Civil Services Prep

Prelims MCQ · Modern History and the Freedom Struggle

Which one of the following correctly describes the British policy towards the Indian press during the nineteenth century?

  1. Metcalfe lifted restrictions in 1835; Lytton imposed the Vernacular Press Act in 1878; and the Act was repealed in 1882 following public protest.
  2. Lytton removed restrictions from the Indian-language press in 1878, but Metcalfe restored them in 1882.
  3. The Vernacular Press Act was introduced after the anti-partition movement and remained in force until 1910.
  4. The press remained continuously free between 1835 and the end of British rule.
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