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Development of press - Test Set 3

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  1. Question 1

    WBCS Prelims 2006
    The 'Marhatta' wa published by
    1. B. G. Tilak
    2. M. G. Ranade
    3. Savarkar
    4. Deshmukh
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  2. Question 2

    WBCS Prelims 2006
    'Dikdarshan' monthly was published by
    1. Marshman
    2. Rammohan Roy
    3. Sisir Kumar Ghosh
    4. Dwaraknath Tagore
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  3. Question 3

    WBCS Prelims 2004
    Who published Al-Hilal?
    1. Altaf Husain Ali
    2. Mohammad Ali Jinnah
    3. Abdul Kalam Azad
    4. Rehamat Ali
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  4. Question 4

    WBCS Prelims 2003
    'Voice of India' was published from?
    1. Calcutta
    2. Bombay
    3. Madras
    4. Delhi
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  5. Question 5

    WBCS Prelims 2001
    Who was sentenced for the English translation of the Publication of Nil Darpan?
    1. Dinabandhu Mitra
    2. Madhusudan Dutta
    3. Reverand Long
    4. Surendranath Banerjee
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  6. Question 6

    WBCS Prelims 2000
    The first Newspaper which was published in India was titled
    1. The Bengal Gazette
    2. The Calcutta Chronicle
    3. Bombay Herald
    4. Madras Courior
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  7. Question 7

    WBCS Mains 2021
    Which of the following was not a paper edited by M. K. Gandhi ?
    1. Indian Opinion
    2. Young India
    3. Harijan
    4. None of the above
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  8. Question 8

    WBCS Mains 2021
    In which journal did Aurobindo Ghosh wrote his critique of the INC, the series of articles called New Lamps for Old?
    1. Induprakash
    2. Indumati
    3. Somprakash
    4. Yugantar
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  9. Question 9

    WBCS Mains 2020
    Which among the following is not a literary work of Mahatma Gandhi?
    1. Hind Swaraj
    2. Indian Opinion
    3. Yugantar
    4. Young India
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  10. Question 10

    WBCS Mains 2018
    'Kesari' was the mouthpiece of
    1. Indian National Society
    2. Arya Samaj
    3. Sarbajanik Sabha
    4. Sanjivani Sabha
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  11. Question 11

    Freedom of the Press in India is implied under which Article of the Constitution?
    1. Article 19(1)(a) - Freedom of Speech and Expression
    2. Article 21 - Protection of Life and Personal Liberty
    3. Article 14 - Equality before Law
    4. Article 32 - Right to Constitutional Remedies
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  12. Question 12

    NDA 2020
    The Vernacular Press Act was repealed in which year?
    1. 1882
    2. 1885
    3. 1890
    4. 1905
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  13. Question 13

    SSC CHSL 2021
    Who was the founder of 'Sudharak' newspaper?
    1. Lala Lajpat Rai
    2. Bal Gangadhar Tilak
    3. Mahatma Gandhi
    4. Gopal Krishna Gokhale
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  14. Question 14

    SSC CHSL 2023
    The newspaper 'Forward' was started by:
    1. Bal Gangadhar Tilak
    2. C. R. Das
    3. Mahatma Gandhi
    4. Gopal Krishna Gokhale
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  15. Question 15

    BPSC 2019
    Which newspaper was started by Madan Mohan Malaviya?
    1. Hindustan Times
    2. The Leader
    3. Amrita Bazar Patrika
    4. The Hindu
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  16. Question 16

    SSC CHSL 2020
    ‘Amrita Bazar Patrika’ was initially published in which language?
    1. Bengali
    2. Hindi
    3. English
    4. Urdu
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  17. Question 17

    SSC CGL 2022
    Which of the following is not correctly matched?
    1. Kesari – Tilak
    2. Young India – Gandhi
    3. Bande Mataram – Tagore
    4. The Hindu – Subramania Iyer
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  18. Question 18

    CAPF 2020
    Who published the revolutionary weekly ‘Deshbhakt’?
    1. Rajguru
    2. Bhagat Singh
    3. Ram Prasad Bismil
    4. Chandrashekhar Azad
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  19. Question 19

    Who among the following founded ‘Indian Mirror’?
    1. Raja Ram Mohan Roy
    2. Surendranath Banerjee
    3. Devendranath Tagore
    4. Sisir Kumar Ghosh
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  20. Question 20

    BPSC 2021
    Which newspaper was described as ‘the mouthpiece of the moderate nationalists’?
    1. The Hindu
    2. Indian Mirror
    3. The Leader
    4. The Tribune
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