State any three ways in which the Press played an important role in developing nationalism amongst Indians.

(1) Newspapers CRITICISED the unjust policies of the British Government and exposed the economic exploitation of India, awakening political consciousness among the people. (2) They SPREAD THE IDEAS of liberty, democracy, equality and self-government to every corner of the country, linking distant regions in a common cause and creating a single national outlook out of many provinces. (3) They KEPT THE PEOPLE INFORMED of the activities of the Congress and its leaders, and revived pride in India’s cultural heritage. Papers such as Kesari and Maratha (Tilak), Amrita Bazar Patrika, The Hindu, Bengalee (Surendranath Banerjee) and Bipin Chandra Pal’s New India did this work.

One mark per point. NAMING actual newspapers is what turns a generic answer into one that earns full marks. Choose three genuinely different angles — criticism of the government, spreading ideas across regions, and cultural pride — rather than three ways of saying "the press created awareness". The link to part (a) is worth a closing phrase: it was precisely because the press was so effective that Lytton passed the Vernacular Press Act to muzzle it.