Match the following and choose the correct answer:

Question

Match the following and choose the correct answer:

Newspaper Editor

I. Free Hindustan a. Mahatma Gandhi

II. Indian Opinion b. Dadabhai Naoroji

III. Voice of India c. Surendranath Banerjee

IV. Bengalee d. Taraknath Das

1. A. I-c, II-d, III-a, IV-b
2. B. I-d, II-a, III-b, IV-c (Correct answer)
3. C. I-c, II-a, III-d, IV-b
4. D. I-d, II-c, III-b, IV-a

Correct Answer

Option B — I-d, II-a, III-b, IV-c

Detailed Solution & Explanation

The correct answer is I-d, II-a, III-b, IV-c.

Key Points

• Matching the newspapers with their editors: Free Hindustan (I) → Taraknath Das (d); Indian Opinion (II) → Mahatma Gandhi (a); Voice of India (III) → Dadabhai Naoroji (b); and Bengalee (IV) → Surendranath Banerjee (c).
• Indian Opinion was started by Gandhi in South Africa (1903) to voice the concerns of Indians there; the Bengalee was edited by Surendranath Banerjee; Free Hindustan was brought out by the revolutionary Taraknath Das abroad; and Voice of India was associated with Dadabhai Naoroji.
• This gives the combination I-d, II-a, III-b, IV-c, making option (B) correct.

Additional Information

• Newspaper-editor pairs from the national movement: Free Hindustan (Taraknath Das), Bande Mataram (Aurobindo Ghosh), Yugantar (Barindra Kumar Ghosh), Kesari and Mahratta (Tilak), Al-Hilal (Maulana Azad), The Indian Sociologist (Shyamji Krishna Varma).
• The Vernacular Press Act (1878) of Lord Lytton targeted Indian-language papers specifically, and was repealed by Ripon in 1882.
• Editors were frequently prosecuted for sedition under Section 124A IPC, Tilak's trials being the best-known instances.