Newspaper History in India Quiz

1. What was the name of India's first english newspaper?

1. The Bombay Herald
2. The Hindu
3. The Bengal Journal
4.The Bengal Gazette

2. Which was the first Newspaper of India?

1. Udant Martand
2. The Bengal Gazette
3. National Herald
4. Bombay Samachar

3. ____was the first Hindi language newspaper published in India.

1. Udant Martand
2. Sambad Kaumudi
3. Harijan
4. Nav Jivan

4. In which year was the first newspaper published in India?

1. 1656
2. 1789
3. 1779
4. 1680

5. ___ is the oldest continuously publishing newspaper in India.

1. Harijan
2. Mumbai Samachar
3. Anandabazar Patrika
4. Times of India

6. Which of these is the oldest English newspaper of India, started in 1838 ?

1. Hindustan Times
2. Indian Express
3. The Hindu
4. Times of India

7. Who started the first Persian newspaper in india in 1822?

1. Raja Ram Mohan Roy
2. Lala Lajpat Rai
3. Motilal Nehru
4. Bal Gangadhar Tilak

8. Which newspaper converted from a weekly into a daily in 1884?

1. Hindustan Times
2. The Pioneer
3. The Hindu
4. The Times of India

9. Who founded the fisrt newspaper of India?

1. Lord Ripon
2. Jugal Kishore Shukla
3. Rajaram Mohan Rai
4. James Augustus Hicky

10. The first newspaper of India was published from which city?

1. Kolkata
2. Mumbai
3. Patna
4. Lucknow