Language History | MCQs

Explanation

The first Urdu newspaper called "Jam-e-Jahan-Numa"

It was published from Calcutta (now Kolkata) in 1822.

It marked the beginning of Urdu journalism in the subcontinent.

The Editor of Jam-i-Jahan-Numa by Harihar Dutta.

Explanation

Of the 22 provinces, 10 are classified as central, eight as eastern and four as western.

Seven provinces were selected at random: two central, two western and three eastern provinces.

Explanation

Sir Bartle Frere was chief commissioner of Sindh from 1850 to 1859. In 1849 the British produced an English-Sindhi dictionary in Devnagri. Majority of government servants were Hindus who favoured the Arabic script because they did not know Devnagri. A big debate started, Sir Bartle Frere, the then commissioner of Sindh, referred the matter to the British East India Company’s Court of Directors, who ruled in favour of the Arabic script on the ground that Muslim names could not be written in Devnagri. Thereafter, Sir Richard Burton, an Orientalist, with the help of local scholars Munshi Thanwardas and Mirza Sadiq Ali Beg evolved a 52-letter Sindhi alphabet.

Explanation

First electronic digital computer called the ENIAC

during the years 1943-1946, 

 ENIAC based on the prior invention of a small, special-purpose vacuum .