Which of the following are national dailies?
A. The Times of India
B. The Pioneer
C. Outlook
D. Dainik Jagran
E. Frontline
Choose the correct answer from the options given below:
Answer & explanation
Correct answer: option 3
The correct answer is Option (3) → A, B, D only
A. The Times of India Correct. A daily is a newspaper published every day. The Times of India, founded in Bombay in 1861, is one of the English dailies, which are often called ‘national dailies’ because they circulate across regions.
B. The Pioneer Correct. The Pioneer, started in Allahabad in 1865, is also an English daily newspaper.
C. Outlook Incorrect. Outlook is a news magazine published every week, not a daily newspaper.
D. Dainik Jagran Correct. ‘Dainik’ itself means daily. Dainik Jagran is a Hindi daily and heads the list of dailies by readership, with 74 million readers.
E. Frontline Incorrect. Frontline is a news magazine published once a fortnight, not a daily newspaper.
Note: That Outlook is a weekly and Frontline a fortnightly news magazine, and that The Pioneer is a daily newspaper, is not in NCERT (2025-26); explained here for the benefit of the students.
NCERT: Social Change and Development in India — Chapter 7: Mass Media and Communications, Boxes 7.1 and 7.9 (2025-26)
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