Development of Press in Modern India (Part-I)

Total Questions: 34

11. Match List-I with List-II and select the correct answer from the codes given below: [U.P. Lower Sub. (Pre) 2003, U.P. Lower Sub. (Pre) 2002]

List-I (Newspapers)	List-II (Editors)
A. Hindu	1. Dadabhai Nauroji
B. Sudharak	2. Gopal Krishna Gokhale
C. Voice of India	3. G. Subramaniya Iyer
D. Bengalee	4. Surendra Nath Banerjee

Code:

	A	B	C	D
(a)	1	2	3	4
(b)	1	3	2	4
(c)	2	3	1	4
(d)	3	4	1	2

Correct Answer: (d)

Solution:G. Subramaniyam Iyer was the editor of the Hindu newspaper, and liberal leader Gopal Krishna Gokhale was the editor of Sudharak newspaper. Dadabhai Nauroji was the editor of Voice of India, and S.N. Banerjee was the editor of Bengalee.

12. Match List-I with List-II and select the correct answer from the codes given below: [U.P.P.C.S. (Mains) 2017]

List-I (Newspapers)	List-II (Editors)
A. Kal	1. Surendra Nath Banerjee
B. Bengalee	2. Gopal Krishna Gokhale
C. Sudharak	3. Dwarkanath
D. Somaprakash	4. Shivrama Madhav Paranjape

Code:

Option	A	B	C	D
(a)	4	1	2	3
(b)	1	4	2	3
(c)	4	3	2	1
(d)	1	2	3	4

Correct Answer: (a)

Solution:The correctly matched newspapers and their respective editors are:

List-I (Newspapers)	List-II (Editors)
Kal	Shivrama Madhav Paranjape
Bengalee	Surendra Nath Banerjee
Sudharak	Gopal Krishna Gokhale
Somaprakash	Dwarkanath Vidyabhusan

13. Match List-I with List-II and select the correct answer using the code given below the lists: [U.P.P.C.S. (Spl) (Mains) 2004, U.P.P.C.S. (Pre) 2002]

List-I (Newspapers)	List-II (Person who started it)
A. Bombay Chronicle	1. Annie Besant
B. Common Weal	2. Madan Mohan Malviya
C. Leader	3. Feroz Shah Mehta
D. Search Light	4. Sachindanand Sinha

Code:

Option	A	B	C	D
(a)	3	1	4	2
(b)	1	2	3	4
(c)	3	2	1	4
(d)	4	1	2	3

Correct Answer: (c)

Solution:'New India' and ' The Commonweal' were the newspaper published by Annie Besant. The Bombay Chronic was published by Firoz Shah Mehta and ' Searchlight' was published by Sachindanand Sinha. 'The Leader' was published by Madan Mohan Malviya.

14. Match List-I with List-II and select the correct answer from the code given below: [U.P.P.C.S. (Mains) 2014]

List-I (Newspapers)	List-II (Launcher/ Publisher)
A. Leader	1. Madan Mohan Malviya
B. Bombay Chronicle	2. Firozshah Mehta
C. Independent	3. T.M. Nair
D. Justice	4. Motilal Nehru

Code:

Option	A	B	C	D
(a)	1	2	4	3
(b)	3	2	4	1
(c)	2	4	3	1
(d)	4	1	2	3

Correct Answer: (a)

Solution:The correctly matched newspapers and their respective publishers are:

List-I (Newspapers)	List-II (Launcher/ Publisher)
Leader	Madan Mohan Malviya
Bombay Chronicle	Firozshah Mehta
Independent	Motilal Nehru
Justice	T.M. Nair

15. Match List-I with List-II and choose the correct answer from the codes given below: [U.P. Lower Sub. (Pre) 2008]

List-I	List-II
A. Abul Kalam Azad	1. Bombay Chronicle
B. Feroz Shah Mehta	2. Al-Hilal
C. Annie Besant	3. Young India
D. Mahatma Gandhi	4. New India

Code:

Option	A	B	C	D
(a)	2	1	4	3
(b)	1	2	3	4
(c)	2	4	1	3
(d)	3	2	4	1

Correct Answer: (a)

Solution:The correctly matched list is as follows:

List-I	List-II
Abul Kalam Azad	Al-Hilal
Feroz Shah Mehta	Bombay Chronicle
Annie Besant	New India
Mahatma Gandhi	Young India

16. Which of the following is NOT correctly matched? [U.P.B.E.O. (Pre) 2019]

Newspaper	Founder
A. Al-Hilal	1. Maulana Abul Kalam Azad
B. New India	2. Annie Besant
C. Tahzeeb-ul-Akhlaq	3. Muhammad Ali
D. Samvad Kaumudi	4. Raja Ram Mohan Roy

Correct Answer: (c)

Solution:'Tahzeeb-ul-Akhlaq' was an Urdu journal published by Sir Syed Ahmed Khan in 1870. Option (a), (b), and (d) are correct. Option (c) is wrongly matched.

17. Given below are the names of freedom fighters and the newspapers started by them. Among these, which combination is incorrect? [Uttarakhand U.D.A./L.D.A. (Pre) 2007]

(a) Maulana Azad - Al-Hilal
(b) Lokmanya Tilak - Kesari
(c) Jawaharlal Nehru - National Herald
(d) Mahatma Gandhi - The Pioneer

Correct Answer: (d)

Solution:'The Pioneer' newspaper was started in Allahabad (Prayagraj) in 1865 by George Allen. 'Indian Opinion', 'Harijan', 'Young India', and 'Navjeevan' were newspapers started by Mahatma Gandhi.

18. With which of the following Newspaper/Magazine, Mahatma Gandhi was not associated? [U.P.P.C.S. (Mains) 2017]

(a) Indian Opinion
(b) Young India
(c) Nav Jeevan
(d) Yugantar

Correct Answer: (d) Yugantar

Solution:'Yugantar' was a newspaper published by Bhupendra Nath Dutt and Barindra Kumar Ghosh. Mahatma Gandhi was not associated with this newspaper. Gandhi was associated with 'Indian Opinion', 'Young India', and 'Navjeevan'.

19. Who among the following had launched the paper 'Qaumi Awaz'? [U.P.P.C.S. (Mains) 2013]

(a) Maulana Abul Kalam Azad
(b) Jawaharlal Nehru
(c) Shaukat Ali
(d) Khaliquzzaman

Correct Answer: (b) Jawaharlal Nehru

Solution:'Qaumi Awaz' newspaper was started by Jawaharlal Nehru and Rafi Ahmed Kidwai in 1945 from Lucknow.

The newspaper was published in Lucknow and New Delhi. It was a pioneer of Urdu journalism after India gained independence. The newspaper was temporarily suspended in 2008 due to losses. The newspaper was resumed in 2017 with Zafar Agha as the Editor-in-Chief. The newspaper has a digital version

20. Which of the following pairs is not correctly matched? [U.P.R.O./A.R.O. (Mains) 2013]

(a) Navjiwan - M.K. Gandhi
(b) Swarajya - T. Prakassam
(c) Prabhat - N.C. Kelkar
(d) Qaumi Awaz - Abul Kalam Azad

Correct Answer: (d)

Solution:'Qaumi Awaz' newspaper was started by Jawaharlal Nehru and Rafi Ahmed Kidwai in 1945 from Lucknow.

The newspaper was published in Lucknow and New Delhi. It was a pioneer of Urdu journalism after India gained independence. The newspaper was temporarily suspended in 2008 due to losses. The newspaper was resumed in 2017 with Zafar Agha as the Editor-in-Chief. The newspaper has a digital version

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Development of Press in Modern India (Part-I)

11. Match List-I with List-II and select the correct answer from the codes given below: [U.P. Lower Sub. (Pre) 2003, U.P. Lower Sub. (Pre) 2002]

12. Match List-I with List-II and select the correct answer from the codes given below: [U.P.P.C.S. (Mains) 2017]

13. Match List-I with List-II and select the correct answer using the code given below the lists: [U.P.P.C.S. (Spl) (Mains) 2004, U.P.P.C.S. (Pre) 2002]

14. Match List-I with List-II and select the correct answer from the code given below: [U.P.P.C.S. (Mains) 2014]

15. Match List-I with List-II and choose the correct answer from the codes given below: [U.P. Lower Sub. (Pre) 2008]

16. Which of the following is NOT correctly matched? [U.P.B.E.O. (Pre) 2019]

17. Given below are the names of freedom fighters and the newspapers started by them. Among these, which combination is incorrect? [Uttarakhand U.D.A./L.D.A. (Pre) 2007]

18. With which of the following Newspaper/Magazine, Mahatma Gandhi was not associated? [U.P.P.C.S. (Mains) 2017]

19. Who among the following had launched the paper 'Qaumi Awaz'? [U.P.P.C.S. (Mains) 2013]

20. Which of the following pairs is not correctly matched? [U.P.R.O./A.R.O. (Mains) 2013]

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