MCQs on Newspapers in Indian Freedom Movement | JKSSB Mock Test

📰 Role of Newspapers in Indian Freedom Movement

1. Newspapers were the voice of the Indian freedom struggle.
2. They spread awareness about British policies and promoted nationalism.
3. They united people and inspired revolts against colonial rule.

🗂️ Key Newspapers & Their Founders

4. Bengal Gazette – James Augustus Hickey (1780) – First newspaper in India.
5. Amrita Bazar Patrika – Sisir Kumar Ghosh & Motilal Ghosh (1868).
6. The Hindu – G. Subramania Iyer (1878).
7. Kesari – Bal Gangadhar Tilak (1881, Marathi).
8. Mahratta – Bal Gangadhar Tilak (1881, English).
9. The Indian Mirror – Devendra Nath Tagore (1861).
10. Sudharak – Gopal Krishna Gokhale.
11. Young India – Mahatma Gandhi.
12. Harijan – Mahatma Gandhi.
13. Navjeevan – Mahatma Gandhi (Gujarati weekly).
14. Indian Opinion – Mahatma Gandhi (Started in South Africa).
15. The Leader – Pandit Madan Mohan Malaviya (1909).
16. Al-Hilal – Maulana Abul Kalam Azad (1912).
17. Al-Balagh – Maulana Abul Kalam Azad (1915).
18. Hindustan Times – Founded in 1924 by Sunder Singh Lyallpuri.
19. Sandhya – Brahmabandhav Upadhyay.
20. Bombay Chronicle – Pherozeshah Mehta.
21. Indian Sociologist – Shyamji Krishna Verma (London).
22. Bande Mataram – Bipin Chandra Pal (English weekly, Calcutta).
23. Kal – Mukundrao Patil.

🔖 SSC & JKSSB Previous Year One-Liners

24. SSC CGL 2018: Who started Kesari and Mahratta? – Bal Gangadhar Tilak
25. SSC CHSL 2020: First newspaper in India? – Bengal Gazette (1780)
26. SSC GD 2021: Who published Al-Hilal? – Maulana Abul Kalam Azad
27. SSC CGL 2022: Indian Opinion was started by? – Mahatma Gandhi
28. JKSSB 2021: Who started The Hindu? – G. Subramania Iyer
29. SSC CPO 2019: Which Act suppressed vernacular press? – Vernacular Press Act (1878)
30. SSC MTS 2022: Who started The Leader newspaper? – Madan Mohan Malaviya
31. SSC CHSL 2023: Who started Indian Sociologist? – Shyamji Krishna Verma

📜 Important Press Acts

32. Vernacular Press Act (1878) – Passed by Lord Lytton to curb the Indian press.
33. Press Act (1910) – Imposed strict censorship on newspapers.
34. Many editors were arrested under the Sedition Act.