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Development of press - Test Set 2

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  1. Question 1

    MPSC 2021
    Who among the following founded ‘Sudharak’ newspaper?
    1. Gopal Hari Deshmukh
    2. Jyotiba Phule
    3. Ishwar Chandra Vidyasagar
    4. Raja Ram Mohan Roy
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  2. Question 2

    CAPF 2019
    Who published the 'Voice of India' in London?
    1. Shyamji Krishna Verma
    2. Dadabhai Naoroji
    3. Mahatma Gandhi
    4. Lala Lajpat Rai
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  3. Question 3

    SSC CGL 2020
    Which Indian leader edited the newspaper 'The Bengalee'?
    1. Surendranath Banerjee
    2. Rabindranath Tagore
    3. R. C. Dutt
    4. G. K. Gokhale
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  4. Question 4

    SSC MTS 2023
    In which year was the Vernacular Press Act passed?
    1. 1835
    2. 1857
    3. 1878
    4. 1910
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  5. Question 5

    UPSC CDS 2021
    Which newspaper was published by Raja Ram Mohan Roy?
    1. Sambad Kaumudi
    2. Kesari
    3. Indian Mirror
    4. The Hindu
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  6. Question 6

    WBCS Prelims 2022
    'Navjivan' was edited by
    1. Rasbehari Basu
    2. Gandhiji
    3. Lala Hardayal
    4. Aurobindo Ghosh
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  7. Question 7

    WBCS Prelims 2021
    Who was the editor of the nationalist newspaper 'Sandhya' ?
    1. Satish Chandra Mukhopadhaya
    2. Bramhabandhab Upadhyay
    3. Sisir Kumar Ghosh
    4. Bhupendranath Datta
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  8. Question 8

    WBCS Prelims 2020
    Who started the first English Newspaper in India?
    1. Bal gangadhar Tilak
    2. Raja Rammohan Roy
    3. J. A. Hickey
    4. Lord William Bentinck
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  9. Question 9

    WBCS Prelims 2020
    Who was the first editor of the Amrita Bazar Patrika?
    1. Samhbuchandra Mukhopadhyay
    2. Sisir Kumar Ghosh
    3. Girish Chandra Ghosh
    4. Robert Knight
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  10. Question 10

    WBCS Prelims 2018
    Who was the editor of the 'Hindu Patriot' ?
    1. Surendranath Banerjee
    2. Motilal Ghosh
    3. Sisir Kumar Ghosh
    4. Harish Chandra Mukherjee
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  11. Question 11

    WBCS Prelims 2017
    The author of 'Neel Darpan' was
    1. Rabindranath Tagore
    2. Dinabandhu Mitra
    3. Girish Chandra Ghosh
    4. Bepin Chandra Pal
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  12. Question 12

    WBCS Prelims 2016
    'Hind Swaraj' was written by Gandhi while
    1. travelling from England to India by ship
    2. in Sabarmati Ashram
    3. travelling from England to South Africa by ship
    4. during Champaran Satyagraha
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  13. Question 13

    WBCS Prelims 2016
    Who started the newspaper 'Shom Prakash' ?
    1. Dayananda Saraswati
    2. Raja Rammohan Roy
    3. Ishwar Chandra Vidyasagar
    4. Surendranath Banerjee
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  14. Question 14

    WBCS Prelims 2014
    Which one of the following newspapers/journals was from Maharastra?
    1. Kranti
    2. Atmasakti
    3. Sarathi
    4. Sandhya
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  15. Question 15

    WBCS Prelims 2012
    Who edited the journal 'Bande Mataram' in Paris ?
    1. Madame Cama
    2. Shyamaji Krishnavarma
    3. Lala Hardayal
    4. Bhupen Datta
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  16. Question 16

    WBCS Prelims 2010
    Who translated Nil Darpan in English?
    1. Madhusudan Dutta
    2. Rev. James Long
    3. Harish Chandra Mukherjee
    4. Kali Prasanna Singha
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  17. Question 17

    WBCS Prelims 2009
    Name the first Bengali newspaper
    1. Samachar Darpan
    2. Samvad Kaumudi
    3. Sambad Prabhakar
    4. Tattvabodhini Patrika
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  18. Question 18

    WBCS Prelims 2009
    Who was the editor of Kesari?
    1. Lal Lajpat Rai
    2. Bal gangadhar Tilak
    3. Gopal Krishna Gokhle
    4. Dadabhai Naoraji
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  19. Question 19

    WBCS Prelims 2008
    Who was the first editor of Yugantar?
    1. Barindra Ghosh
    2. Bipin Chandra Pal
    3. Jatindra Nath Mukherjee
    4. Ullaskar Dutta
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  20. Question 20

    WBCS Prelims 2006
    The Times of India was first published in
    1. 1875
    2. 1861
    3. 1862
    4. 1858
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