{"id":66104,"date":"2024-04-20T09:50:06","date_gmt":"2024-04-20T09:50:06","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/exam.pscnotes.com\/mcq\/?p=66104"},"modified":"2024-04-20T09:50:06","modified_gmt":"2024-04-20T09:50:06","slug":"which-prominent-nationalist-newspaper-was-founded-in-patna-in-1917","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/exam.pscnotes.com\/mcq\/which-prominent-nationalist-newspaper-was-founded-in-patna-in-1917\/","title":{"rendered":"Which prominent nationalist newspaper was founded in Patna in 1917?"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>[amp_mcq option1=&#8221;The Searchlight&#8221; option2=&#8221;The Hindustan Times&#8221; option3=&#8221;The Indian Express&#8221; option4=&#8221;The Tribune&#8221; correct=&#8221;option1&#8243;]<!--more--><\/p>\n<p>The correct answer is The Searchlight.<\/p>\n<p>The Searchlight is an Indian English-language daily newspaper published from Patna, Bihar. It was founded in 1917 by K. K. Datta, a freedom fighter and journalist. The newspaper was initially named The Searchlight on India and the East, but it was later shortened to The Searchlight.<\/p>\n<p>The Searchlight is one of the oldest and most prominent newspapers in India. It has a long history of reporting on the political and social issues of Bihar and India. The newspaper has also been a strong advocate for the rights of the people of Bihar.<\/p>\n<p>The Searchlight is a member of the Press Trust of India (PTI) and the Asian News International (ANI). It is also a member of the Editors Guild of India.<\/p>\n<p>The Searchlight has won several awards for its journalism, including the Ramnath Goenka Award for Excellence in Journalism and the National Award for Excellence in Journalism.<\/p>\n<p>The other options are incorrect because they were not founded in Patna in 1917.<\/p>\n<p>The Hindustan Times was founded in 1919 in Delhi.<\/p>\n<p>The Indian Express was founded in 1931 in Bombay.<\/p>\n<p>The Tribune was founded in 1881 in Lahore.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>[amp_mcq option1=&#8221;The Searchlight&#8221; option2=&#8221;The Hindustan Times&#8221; option3=&#8221;The Indian Express&#8221; option4=&#8221;The Tribune&#8221; correct=&#8221;option1&#8243;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[976],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-66104","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-bihar-state-gk-mcq","no-featured-image-padding"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO Premium plugin v22.2 (Yoast SEO v23.3) - https:\/\/yoast.com\/wordpress\/plugins\/seo\/ -->\n<title>Which prominent nationalist newspaper was founded in Patna in 1917?<\/title>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/exam.pscnotes.com\/mcq\/which-prominent-nationalist-newspaper-was-founded-in-patna-in-1917\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"Which prominent nationalist newspaper was founded in Patna in 1917?\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"[amp_mcq option1=&#8221;The Searchlight&#8221; 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