Question 1

………………., a student of the erstwhile Regional Engineering College (presently the National Institute of Technology Calicut), was arrested by the Kerala Police on March 1, 1976, during the nationwide Emergency in India, for alleged Naxal association.

Accepted Answer

A)  p.sathyan
B)  p.midhun
C)  p.rahul
D)  p.rajan D

Question 2

………………..had been the editor of 'Vanitha' the women's journal from Manorama Group till her death in 2003.

Accepted Answer

A)  jeomy
B)  thankom mammen
C)  annamma
D)  swapna antony C

Question 3

12th President of IFWJ was…………….

Accepted Answer

A)  k. vikram rao
B)  mamman mappilai
C)  mahatma gandhi
D)  jawaharlal nehru A

Question 4

…………………… was the Home Minister during the emergency. He resigned from the post of the Chief Minister of Kerala in 1978 due to adverse judgement in the case.

Accepted Answer

A)  k. karunakaran
B)  a.k.antony
C)  p.k.vasudevan nair
D)  e.k.nayanar

Question 5

…………………, who used to head the Indian Express group, made an aborted attempt in the 1960s to control the Indian Iron and Steel Company (IISCO).

Accepted Answer

A)  ramnath goenka
B)  dainik bhaskar
C)  dilip mandal
D)  r. anuradha

Question 6

K M Mathew was doyen of Malayalam journalism and chief editor of………

Accepted Answer

A)  mangalam
B)  mathrubhumi
C)  kerala kaumudi
D)  malayala manorama

Question 7

Born as the eighth son of K M Mammen Mappillai and Kunjaadamma on January 2, 1917, K.M Mathew started his career as a planter in Chikamagalur and later migrated to ……………..as a businessman looking after family business.

Accepted Answer

A)  delhi
B)  cochin
C)  travancore
D)  bombay

Question 8

………………took over as Malayala Manorama's Chief Editor on the death of Mr Cheriyan in 1973.

Accepted Answer

A)  k.m mathew
B)  jagannath mishra
C)  k.m.chandy
D)  k.m.varghese

Question 9

…………………has been the president of the Indian Newspaper Society; chairman of PTI; founder trusty and chairman of Press Institute of India and Research Institute for Newspaper Development; executive committee member of the Federation of International Newspaper Publishers and Editors based in France and a consultant of International Press Institute among other positions.

Accepted Answer

A)  m. r. masani
B)  k.m. mathew
C)  a.k chanda
D)  thomas griffith

Question 10

The New York Times (NYT) is an American daily newspaper founded and continuously published in New York City since…………...

Accepted Answer

A)  1801
B)  1811
C)  1831
D)  1851

Question 11

………………..is credited with the introduction of the concept of editionalising with larger share for local news and reader-friendly packaging through professional page designing in Manorama, which in turn impacted the entire newspaper industry in Kerala.

Accepted Answer

A)  k.m.chandy
B)  m. r. masani
C)  thomas griffith
D)  k.m mathew

Question 12

………………. has penned two books, an autobiographical "Ettamathe Mothiram" and "Annamma", written in memory of his wife.

Accepted Answer

A)  k.m. mathew
B)  m. r. masani
C)  rajmohan gandhi
D)  thomas griffith

Question 13

…………………is the means of informing as well as influencing the general public to buy products or services through visual or oral messages.

Accepted Answer

A)  advertising
B)  dtp
C)  reuter
D)  xinhua

Question 14

Reuters is an international news agency headquartered in……………, United Kingdom and a division of Reuters.

Accepted Answer

A)  delhi
B)  rome
C)  paris
D)  london

Question 15

The Commission on freedom of the press (1942-1947), known as the ………………… Commission.

Accepted Answer

A)  hutchins'
B)  mahatma gandhi
C)  jawaharlal nehru
D)  robin jeffrey

Question 16

AFP is headquartered in………………., with regional offices in Nicosia, Montevideo, Hong Kong, and Washington, D.C., and bureaus in 150 countries.

Accepted Answer

A)  moscow
B)  beijing
C)  delhi
D)  paris

Question 17

The Rajan case refers to the death of P. Rajan, a student of the erstwhile Regional Engineering College, Calicut, as a result of torture in local police custody in Kerala state, during the nationwide Emergency in India in………………...

Accepted Answer

A)  1946
B)  1956
C)  1966
D)  1976

Question 18

K.M Mathew married……………., a pioneer of culinary literature in Malayalam in 1942.

Accepted Answer

A)  annamma
B)  marie
C)  jeomy
D)  rincy

Question 19

K.M.Mathew inherited the family owned Manorma, started in …………….. by his great uncle Kandathil Varughese Mappillai .

Accepted Answer

A)  1838
B)  1848
C)  1858
D)  1888

Question 20

The largest journalist organization in the non-aligned world is the Indian Federation of Working Journalists, founded in …….on 28 October 1950.

Accepted Answer

A)  berlin
B)  paris
C)  london
D)  new delhi

Exam 5: Km Mathew: The Doyen of Malayalam Journalism and Chief Editor of Malayala Manorama

………………., a student of the erstwhile Regional Engineering College (presently the National Institute of Technology Calicut) , was arrested by the Kerala Police on March 1, 1976, during the nationwide Emergency in India, for alleged Naxal association.