Question

Who invented the television ?
1. Joseph Lister
2. Graham Bell
3. Issac Newton
4. J.L. Baird

Answer 1

Correct Answer - Option 4 : J.L. Baird

The correct answer is J.L. Baird.

• J.L. Baird invented the television.
• Television was introduced in India on September 15, 1959.
• It was with the help of UNESCO that it all started. 
• Initially, programmes were broadcast twice a week for an hour a day on themes like community health, traffic, road sense citizens’ duties, and rights.
• In 1961 these broadcasts were expanded to include a School Educational Television (STV) project.
• The first major expansion of television in India began in 1972 when a second television station was opened in Bombay. This was followed by stations in Srinagar and Amritsar in 1973, and in Calcutta, Madras and Lucknow in 1975.
• India is the second largest subscription television market in the Asia Pacific Region in terms of number of subscribers.