Consider the following statements:
(A) Vernacular newspapers have vastly increased their circulation in the states and the rural hinterland.
(B) To compete with the electronic media, English newspapers in particular have reduced their prices.
(C) To compete with the electronic media, English newspapers have brought out editions from a single centre.
(D) Malayala Manorama and Eenadu introduced district and block editions to launch local news.
Choose the correct answer from the options given below:
Answer & explanation
Correct answer: option 2
The correct answer is Option (2) → A, B and D only
(A) Vernacular newspapers have vastly increased their circulation in the states and the rural hinterland. — Correct. Vernacular newspapers have vastly increased their circulation in the states and the rural hinterland. English papers, called national dailies, circulate across regions.
(B) To compete with the electronic media, English newspapers in particular have reduced their prices. — Correct. To compete with the electronic media, newspapers, especially English ones, have reduced their prices.
(C) To compete with the electronic media, English newspapers have brought out editions from a single centre. — Incorrect. The number of centres is reversed here. English newspapers brought out editions from multiple centres so that they reach readers in many more places.
(D) Malayala Manorama and Eenadu introduced district and block editions to launch local news. — Correct. Malayala Manorama and Eenadu launched local news in a big way. They introduced district editions and, whenever necessary, block editions.
NCERT (2026-27): “Print Media … “While English newspapers, often called ‘national dailies’, circulate across regions, vernacular newspapers have vastly increased their circulation in the states and the rural hinterland. In order to compete with the electronic media, newspapers, especially English language newspapers have on the one hand reduced prices and on the other hand brought out editions from multiple centres.” |