School of Distance Education UNIVERSITY OF CALICUT SCHOOL OF DISTANCE EDUCATION BA ENGLISH (2011 Admission Onwards) IV Semester Complementary Course PART II - HISTOrY OF JOURNALISM QUESTION BANK 1.In June 1847 witnessed the primordial birth pangs of Malayalam journalism as eight cyclostyled sheets in demy octavo size were churned out from a press at …………….near Thalassery. a) Illikkunnu b)Dharmadam c)Muzhappilangad d)Chettamkunnu 2. Who was the editor of Rajyasamacharam? a) Dr.Herman Gundart b) William Logan c) Charles Lawson d) Devji Bhimji 3. Dr.Herman Gundart, the renowned western scholar associated with the …………………..Based Mission Society. a) French b) British c) Dutch d) German 4.In October …………….. Gundart started publication called Paschimodayam. a) 1807 b) 1817 c) 1827 d) 1847 5. The scene now shifted to central Travancore from where early in 1848; the first printed magazine in the Malayalam language - the ……………….. hit the news stands. a)Jnananikshepam b) The Malabar Spectator c)Atmavidhya Kahalam d)Swaraj Part II – History of Journalism Page 1 School of Distance Education 6. Jnananikshepam,an eight-page magazine was printed at the C.M.S. Press operating from ……………….way back in 1821. a) Kottayam b) Travancore c) Irinjalakkuda d) Palakkad 7. Arch Deacon Koshy and the Reverend George Mathen were behind ………………..publication which served alike the cause of propagation of religion and the dissemination of knowledge. a) Jnananikshepam b)Yuvabharatham c)Malayala Rajyam d)Kerala Kesari 8. A periodical, Kottayam-based, made its appearance was the ...…… brought out under the auspices of the Kottayam College. This magazine started publication in 1864 and went on till 1867. a) Vidyasamgraham b) The Malabar Spectator c)Atmavidhya Kahalam d)Swaraj 9. A pioneering foursome embarked upon a publication entitled the Western Star from ………………in 1860. a) Cochin b) Travancore c) Irinjalakkuda d) Palakkad 10. ……………………, who had left England after completing his studies, took over as the Western Star paper’s editor. a) Charles Lawson b) Devji Bhimji c) C.V.Raman Pillai d) Dr.Herman Gundart 11. …………….migrated to Madras to launch the Madras Mail in later years. a) C.V.Raman Pillai b) Devji Bhimji c) Lawson's maiden d) Charles Lawson 12. In 1864 a Malayalam edition of the Western Star started publication from ………………under the banner Paschimataraka. a) Travancore b) Cochin c) Irinjalakkuda d) Thrissur 13. The paper ……………….was edited by T.J. Paily in the first instance and later by Kalloor Oommen Philippose Asan. a) ‘Paschimataraka’ b) The Malabar Spectator c)Atmavidhya Kahalam d)Swaraj 14. The Keralapataka, made its appearance from Cochin in……………. a) 1830 b) 1840 c) 1850 d) 1870 15. Under the able stewardship of …………‘The Paschimataraka-Keralapataka’ publication mounted attacks on the peccadilloes of the bureaucracy of the day and is seen to have survived right up to 1886. a) Ommen Phillipose Asan b) Devji Bhimji c) C.V.Raman Pillai d) Dr.Herman Gundart Part II – History of Journalism Page 2 School of Distance Education 16. In 1867 Santishtavadi paper was started from………….. a) Cochin b) Kottayam c) Travancore d) Irinjalakkuda 17. The ‘Travancore Herald’, was printed in English from the C.M.S. Press………………….. a) Kottayam b) Cochin c) Travancore d) Trissur 18. The Santishtavadi was outspoken in its criticism of the powers that be, and soon fell foul of the ……………….Government which ordered its closure. a) Thrissur b) Cochin c) Irinjalakkuda d) Travancore 19. The …………………created history in Malayalam journalism by becoming the first martyr to the cause of freedom of the press. a) Santishtavadi b) The Malabar Spectator c)Atmavidhya Kahalam d)Swaraj 20. The Malayalam paper ‘Satyanadakahalam’ started publication modestly as a fortnightly from Kunammavu in October…………... a) 1816 b) 1826 c) 1836 d) 1876 21. Satyanadakahalam was published under the auspices of the ……………..Carmelite Mission, with the Rev.Fr.Candidus designated as its first editor. a) British b) German c) Italian d) Spanish 22. From 1900 ……………….was issued thrice a month. Four years later it was converted into a weekly. a) Atmavidhya Kahalam b) Keralopakari c) Satyanadom d)Swaraj 23. In 1926 a change in format was introduced and the ………………….joined the early ranks of 'illustrated weeklies'. a) Satyanadom b) The Malabar Spectator c) Keralopakari d) Malayalamitram 24. The Tiruvathancore Abhimani began to publish …………….. a)1878 b)1883 c)1886 d)1889 25. The Keralopakari published from Malabar, which had the distinction of being the …………..printed magazine issuing from this area. a) First b) Second c) Third d) Fourth Part II – History of Journalism Page 3 School of Distance Education 26. Incidentally, the Keralopakari was printed from the Basel Mission Press located at……………….. a) Mangalore b) Cochin c) Travancore d) Irinjalakkuda 27. Devji Bhimji started a printing press at ……………in 1865 under the name of the Keralamitram Press. a) Irinjalakkuda b) Travancore c) Cochin d) Palakkad 28. Devji Bhimji started a printing press at Cochin in …………. under the name of the Keralamitram Press. a) 1865 b) 1869 c) 1875 d) 1895 29. Devji Bhimji had co-sponsored the English Western Star in 1860 and the Malayalam Paschimataraka in…………….. a) 1864 b) 1868 c) 1874 d) 1879 30. The Keralamitram began to publish ……………….. a)1881 b)1887 c)1895 d)1898 31. In a number of respects the Keralamitram can be hailed as the …….. "newspaper" in the Malayalam language. a) First b) Second c) Third d) Fourth 32. The Keralamitram was fortunate in that it had as its first editor none other than Kandathil Varghese Mappilai who later founded the………………... a) Malayalamanorama b) Yuvabharatham c)Malayala Rajyam d)Kerala Kesari 33. An English weekly entitled the West Coast Spectator started publication in ……………. from Kozhikode. a) 1819 b) 1829 c) 1849 d) 1879 34. Devji Bhimji tried his hand at running a Marathi magazine entitled Keralakokil from……………. a) Tellicherry b) Travancore c) Irinjalakkuda d) Cochin 35.An English weekly entitled the West Coast Spectator started publication in 1879 from……………... a) Kozhikode b) Cochin c) Travancore d) Irinjalakkuda 36. The weekly ………………..was printed by Vakil Poovadan Raman from the Spectator Press. Part II – History of Journalism Page 4 School of Distance Education a) Navajivan b) Swabhimani c) Mahatma d) West Coast Spectator 37. West Coast Spectator was edited by an Englishman,………….. a) Dr.Keys b) William Logan c) Charles Lawson d) Devji Bhimji 38. A significant development was the publication in 1884 of the Keralapatrika weekly from……………. a) Kozhikode b) Cochin c) Travancore d) Thrissoor 39.The idea of a weekly Keralapatrika was conceived by Chengulathu Kunhirama Menon, possibly after attending a conference of the Indian National Association held at …………….in 1884. a) Bombay b) Cochin c) Travancore d) Calcutta 40. The idea of a weekly ……………..was conceived by Chengulathu Kunhirama Menon, possibly after attending a conference of the Indian National Association held at Calcutta in 1884. a) Keralapatrika b) Swabhimani c) Mahatma d)Navajivan 41.…………….. himself claimed that the Keralapatrika was the first "newspaper" in Malayalam in the Malabar district. a) Kunhirama Menon b) C.V.Raman Pillai c) K.Kalappan d) K.P.Kesava Menon 42. ……………..was printed from the Vidyavilasom Press and had the active backing of a number of prominent personalities of the day. a) Keralapatrika b) Swabhimani c) Mahatma d)Navajivan 43.The Atmavidyakahalam edited by Vagbhadananda Guru from …………….in the late thirties was yet another weekly noted for its sharp attacks against superstitions and conventions. a) Kozhikode b) Cochin c) Travancore d) Thrissur 44. …………………..is sometimes called the "father of Malayalam Journalism". a) Chengulathu Kunhirama Menon b) Keralavarma Valiyakoyi Thampuran c) C.V.Raman Pillai d) K.P.Kesava Menon 45. The management of the ……………..changed hands in 1938 some time after the death of Kunhirama Menon. a) Keralopakari b) Swabhimani c) Keralapatrika d)Navajivan Part II – History of Journalism Page 5 School of Distance Education 46. The management of the Keralapatrika changed hands in 1938 some time after the death of………………. a) Kunhirama Menon b) Sanjayan c)Koyippalli Parameswara Kurup d) C.V.Raman Pillai 47. The Spectator Press of Kozhikode came out in 1886 with a Malayalam periodical entitled the………………….. a) Kerala Sanchari b)Keralopakari c) Navajivan d) Swabhimani 48. …………………was edited by Vengayil Kunhiraman Nayanar, otherwise well-known by his pen-name "Kesari". a) Kerala Sanchari b) Swabhimani c)Mahatma d)Navajivan 49. …………………..was associated with the periodical for some time in 1897 as Kerala Sanchari’s editor. a) C.V.Raman Pillai b) Moorkoth Kumaran c) Pettayil Raman Pillai Asan d)C.Krishnan 50.The Kerala Sanchari later on merged with ………published from Tellicherry. a) Malayala Rajyam b)Yuvabharatham c) Mitavadi d)Kerala Kesari 51. The year 1886 stands out in the history of Malayalam journalism it saw the birth of the Malayali from…………………. a) Thiruvananthapuram b) Cochin c) Thrissur d) Palakkad 52. The year ……………. stands out in the history of Malayalam journalism it saw the birth of the Malayali from Thiruvananthapuram a) 1806 b) 1816 c) 1836 d) 1886 53. In a pre-emptive move the publishing centre of Malayali was shifted to Thangasseri, near……………... a) Cochin b) Kollam c) Trivandrum d) Thrissur 54. For a short period in ………… the Malayali came out as a daily newspaper. a) 1901 b) 1911 c) 1931 d) 1941 55. The struggle for responsible government in Travancore had been launched and was gaining in tempo. At this critical stage the Malayali was shifted back to …………………to enable the paper to play a more positive and immediate role in the struggle. Part II – History of Journalism Page 6 School of Distance Education a) Thiruvananthapuram b) Cochin c) Thrissur d) Palakkad 56. …………………took over editorial responsibility of Malayali. a) M.R. Warrier b) K.Kalappan c) K.P.Kesava Menon d) K.Madhavan Nair 57.