SSC GD 2021 PYQ — Question 47

SSC GD Constable (English) - 16th November 2021 Shift 1 • General Awareness • Q47

Who among the following founded the newspaper ‘Sambad Kaumudi’?

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Correct answer: B

Explanation

The correct answer is option 2 i.e. Raja Ram Mohan Roy.

Other Information-

  • Raja Ram Mohan Roy founded the newspaper 'Samvad Kaumudi'.
  • Raja Rammohun Roy is called the forerunner of the Indian Renaissance and the father of modern India.
  • Samvad Kaumudi was a Bengali weekly newspaper published from Kolkata by Raja Rammohun Roy in the first half of the 19th century.
  • It was published in 1821, it was the first newspaper in an Indian language.