Given below are two statements:
Statement I: Soon after independence, the programmes of All India Radio consisted mainly of news, current affairs and discussions on development.
Statement II: Radio broadcasting in India commenced through amateur 'ham' broadcasting clubs in Mumbai and Delhi in the 1920s.
In the light of the above statements, choose the most appropriate answer from the options given below:
Answer & explanation
Correct answer: option 3
The correct answer is Option (3) → Statement I is correct but Statement II is incorrect
Statement I: Soon after independence, the programmes of All India Radio consisted mainly of news, current affairs and discussions on development. — Correct. After independence the media was seen as an active partner in building the new nation. So AIR's programmes were mainly news, current affairs and discussions on development.
Statement II: Radio broadcasting in India commenced through amateur 'ham' broadcasting clubs in Mumbai and Delhi in the 1920s. — Incorrect. Radio did begin in India in the 1920s through amateur 'ham' broadcasting clubs. Those clubs were in Kolkata and Chennai, so Mumbai and Delhi is the wrong pair of cities.
NCERT (2026-27): “Radio “Since the media was seen as an active partner in the development of the newly free nation, the AIR’s programmes consisted mainly of news, current affairs and discussions on development. …” |