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{{Infobox newspaper
| logo = Pratiyogita Darpan.PNG
| image = Pratiyogita-Darpan-Magazine.jpg
| foundation = 1978
| headquarters = [[Agra]], India
| caption =
| owners =
| founder = Shri Mahendra Jain
}}
'''''Pratiyogita Darpan''''' ([[Hindi]]: प्रतियोगिता दर्पण) is an [[India]]n [[bi-lingual]] magazine on [[Current affairs (news format)|current affairs]] and [[general knowledge]] specially useful for [[Civil Services Examination|civil service exams]] and similar [[Competitive examination|competitive exams]].<ref>{{cite web |title=IRS 2010 Q1: Top magazines, except Pratiyogita Darpan, continue to lose readers|url=http://www.afaqs.com/news/story.html?sid=26995_IRS+2010+Q1:+Top+magazines+except+Pratiyogita+Darpan+continue+to+lose+readers |date=5 May 2010|work=afaqs}}</ref>

==History and profile==
''Pratiyogita Darpan'' was established by Shri Mahendra Jain in 1978.<ref>{{cite web|title=Pratiyogita Darpan|url=http://www.readwhere.com/publisher/1797/pratiyogita-darpan|work=Readwhere|accessdate=28 February 2016}}</ref> Published by Upkar Prakashan based in [[Agra]],<ref>{{cite news|title=Books for competitive exams up for grabs|url=https://www.thehindu.com/todays-paper/tp-national/tp-andhrapradesh/Books-for-competitive-exams-up-for-grabs/article15169662.ece|newspaper=The Hindu|date=20 Feb 2008 | first=K. N. Murali | last=Sankar | accessdate=18 December 2018 }}</ref> it is a widely read and popular magazine for exams and covers wide areas from current affairs, economy, geography, history, politics and [[constitution of India]].<ref>{{cite news|title=MPPSC lifts questions off magazine |url=http://archive.indianexpress.com/news/mppsc-lifts-questions-off-magazine/13549 | first=Milind | last=Ghatwai | newspaper=The Indian Express|date=28 September 2006 | accessdate=18 December 2018 }}</ref> The magazine also has an online version, and is published in English and Hindi languages.

According to [[Indian Readership Survey]] (IRS), with an average issue readership (AIR) of 2.154 million, in 2011 Q2, it topped the list of career/ education magazines in [[India]]<ref>{{cite news|title=RS 2011 Q2: Outlook remains glum for career/ education magazines|url=http://www.exchange4media.com/IRS2011Q2/fullstory.asp?Section_id=58&News_id=43922&Tag=36416|work=exchange4media|date=21 October 2011}}{{dead link|date=March 2018 |bot=InternetArchiveBot |fix-attempted=yes }}</ref> it also had a total readership of 5 million, and was the 3rd largest magazine in India.<ref>{{cite web|title=IRS 2011, Q2: Tamil weeklies emerge as biggest losers in the last one year|url=http://www.afaqs.com/news/story.html?sid=31865_IRS+2011+Q2:+Tamil+weeklies+emerge+as+biggest+losers+in+the+last+one+year|date=10 October 2011|work=afaqs}}</ref>

==References==
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==External links==
* [http://emagazine.pdgroup.in/ Official Website]

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