Match the newspapers in List I with the language in List II
| LIST I | LIST II | ||
| A. | Kesari | I. | Malayali |
| B. | Mathrubhumi | II. | Hindi |
| C. | Sambad-Kaumudi | III. | Bengali |
| D. | Amar Ujala | IV. | Marathi |
Choose the correct answer from the options given below:
Answer & explanation
Correct answer: option 2
The correct answer is Option (2) → A-IV, B-I, C-III, D-II
(A) Kesari — this matches (IV) Marathi.
(B) Mathrubhumi — this matches (I) Malayali.
(C) Sambad-Kaumudi — this matches (III) Bengali.
(D) Amar Ujala — this matches (II) Hindi. It is a Meerut-based paper whose editions run across Uttar Pradesh and Uttarakhand, and it is the item left for Hindi.
NCERT (2025-26): “7.1 The Beginnings of Modern Mass Media … This led the colonial government to clamp down on the nationalist press and impose censorship, for instance during the Ilbert Bill agitation in 1883. Association with the national movement led some of the nationalist newspapers like Kesari (Marathi), Mathrubhumi (Malayalam), Amrita Bazar Patrika (English) to suffer the displeasure of the colonial state. But that did not prevent them from advocating the nationalist cause and demand an end to the colonial rule.” “…Newspaper chains like Meerut-based Amar Ujala, are using new technology for news gathering, as well as, for improving pictorial coverage. The newspaper has a network of nearly a hundred reporters and staffers and an equal number of photographers, feeding news to all its 13 editions spread across Uttar Pradesh and Uttarakhand.…”
Box 7.1 (NCERT 2025-26) |
