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1. Who began editing the Bengal Gazette in 1780, the first English weekly in India?
A. Gangadhar Bhattacharya
B. James Augustus Hickey
C. William Bolts
D. Rammohun Roy
2. Who brought out the first Indian-owned newspaper, the Bengal Gazette (weekly)?
A. Tilak
B. Gandhi
C. Gangadhar Bhattacharya
D. Macaulay
3. Which social reformer published the Sambad Kaumudi in 1821?
A. Tilak
B. Rammohun Roy
C. Jyotiba Phule
D. Dayanand Saraswati
4. Which seminary published thousands of fatwas guiding Muslim readers in everyday life?
A. Aligarh University
B. Banaras Hindu University
C. Deoband Seminary
D. Bombay Samachar
5. Which sixteenth-century text by Tulsidas was printed in Calcutta in 1810?
A. Rigveda
B. Ramcharitmanas
C. Mahabharata
D. Gita Govinda
6. Which famous painter produced mythological paintings later printed for mass circulation?
A. Monet
B. Van Gogh
C. Raja Ravi Varma
D. Utamaro
7. From the 1870s, which visual form began appearing in Indian journals and newspapers?
A. Maps
B. Caricatures and cartoons
C. Stone inscriptions
D. Illustrated manuscripts
8. Who secretly learnt to read in Urdu despite her conservative Muslim family’s restrictions?
A. Rashsundari Debi
B. Pandita Ramabai
C. An unnamed girl in north India
D. Tarabai Shinde
9. Who wrote the autobiography Amar Jiban in 1876, the first full-length autobiography in Bengali?
A. Tarabai Shinde
B. Rashsundari Debi
C. Pandita Ramabai
D. Kailashbashini Debi
10. Which Marathi writer wrote with anger about the miserable lives of upper-caste Hindu widows?
A. Tarabai Shinde
B. Rammohun Roy
C. Tilak
D. Ambedkar
11. Which tract in Punjab taught women to be obedient wives?
A. Gulamgiri
B. Istri Dharm Vichar
C. Sacchi Kavitayan
D. Amar Jiban
12. Which area in Calcutta became famous for printing cheap popular books, including scandalous literature?
A. Chandni Chowk
B. Battala
C. Burrabazar
D. Howrah
13. Who wrote Gulamgiri in 1871, attacking caste discrimination?
A. Ambedkar
B. Jyotiba Phule
C. Tilak
D. Periyar
14. Which Kanpur millworker wrote Chhote Aur Bade Ka Sawal in 1938?
A. Kashibaba
B. Sudarshan Chakr
C. Phule
D. Ambedkar
15. The poems of which Kanpur millworker were published as Sacchi Kavitayan?
A. Kashibaba
B. Tilak
C. Sudarshan Chakr
D. Periyar
16. Which 1878 Act gave the colonial government rights to censor reports in Indian-language newspapers?
A. Defence of India Act
B. Vernacular Press Act
C. Rowlatt Act
D. Sedition Act
17. Which nationalist leader’s writings in Kesari led to his imprisonment in 1908?
A. Gandhi
B. Tilak
C. Nehru
D. Subhas Chandra Bose
18. During World War I, newspapers were forced to furnish securities under which rules?
A. Defence of India Rules
B. Vernacular Press Act
C. Sedition Committee Rules
D. Press Control Rules
19. In 1942, about 90 newspapers were suppressed under which act?
A. Rowlatt Act
B. Quit India Act
C. Defence of India Act (World War II)
D. Sedition Act
20. In 1922, Gandhi declared that the fight for Swaraj was also a fight for:
A. Economic independence
B. Liberty of speech, press, and association
C. Industrial development
D. Religious freedom
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