Q.1: DeWitt Wallace and Lila Bell Wallace founded which renowned magazine?
a) Vogue
b) Economist
c) Reader’s Digest
d) Aperture
Ans: c) Reader’s Digest
Q.2: Reader’s Digest was first published in which year?
a) 1912
b) 1922
c) 1932
d) 1942
Ans: b) 1922
Q.3: Reader’s Digest started publishing its first international edition in 1938 from which country?
a) United Kingdom
b) Germany
c) Australia
d) Sweden
Ans: a) United Kingdom
(Imp Fact)
According to the website of Reader’s Digest it was published in 17 languages in 34 countries. Reader’s Digest was published in 22 countries.
Q.4: Reader’s Digest launched Indian edition in which year?
a) 1944
b) 1954
c) 1964
d) 1974
Ans: b) 1954
(Imp Fact)
In the same year Reader’s Digest launched its Pakistan edition also.
Q.5: Who was the publisher of Reader’s Digest in India?
a) Penguin Random House
b) Jaico Publishing House
c) Harper Collins India
d) Living Media India
Ans: d) Living Media India
Q.6: Which magazine announced to stop it’s publication work due to financial constraints?
a) Reader’s Digest
b) Chronicle
c) Reader’s Choice
d) The Sun
Ans: a) Reader’s Digest
(Imp Fact)
On June 8, 2024, people who love to read felt remorseful as Reader’s Digest (RD) had stopped coming to stands. Basically it was a pocket size compendium of condensed articles from other sources. RD could be considered as original aggregator, breaking reading material of topical interest and entertainment value into capsules of information that appealed to a wide range of public tastes.
Q.7: In which year Reader’s Digest conducted a global social experiment to find the most “honest” cities—by dropping hundreds of wallets (all contained a cell phone number inside) and seeing how many were returned?
a) 2003
b) 2009
c) 2013
d) 2018
Ans: 2013
(Imp Fact)
RD conducts survey in four continents, 16 cities and dropped 192 wallets. 47% of the wallets—almost half—had been returned. In the survey Helsinki emerged as the city with greatest returns and Lisbon the city with the fewest.
Q.8: Which of the following is the brand of Reader’s Digest?
a) Taste of Home
b) Family Handyman
c) Birds and Blooms
d) All of the above
Ans: d) All of the above
(Imp Fact)
RD owns another brand called The Healthy. Itprovides science-backed and expert-approved answers for pressing health topics.
Q.9: Match the popular sections published in Reader’s Digest with their themes:
a) Drama in Real Life i) Articles on true life stories
b) Word Power ii) Vocabulary builder
c) All in a Word iii) Word puzzles
d) Humour in Uniform iv) Funny stories
A) (a)(i), (b)(ii), (c)(iii), (d)(iv)
B) (a)(ii), (b)(ii), (c)(iii), (d)(iv)
C) (a)(i), (b)(iii), (c)(ii), (d)(iv)
D) (a)(i), (b)(ii), (c)(iv), (d)(iii)
Ans: A) (a)(i), (b)(ii), (c)(iii), (d)(iv)
Q.10: Read the following statements:
i) Horror in the Heart Land was published in 1996 in Reader’s Digest.
ii) Murder of a Gentle Land: The Untold Story of a Communist Genocide in Cambodia. Was published in Reader’s Digest in 1977.
a) (i)and(ii) are true
b) Only (i) is false
(c) Only (ii) is true
(d) (i)and(ii) are false
Ans: a) (i)and(ii) are true