Question

What type of information do we get from the newspapers?
A. About national and international affairs
B. About politics
C. About social and cultural affairs
D. All of the above

Answer 1

Hint: A newspaper is defined as a publication which contains information about the issues concerning the readers in general, opinion pieces, editorials etc. and is relevant in providing information in a mass manner. It is published periodically and the frequency differs on the content a particular publication intends to cover.

Complete answer: Newspapers, by the manner of their coverage, can be divided into many types. Even within a newspaper, there are multiple categories and divisions, based on which there is a classification of news. All of these variants can be seen in editions of newspapers like Time of India, The Hindu, Dainik Bhaskar etc.

Let’s look at the options;
Option A- Newspapers contain all national and international affairs. Any local affair that is an addition to a national concern is also covered under that category. These are called National Dailies and are published on a day to day basis. So this is a correct option.
Option B- National and international affairs related to diplomacy, elections, campaigning, political rhetoric, parliamentary debates etc. are all matters of politics. Even on the local levels, concerns regarding the local bodies or in a rural or urban division are all administrative as well as political matters. Therefore, newspapers do cover political affairs. So this is also a correct option.
Option C- There are sections about ethnic coverage in National and International news publications too. These sections are based on the locality where the publication is happening and is accompanied by separate ethnicity-based news coverage. So this option is correct as well.
Option D- Since all the three options above are correct, this is the option to be marked.
So, the final correct answer is option (D).

Note: The publication of newspapers for masses can be traced back to the invention of the printing press in 1439. Though it had existed in different forms before, the mechanisation of this process led to mass production and cheaper distribution of newspapers on a daily basis and led to it becoming a popular form of mass media.