List-I
(Publications)List-II
(Editors)(A) Bengal Gazette (I) James Augustus Hicky (B) Mirat-ul-Akhbar (II) Raja Ram Mohan Roy (C) Rast Goftar (III) Dadabhai Naoroji (D) Young India (IV) M. K. Gandhi
Choose the correct answer from the options given below :
This question requires matching historical publications from List-I with their respective editors from List-II. Let's analyze each match:
| List-I (Publication) | List-II (Editor) | Explanation |
|---|---|---|
| (A) Bengal Gazette | (I) James Augustus Hicky | James Augustus Hicky founded and edited India's first newspaper, the Bengal Gazette, in 1780. |
| (B) Mirat-ul-Akhbar | (II) Raja Ram Mohan Roy | Raja Ram Mohan Roy published the Persian weekly Mirat-ul-Akhbar (The Mirror of Intelligence) in 1822. |
| (C) Rast Goftar | (III) Dadabhai Naoroji | Dadabhai Naoroji was the editor of Rast Goftar (The Truth Teller), a Gujarati-language weekly newspaper. |
| (D) Young India | (IV) M. K. Gandhi | M. K. Gandhi edited the nationalist weekly newspaper Young India, published from 1919 to 1931. |
Based on the analysis:
Therefore, the correct combination is (A)-(I), (B)-(II), (C)-(III), (D)-(IV).