2020 GS Paper I, all questions

UPSC Prelims 2020 · GS Paper I

Question 28: History and Culture

The Vital-Vidhvansak, the first monthly journal to have the untouchable people as its target audience was published by

aGopal Baba Walangkar
bJyotiba Phule
cMohandas Karamchand Gandhi
dBhimrao Ramji Ambedkar

AnswerUPSC’s answer is (a).

Vital Vidhvansak (1888) was edited by Gopal Baba Walangkar, an early Dalit reformer from Maharashtra, as the first monthly aimed at the untouchable communities. Jyotiba Phule founded the Satyashodhak Samaj (1873) and wrote Gulamgiri; Ambedkar's journals, such as Mooknayak (1920), came decades later, and Gandhi's weekly Harijan was started in 1933.

Why each option is right or wrong
  • (a) Right: Gopal Baba Walangkar published Vital Vidhvansak.
  • (b) Wrong: Phule is linked to the Satyashodhak Samaj and Gulamgiri.
  • (c) Wrong: Gandhi's Harijan came in the 1930s.
  • (d) Wrong: Ambedkar's Mooknayak, Bahishkrit Bharat and others came after 1920.

Answer: UPSC’s key. Explanation: written by UPSC Grade, not by UPSC.

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Source: UPSC, Civil Services (Preliminary) Examination 2020, General Studies Paper I, Series A. The paper on upsc.gov.in.