Question

The newspaper which was recently voted as the largest selling newspaper in the world is

• A. The Los Angeles Times
• B. The Times of India
• C. The London Times
• D. The New York Times

Hint:

Think in terms of copies sold per day, and remember India's huge English reading population.

Answer 1

The Correct Option is B

This question is about circulation figures, that is, the number of copies sold per day, rather than about a newspaper's age or reputation.

1. The Los Angeles Times: A leading American paper, but its daily circulation is well below that of a national Indian daily with editions in many cities.
2. The Times of India: Backed by a huge English reading population across India and multiple city editions, it recorded the highest daily sales among English language papers worldwide around this period.
3. The London Times: Carries great prestige in Britain, but its circulation is a fraction of The Times of India's, since the UK market is far smaller than India's.
4. The New York Times: Highly influential in journalism and often quoted worldwide, yet it too sells fewer physical copies each day than The Times of India.

Comparing raw daily sales, The Times of India comes out ahead of the other three, which matches the survey mentioned in the question. Option (B) is correct.

Let's summarize:

• Circulation, not reputation, decides "largest selling."
• The Times of India's enormous domestic readership took it past the American and British papers listed here.

So the largest selling newspaper in the world at that time was The Times of India.