HISTORY OF MEDIA – FYBAMMC
MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTIONS WITH ANSWERS
Which of the following is an example of new media?
a. Newspaper
b. Radio
c. Blog
d. Television
Ans: c. Blog
The chronological evolution of mass media is
a. Radio,
film, newspaper, television
b. Newspaper,
film, radio, television
c. Newspaper,
radio, film, television
d. Film, newspapers, radio, television
Ans: c Newspaper, radio, film, television
Who is described as the father of Indian film?
a. K A
Abbas
b. Phalke
c. R G
Torney
d. Satyajit
Ray
Ans: b. Phalke
Name the first talkie in India.
a. Raja
Harishchandra
b. Jhansi
Ki Rani
c. Alam
Ara
d. Pundalik
Ans: Alam Ara
India's first talkie film was Alam Ara which was release in 1931 and produced by Imperial Film Company. Ardeshir Irani directed this film
The highest film award in India is…
a. Dada
Saheb Phalke Award
b. J C Daniel Award
c. Satyajit
Ray Award
d. Raja Harishchandra
Award
Ans: a. Dada Saheb Phalke Award
Name the first Indian film.
a. Pather
Panjali
b. Life
of Christ
c. Raja
Harischandra
d. Mother
India
Ans: Raja Harishchandra
Name the educational channel
of Doordarshan
a. Bharati
b. Gyan
Darshan
c. Vidya
Bharati
d. ETV
Ans: Gyan
Darshan
Which was the first newspaper published in India?
a. Bengal Gazette
b. Samachar Darpan
c. Mumbai Samachar
d. The Times of India
Ans: a. Bengal Gazette
The Bengal Gazette was an English newspaper published from
Calcutta, India. It was the first newspaper of the sub-continent and started in
1780. It was a Weekly Political and Commercial Paper. It was founded by James
Augustus Hickey. It was also known as “Calcutta General Advertiser & Bengal
Gazette”.
Which was the first vernacular paper in India?
a. Bengal Gazette
b. Samachar Darpan
c. Mumbai Samachar
d. The Times of India
Ans: b. Samachar Darpan
Samachar Darpan was the first newspaper in Bengali language. It was published
by Serampore Mission Press on May 23, 1818.
Which was the oldest daily in
India?
a. Bengal Gazette
b. Samachar Darpan
c. Mumbai Samachar
d. The Times of India
Ans: Mumbai Samachar
Mumbai Samachar was the oldest daily in India. IT was launched by Fardoonji
Murzban on July 1, 1822.
Which is the oldest English
daily in India?
a, The Hindustan Times
b. The Statesman
c. The Times of India
d. The Indian Express
On 3 November 1838, The Times of India issued its first edition from Mumbai. In 1850, it began to publish daily editions. It is the largest newspaper in India by circulation and largest selling English-language daily in the world according to Audit Bureau of Circulations (India).
Where was the first cinema demonstrated in
India?
a. Hindi
Theatre at Kolkata
b.
Bombay (Now Mumbai) at Watkins Hotel
c.
Athenaeeum and Chaurang Theatre
d. Laffed
Faire
Ans: b. Bombay (Now Mumbai) at Watkins Hotel
Who among the following invented the cinematograph?
a.
Lumiere Brothers
b. Mani
Sethna
c. Dada
Saheb Phalke
d. Dhirendra
Nath Ganguly
Ans: a. Lumiere Brothers
The first cinema was invented in France. On 28th December 1895,
the first cinema of the world was demonstrated in Paris at Grand Cafe
Restaurant. The cinematograph was invented by Lumiere Brothers.
Who among the following made first Film Theatre of India?
a.
Lumiere Brothers
b. Mani
Sethna
c. Dada
Saheb Phalke
d. Dhirendra
Nath Ganguly
Ans:
b. Mani Sethna
Which of the following the first foreign film was demonstrated in India?
a. Magic
Lamp
b.
Arrival of the train
c. Life of
Christ
d. Sea Birth
Ans: c. Life
of Christ
Who among the following made the first fully indigenous silent feature film in India?
a. Lumiere
Brothers
b. Mani
Sethna
c. Dada
Saheb Phalke
d. Dhirendra Nath Ganguly
Ans:
c. Dada Saheb Phalke
Who among the following was the first Indian woman producer and director in Indian cinema?
a.
Fatima Begum
b. WM Khan
c. Alam Ara
d. Ardeshir Irani
Ans: a. Fatima Begum
Fatima Begum was the first Indian women producer and director in
Indian cinema who produces and directed the movie 'Bulbul-e-Parastan' in 1926
Which of the following
regional cinema referred to as Kollywood?
a. Punjabi
Cinema
b. Tamil
Cinema
c. Marathi
Cinema
d. Malayalam Cinema
Ans: b. Tamil Cinema
Tamil Cinema is referred to as Kollywood a portmanteau of the word 'Kodambakkam', an area of Chennai where several South Indian Film production companies are headquartered
Which of the following was the first made
indigenous, colored film of India?
a. Alama Ara
b. Pather
Panchali
c. Kisan
Kanya
d. Devdas
Ans: c. Kisan Kanya
Kisan Kanya produced by Ardeshir Irani in 1937
was the first made indigenous, colored film of India
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