Arrange the following in the ascending order of year of appearance beginning with the oldest.
1.Radio
2.Television
3.Book
4.Prototypical Newspaper
5.Film
A5, 3, 4, 1, 2
B4, 3, 5, 1, 2
C3, 4, 5, 1, 2 ✓ Correct
D3, 5, 4, 1, 2
Correct answer: (C) 3, 4, 5, 1, 2
Explanation
The correct ascending order runs Book, prototypical Newspaper, Film, Radio then Television.
Book comes first, since printing with movable type spread written works from the fifteenth century, the earliest of these forms.
The prototypical Newspaper follows in the early seventeenth century as regularly printed news sheets.
Film arrives next with motion pictures at the close of the nineteenth century.
Radio then carries sound broadcasting into homes from the 1920s.
Television is the latest, spreading as an audio-visual mass medium from the mid twentieth century.
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