Civil Services Prep

Prelims MCQ · Modern History and the Freedom Struggle

Nationalist newspapers were often organised as public-service ventures, circulated beyond cities and were read collectively in village libraries. They criticised government policy and propagated political resolutions.

Which one of the following conclusions follows most directly?

  1. Their influence depended primarily upon commercial profitability and individual subscriptions in large cities.
  2. Their principal purpose was literary entertainment, while political education remained confined to Congress meetings.
  3. Their village circulation replaced the need for political discussion by encouraging passive and private reading.
  4. They functioned as a decentralised infrastructure of political education, participation and opposition to colonial rule.
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