Q. The Young India’, a Nationalist paper, was started by
a) Bal Gangadhar Tilak
b) Mahatma Gandhi
c) Annie Besant
d) Maulana Abul Kalam Azad
Correct Answer : b) Mahatma Gandhi
Question from BPSC PT 71, 2025
Correct Answer: b) Mahatma Gandhi
Explanation:
– Young India was an English weekly launched and edited by Mahatma Gandhi in 1919 to spread nationalist ideas and mobilize public opinion during the freedom movement. He also brought out the Gujarati weekly Navajivan.
– Eliminations:
– Bal Gangadhar Tilak started Kesari (Marathi) and Mahratta (English).
– Annie Besant started New India and Commonweal.
– Maulana Abul Kalam Azad started Al-Hilal and Al-Balagh.