Arrange in order of appearance/ occurrence (first to most recent).
A. All India Radio
B. Star-TV
C. Vividh Bharati
D. V.C.R
E. Doordarshan
Choose the correct answer from the options given below:
Answer & explanation
Correct answer: option 2
The correct answer is Option (2) → A, C, E, D, B
A. All India Radio — already there before 1947: at Independence All India Radio had six radio stations in the metropolitan cities.
C. Vividh Bharati — acquired by AIR in 1957 as a channel for entertainment, mainly Hindi film songs.
E. Doordarshan — television stations were set up under Doordarshan in four cities by 1975, and it expanded rapidly in the 1980s.
D. V.C.R — spread in the 1980s, while Doordarshan was expanding, giving viewers alternatives to its single channel.
B. Star-TV — launched in 1991, signalling the arrival of private satellite channels in India.
NCERT (2025-26): “…When India gained independence in 1947, All India Radio had an infrastructure of six radio stations, located in metropolitan cities.…” “…In 1957, AIR acquired the hugely popular channel Vividh Bharati, which soon began to carry sponsored programmes and advertisements and grew to become a money-spinning channel for AIR.…” “Television … Television programming was introduced experimentally in India to promote rural development as early as 1959. Later, the Satellite Instructional Television Experiment (SITE) broadcasted directly to community viewers in the rural areas of six states between August 1975 and July 1976. These instructional broadcasts were broadcast to 2,400 TV sets directly for four hours daily. Meanwhile, television stations were set up under Doordarshan in four Activity 7.3 cities (Delhi, Mumbai, Srinagar and Amritsar) by 1975.…” “The Gulf War of 1991 (which popularised CNN), and the launching of Star-TV in the same year by the Whampoa Hutchinson Group of Hong Kong, signalled the arrival of private satellite Channels in India.…” “While Doordarshan was expanding rapidly in the 1980s, the cable television industry was mushrooming in major Indian cities. The VCR greatly multiplied entertainment options for Indian audiences, providing alternatives to Doordarshan’s single channel programming.…” |