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Johann Gutenberg first developed modern book printing in Europe in:Read the answer and worked solution →Which scholar argued that print helped nationalism by letting people think of the nation as an imagined community?Read the answer and worked solution →The colonial government imposed press censorship during which agitation in 1883?Read the answer and worked solution →Kesari, a nationalist newspaper that suffered colonial displeasure, was published in:Read the answer and worked solution →Raja Rammohun Roy's Sambad-Kaumudi, published in 1821, was in which language?Read the answer and worked solution →Fardoonji Murzban, pioneer of the Gujarati press, started which daily in 1822?Read the answer and worked solution →The Times of India was founded in Bombay in:Read the answer and worked solution →Under British rule, which medium was wholly owned by the state?Read the answer and worked solution →Nehru called on the media to function as the:Read the answer and worked solution →Newsreels and documentaries shown before films in independent India were produced by the:Read the answer and worked solution →At Independence, All India Radio had how many stations?Read the answer and worked solution →In 1957 AIR acquired which hugely popular entertainment channel?Read the answer and worked solution →The transistor revolution made radio cheaper and mobile in the:Read the answer and worked solution →Television was introduced experimentally in India to promote rural development in:Read the answer and worked solution →The Satellite Instructional Television Experiment of 1975-76 broadcast to rural areas of how many states?Read the answer and worked solution →Colour television broadcasting in India arrived with which event in Delhi?Read the answer and worked solution →India's first long-running soap opera, aired in 1984-85, was:Read the answer and worked solution →The advertising on Hum Log launched which new consumer product?Read the answer and worked solution →The gravest challenge to Indian media was censorship during the Emergency declared in:Read the answer and worked solution →Eenadu, launched in 1974 by Ramoji Rao, is a daily in which language?Read the answer and worked solution →Private satellite TV arrived in India in 1991 with CNN's Gulf War coverage and the launch of:Read the answer and worked solution →Privately owned FM radio stations, which cannot broadcast political news, began in India in:Read the answer and worked solution →Catch the colonial-era papersRead the answer and worked solution →Pop the private channelsRead the answer and worked solution →Run the media yearsRead the answer and worked solution →Slice the media wordsRead the answer and worked solution →Print or broadcastRead the answer and worked solution →Sort the media erasRead the answer and worked solution →Type the yearRead the answer and worked solution →Mass media bingoRead the answer and worked solution →

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Johann Gutenberg first developed modern book printing in Europe in:

  1. 1440
  2. 1540
  3. 1640
  4. 1340
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Correct answer: A. 1440

1. Early printing was restricted to religious books. 2. Gutenberg developed the technique in 1440. 3. The Industrial Revolution grew the print industry. _Source: syllabus Social Change and Development in India, Chapter 7, Mass Media and Communications._

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Which scholar argued that print helped nationalism by letting people think of the nation as an imagined community?

  1. Auguste Comte
  2. Benedict Anderson
  3. Emile Durkheim
  4. Herbert Spencer
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Correct answer: B. Benedict Anderson

1. Newspapers gave strangers a sense of togetherness. 2. Benedict Anderson called the nation an imagined community. 3. Indian nationalism grew with the nationalist press. _Source: syllabus Social Change and Development in India, Chapter 7, Mass Media and Communications._

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The colonial government imposed press censorship during which agitation in 1883?

  1. Ilbert Bill
  2. Rowlatt Act
  3. Partition plan
  4. Salt tax rise
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Correct answer: A. Ilbert Bill

1. The nationalist press opposed oppressive colonial measures. 2. Censorship followed the Ilbert Bill agitation of 1883. 3. Papers like Kesari suffered official displeasure. _Source: syllabus Social Change and Development in India, Chapter 7, Mass Media and Communications._

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