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HCS (Haryana)Prelims2026General Studies
Question
Match List I (Freedom Fighters/Reformers of Haryana) with List II (Associated Journals/ Contributions) and select the correct code: LIST-I (Personality) I. Sir Chhotu Ram II. Pandit Neki Ram Sharma III. Lala Murlidhar IV. Sriram Sharma LIST-II (Contribution / Journal) a. 'Sandesh' (Weekly Newspaper) b. 'Jat Gazette' (Urdu Weekly) c. 'Haryana Tilak' (Urdu/Hindi) d. Khair-Andesh (Newspaper) Choose the correct answer from the options given below:
Options
- A I-b, II-a, III-d, IV-c
- B I-b, II-c, III-a, IV-d
- C I-a, II-b, III-c, IV-d
- D I-c, II-a, III-d, IV-b
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A I-b, II-a, III-d, IV-c
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Sir Chhotu Ram
- Born at Garhi Sampla in Rohtak, he founded the Urdu weekly Jat Gazette in 1916 at Rohtak, which became the voice of the peasantry. He was the champion of the cause of the farmers and is remembered as Deenbandhu and Rahbar-e-Azam.
Pandit Neki Ram Sharma
- A leading nationalist of Haryana associated with the Non-Cooperation and the Civil Disobedience movements, he brought out the weekly Sandesh. He is known as the Gandhi of Haryana.
Lala Murlidhar
- Lala Murlidhar of Ambala, an early Congress leader of the region, was associated with the newspaper Khair-Andesh.
Pandit Sriram Sharma
- He founded and edited the newspaper Haryana Tilak from Rohtak and also wrote the history of the freedom struggle of the region.
- Hence, the correct match is I-b, II-a, III-d, IV-c.