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MPSC Rajyaseva 2016 GS Paper 1 — Question 2

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'दोन कोरड्या रोट्या, एक पेलाभर पाणी आणि प्रत्येक संपादकियाबद्दल दहा वर्षे सक्तमजुरी' या पगारावर कोणत्या वृत्तपत्राने संपादकपदाची जाहिरात दिली होती ? Which newspaper gave an advertisement for the post of editor with the payment of 'Two dry breads (rotis), a glass of water and ten years imprisonment for each editorial'?

1)केसरी / Kesari
2)स्वराज्य / Swarajya✓ Correct
3)वंदे मातरम् / Vande Mataram
4)काळ / Kaal

The famous advertisement offering 'two dry rotis, a glass of water and ten years of rigorous imprisonment for each editorial' was published by Swarajya, the Urdu weekly from Allahabad, whose editors were repeatedly jailed for sedition.

🏛️ The Maharashtra angle

Reflects the radical nationalist journalism of Maharashtra during the Swadeshi movement.

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