Question

The name of the periodical by Gandhiji during his stay in South Africa was ________.
A. Navjivan
B. India Gazette
C. Afrikaner
D. Indian Opinion

Answer 1

Hint: Before leading the Indian freedom movement, Mohandas Karamchand Gandhi used to live in South Africa to fight against injustice and class division.

Complete answer:
Mahatma Gandhi, at that time working as a lawyer in the Natal province of South Africa, launched the newspaper with the aim of educating the European community in South Africa about the plight of Indian immigrants. Now let’s what was the name of that newspaper from given options,

Navajivan Trust is a publishing house based in Ahmedabad, India. It was founded by Mahatma Gandhi in 1929 and has published more than 800 titles in English, Gujarati, Hindi and other languages to date.

The India Gazette; or, Calcutta Public Advertiser was an English language weekly newspaper published in Kolkata (then Calcutta), the capital of British India. It was the second newspaper printed in India.
De Zuid Afrikaan, probably the earliest successful Afrikaner newspaper, was first published in 1830 by Christoffel Johan Brand, an advocate.
The Indian Opinion was a newspaper established by Indian leader Mohandas Karamchand Gandhi. The publication was an important tool for the political movement led by Gandhi and the Natal Indian Congress to fight racial discrimination and win civil rights for the Indian immigrant community in South Africa.

Therefore the correct answer is D. Indian opinion.

Note: The Indian Opinion was a newspaper established by Mahatma Gandhi. He decided in 1903 to launch the newspaper in response to the growing need in South Africa to voice effectively the feelings of Indians against racial intolerance of the white regime. It existed between 1904 and 1915.