Newspapers in India - MCQs with answers
1. Which was the first newspaper published in India?a) Bengal Gazette
b) Samachar Darpan
c) Mumbai Samachar
d) The Times of India
View Answer / Hide AnswerANSWER: a) Bengal Gazette
Hickey 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”.
a) Bengal Gazette
b) Samachar Darpan
c) Mumbai Samachar
d) The Times of India
View Answer / Hide AnswerANSWER: b) Samachar Darpan
Samachar Darpan was the first newspaper in Bengali language. It was published by Serampore Mission press on May 23, 1818.
a) Bengal Gazette
b) Samachar Darpan
c) Mumbai Samachar
d) The Times of India
View Answer / Hide AnswerANSWER: c) Mumbai Samachar
Mumbai Samachar was the oldest daily in India. IT was launched by Fardoonji Murzban on July 1, 1822.
a) The Hindustan Times
b) The Statesman
c) The Times of India
d) The Indian Express
View Answer / Hide AnswerANSWER: c) The Times of India
In 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).
a) Hindustan Times
b) The Economic Times
c) The Hindu
d) The Times of India
View Answer / Hide AnswerANSWER: d) The Times of India
The Times of India (TOI) is an Indian English-language daily newspaper. 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). According to the Indian Readership Survey (IRS) 2012, the Times of India is the most widely read English newspaper in India with a readership of 7.643 million.
