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1.  
AGGS – 2021
Who started the English paper called 'Comrade'?

Correct Answer: A [Maulana Muhammad Ali]

Explanation:

Maulana Muhammad Ali started the English weekly Comrade in Calcutta in 1911, and later also the Urdu paper Hamdard.

2.  
PTGS – 2021
Which of the following statement, Lokmanya Tilak, wrote in his papers Kesari and Mahratta, are true?

Correct Answer: D [The success of the Swadeshi Navigation company]

Explanation:

Tilak wrote in Kesari and Mahratta about the success of the Swadeshi effort, especially V.O.C.'s Swadeshi Steam Navigation Company.

3.  
PTGS – 2021
The editor of "The Hindustan Review", an English Monthly Magazine, published by the Indian Press in Allahabad

Correct Answer: A [Sachchidananda Sinha]

Explanation:

Sachchidananda Sinha founded and edited The Hindustan Review, an English monthly published from Allahabad.

4.  
CAGS – 2022
Name the Women's Indian Association's newspaper.

Correct Answer: A [Stri Darma]

Explanation:

Stri Dharma was the journal of the Women's Indian Association, founded in 1917 in Madras by Annie Besant and others.

5.  
EO – 2022
Who was the Founder and Editor of the journals Punjabee, the Bande Mataram and the English weekly, The People?

Correct Answer: A [Lala Lajpat Rai]

Explanation:

Lala Lajpat Rai, the Lion of the Punjab, founded and edited The Punjabee, the Urdu Bande Mataram and the English weekly The People.

6.  
REPORTER – 2022
Who wrote the book "Communist Manifesto"?

Correct Answer: C [Karl Marx and Friedrich Engels]

Explanation:

The Communist Manifesto was written jointly by Karl Marx and Friedrich Engels and published in 1848.

7.  
VCGS – 2022
Who was the author of the book 'Commentaries on the Quran'?

Correct Answer: B [Sir Syed Ahmed Khan]

Explanation:

Sir Syed Ahmad Khan wrote a rationalist commentary on the Quran and founded the Aligarh college in 1875 to spread modern education.

8.  
GROUP 1 – 2022
Which of the following are correctly paired?
(i) New India and Commonweal – Mrs. Annie Besant
(ii) Kesari and Maratha – Bala Gangadhar Tilak
(iii) Indian Opinion – Gopal Hari Deshmukh
(iv) Indu Prakash – Mahatma Gandhi

Correct Answer: A [(i) and (ii)]

Explanation:

Only (i) and (ii) are correctly paired: Annie Besant ran New India and Commonweal, and Tilak ran Kesari and Maratha.

9.  
ACF – 2023
Match the following and choose the correct answer from the codes given below:
(1) Neelakanda Brammachari – (a) Ananda Vikadan
(2) G.A. Natesan – (b) Suryodhyam
(3) R. Krishnamoorthy – (c) Thinamani
(4) T.S. Chokalingam – (d) Indian Review

Correct Answer: B [(b) (d) (a) (c)]

Explanation:

Neelakanda Brahmachari is linked to Suryodayam and G.A. Natesan to the Indian Review, giving the matching code (b) (d) (a) (c).

10.  
DEO – 2023
Iswar Chandra Gupta's remarkable journal ________ was the training ground of many distinguished writers.

Correct Answer: C [Samvad Prabhakar]

Explanation:

Ishwar Chandra Gupta's Bengali journal Samvad Prabhakar, started in 1831, trained many writers including Bankim Chandra Chatterjee.

11.  
DEO – 2023
Who among the following published the first newspaper in English Language in India?

Correct Answer: C [James Augustus Hicky]

Explanation:

James Augustus Hicky started the Bengal Gazette in Calcutta on 29 January 1780, India's first newspaper, in English.

12.  
DEO – 2023
Match List I with List II and select the correct answer using the codes given below the lists:
List I: (a) New India (b) The People's Friend (c) Vande Mataram (d) Rast Goftar
List II: 1. Lala Lajpat Rai 2. Bipin Chandra Pal 3. Dadabai Naoroji 4. A.O. Hume

Correct Answer: A [2 4 1 3]

Explanation:

New India was Bipin Chandra Pal's, People's Friend was A.O. Hume's, Bande Mataram was Lajpat Rai's, and Rast Goftar was Naoroji's, giving 2 4 1 3.

13.  
DEO – 2023
Match and choose the correct answer from the code given below:
(a) Bala Gangadhar Tilak – 1. Voice of India
(b) Dadabhai Naoroji – 2. Madras Time [TNPSC வினாத்தாளில் உள்ளபடி; சரியானது: Madras Times]
(c) Macaulay – 3. Kesari
(d) William Digby – 4. Minute on Indian Education

Correct Answer: B [3 1 4 2]

Explanation:

Tilak is linked to Kesari, Naoroji to Voice of India, Macaulay to the 1835 Minute on education, and Digby to Prosperous British India: code 3 1 4 2.

14.  
DEO – 2023
Match the following Editors to their Magazines:
Editors: (a) Thiru. Kalyanasundharanar (b) Bharathiyar (c) Bharathidasan (d) Na. Parthasarathy
Magazines: 1. Deepam 2. Desabakthan 3. Vijaya 4. Kuyil

Correct Answer: C [2 3 4 1]

Explanation:

Thiru.Vi.Ka. edited Desabhaktan, Bharathiyar Vijaya, Bharathidasan Kuyil, and Na. Parthasarathy Deepam, giving the code 2 3 4 1.

15.  
AJ – 2023
Choose the ones that are correctly matched:
  1. Narayan – Chittaranjan Das
  1. Unhappy India – Mrs. Annie Besant
  1. Commonweal – Lala Lajpat Rai
  1. Abhyudaya – Pt. Madan Mohan Malaviya

Correct Answer: C [1 and 4 are correct]

Explanation:

Narayan was Chittaranjan Das's journal and Abhyudaya was Madan Mohan Malaviya's, so statements 1 and 4 alone are correct.

16.  
GROUP 3A – 2023
________ spread Theosophical ideas through her newspapers called "New India" and "Commonweal".

Correct Answer: A [Annie Besant]

Explanation:

Annie Besant spread Theosophical ideas through her newspapers New India and Commonweal and also promoted the Home Rule movement.

17.  
HEALTH OFFICER – 2023
Stri Purush Tulana was written and published by

Correct Answer: D [Tarabai Shinde]

Explanation:

Tarabai Shinde wrote and published Stri Purush Tulana (1882), a Marathi work criticising the double standards of patriarchal society.

18.  
RESEARCH ASSISTANT TAMIL NADU ANIMAL HUSBANDRY SERVICE – 2023
Who published the Tamil Newspaper, 'Thozhilalan'?

Correct Answer: B [M. Singaravelar]

Explanation:

M. Singaravelar, the labour pioneer who held India's first May Day celebration in Madras in 1923, published the Tamil weekly Thozhilalan.

19.  
COMBINED ENGINEER – 2024
"The Searchlight" was a most important and influential Newspaper, was published in

Correct Answer: A [Patna]

Explanation:

The Searchlight was an influential English newspaper published from Patna, Bihar, and it spread nationalist ideas there.

20.  
EO GRADE I (HR&CE) – 2024
Rabindranath's early writings were published in the family magazine called

Correct Answer: D [Bharati]

Explanation:

Rabindranath Tagore's early writings appeared in Bharati, the Bengali literary magazine started by the Tagore family in 1877.

21.  
GROUP 4 – 2024
Name the author of book "Poverty and Un-British Rule in India".

Correct Answer: C [Dadabhai Naoroji]

Explanation:

Dadabhai Naoroji wrote Poverty and Un-British Rule in India (1901), presenting the Drain of Wealth theory.

22.  
GROUP 2 & 2A – 2024
Who wrote a series of articles entitled 'New Lamps for Old'?

Correct Answer: D [Aurobindo Ghosh]

Explanation:

Aurobindo Ghosh wrote the article series 'New Lamps for Old' in 1893-94 in Indu Prakash, criticising the moderate Congress leadership.

23.  
GROUP 1 – 2024
Match the following:
List I (Author): (a) Bankimchandra (b) Dinabandhu Mitra (c) Premchand
List II (Works): 1. Shatranj Ke Khilari 2. Devi Chaudharani 3. Nil Darpan

Correct Answer: C [2 3 1]

Explanation:

Bankim wrote Devi Chaudhurani, Dinabandhu Mitra wrote Nil Darpan, and Premchand wrote Shatranj Ke Khilari, giving the code 2 3 1.

24.  
COMBINED TECHNICAL SERVICES (IV POST) – 2024
________ helped Rabindranath Tagore in refining the English Translation of 'Gitanjali'.

Correct Answer: B [W.B. Yeats]

Explanation:

The Irish poet W.B. Yeats helped Tagore refine the English translation of Gitanjali (Song Offerings, 1912).

25.  
COMBINED TECHNICAL SERVICES (IV POST – II) – 2024
Match the following:
Editors: (a) Ajit Singh (b) Siraj-ud-din Ahmad (c) Brahmabandhab Upadhyay (d) Aurobindo Ghosh
Journals: 1. Zamindar 2. Sandhya 3. Bande Mataram 4. Bharat Mata

Correct Answer: A [4 1 2 3]

Explanation:

Ajit Singh edited Bharat Mata, Siraj-ud-din Ahmad Zamindar, Brahmabandhab Upadhyay Sandhya, and Aurobindo Ghosh Bande Mataram: 4 1 2 3.

26.  
GROUP 1 & 1A – 2025
Choose the right matches among type:
(a) 'Indian World' Journal – 1. J.S. Buckingham
(b) 'Telegraph' Journal – 2. Charles MacLean
(c) 'Bengal Hurkaru' Journal – 3. Mekenly
(d) 'Calcutta' Journal – 4. Duane

Correct Answer: A [4 3 2 1]

Explanation:

Indian World was Duane's, Bengal Hurkaru Charles MacLean's, Calcutta Journal J.S. Buckingham's, and Telegraph Mekenly's, giving 4 3 2 1.

27.  
GROUP 2 & 2A MAINS (ரத்தான தேர்வு) – 2026
The objectives of 'Common Wealth' published by Annie Besant had been

Correct Answer: C [Religious Liberty, National Education, Social Reforms and Home Rule under the British Empire only]

Explanation:

Annie Besant's Commonweal (1914) aimed at religious liberty, national education, social reform and Home Rule, so all four objectives apply.

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