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WBCS Main Examination 2022 — Paper III: General Studies I · Question 60 of 200

Q60
Indian National MovementPress, Literature & Cultural Institutions
Bal Gangadhar Tilak was the editor of
  1. a.Hindoo Patriot
  2. b.Hind Swaraj
  3. c.Kesari
  4. d.Anandamath

Answer: (C) Kesari

Tilak edited the Marathi weekly Kesari and the English weekly Mahratta, which he used to spread nationalist ideas. The Hindoo Patriot was a Calcutta paper edited by Harish Chandra Mukherjee, who championed the indigo cultivators. Hind Swaraj is a book by Gandhi, written in 1909. Anandamath is Bankim Chandra Chattopadhyay's novel of 1882, which contains 'Vande Mataram'.

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