthi
37. Largest distributor of Marathi Newspaper in India?
Lokmat
38. Largest distributor of English Newspaper in India?
The Times of India
39. Largest distributor of Bengali Newspaper in India?
Ananda Bazar Patrika
40. Who certifies and audits the circulations of Newspapers and Magazines in India?
Audit Bureau of Circulations (ABC)
41. The First Daily Newspaper in India?
Times of India, 1838 (English)
42. The First Weekly Newspaper in India?
Hicky’s Bengal Gazette
43. India’s First Magazine?
The Oriental Magazine or Calcutta Amusement, 1785 (English)
44. The First Newspaper by an Indian?
Samachar Darpan, 1818
45. The First English Newspaper by an Indian?
The Hindu, 20 September 1878
46. Founder of “Kesari” Newspaper?
Lokmanya Bal Gangadhar Tilak
47. Founder of “New India” Newspaper?
Annie Besant
48. Newspaper Founded by Swami Vivekananda?
Prabuddha Bharata
49. Founder of “Young India” Newspaper?
Mohandas Karamchand Gandhi
50. Founder of “Hindustan Times” Newspaper?
Sunder Singh Lyallpuri
51. Founder of “The Hindu” Newspaper?
G. Subramania Iyer
52. Newspaper published by Raja Ram Mohan Roy?
Sambad Kaumudi
53. First News Agency owned and managed by Indians?
Free Press of India
54. Largest news agency in India?
Press Trust of India (PTI)
55. The founder of “Voice of India” Newspaper?
Dadabhai Naoroji
56. First Vernacular Newspaper in India?
Samachar Darpan, 1818
57. What is the full form of NDTV?
New Delhi Television Ltd