Question

The largest numbers of newspapers published in India are in which one of the following languages
(A) Hindi
(B) English
(C) Urdu
(D) Marathi

Answer 1

Hint: The very first newspaper in India was published on 29 January, 1780 by James Augustus Hickey under the British Raj and was named as ‘The Bengal Gazette’. This language is Spoken and known by majority of Indians. From a little over 200 dailies published in post-independence India, to over 100,000 registered newspapers and periodicals as of 2015, the print media in India has matured to its full capacity.

Complete Answer:
In India, there are multiple languages that are spoken around different states of the country.
But the mother tongue of India is Hindi and because of that the common language which is the bridge of communication among all the people from different states is Hindi.
As per the data provided by the Government, a total of 1,05,443 newspapers/periodicals are registered with the Registrar of Newspapers for India.
Uttar Pradesh tops the list with more than 16000 registrations followed by Maharashtra with more than 14000. Delhi, Madhya Pradesh, Andhra Pradesh & Rajasthan follow in that order.

A. As expected, the greatest number of papers are registered in Hindi which is 42493.
B. The registrations for English newspapers are 13661.
C. For Urdu language the number of Registration is around 4770.
D. The number of newspapers registered in Marathi language is 7818.

Hence, from the above explanation we can say that Option (A) Hindi is the correct answer.

Note: Instead of such a large number of newspapers, the request for new registrations is increasing steadily. Some of the requests for registration are declined under Section 6 of The Press & Registration of Books Act. The number of requests for such fresh newspapers rose by more than 80% from 2012-13 to 2014-15. The number of rejections is more or less than the same in the last three years.