Question

Arrange the following in chronological order beginning from the first:
A. Mumbai Samachar is started by Fardunji Mazaban.
B. Anand Bazar Patrika is started by Mrinal Ghosh.
C. Mumbai Akhbaar starts as the first all Marathi journal.
D. Arunodaya, Asamiya language journal begins publication under the editorship of Oliver T-Cutter.
E. Odunt Martand is first published under Pandit Kishore Shukla.
Choose the correct answer from the options given below:

• A. E, D, A, C, B
• B. C, E, B, D, A
• C. A, E, C, D, B
• D. A, B, C, D, E

Hint:

Rough dates: Mumbai Samachar 1822, Odunt Martand 1826, Mumbai Akhbaar 1831, Arunodaya 1846, Anand Bazar Patrika (twentieth century).

Answer 1

The Correct Option is C

Step 1: Understanding the Question:

• We must order five landmark Indian-language newspapers by the date they began.

Step 2: Detailed Explanation:

• A. Mumbai Samachar (Gujarati) was started by Fardunji Marzban in 1822.

• E. Odunt Martand, the first Hindi newspaper, was published from Kolkata in 1826 by Pandit Jugal Kishore Shukla.

• C. Mumbai Akhbaar, an early Marathi journal, began in 1831 (after the above two).

• D. Arunodaya, the first Assamese journal, began in 1846 under Oliver T. Cutter.

• B. Anand Bazar Patrika was founded much later (early twentieth century).

• The chronological order is A, E, C, D, B.

Step 3: Final Answer:
The correct option is (C) A, E, C, D, B.