The Act allowed the government to confiscate the printing press, paper, and other materials of any vernacular newspaper if it published anything considered objectionable, without prior warning. This discriminatory act was aimed at silencing critical voices emerging from the Indian press.
Who passed the vernacular Press Act restricting the freedom of the Press?
Asked in APSC CCE Prelims Exam 2001 · Topic: Development of Press in Modern India (Legislative Measures to Control the Press (e.g., Vernacular Press Act 1878, Press Act 1910))
More Modern History of India questions
- Which of the following statements about the Vernacular Press Act is/are correct? 1. It was enacted by Lord Lytton. 2. It came to be known as a 'Gagging Act'. 3. The Act was repealed by Lord Ripon. Select the correct answer using the codes given below.
- Which of the following Bangla newspaper underwent a rapid transformation, changing overnight into an English newspaper in order to circumvent the Vernacular Press Act of 1878 ?
- Consider the following statements about the press and literature in Colonial India : 1. The print media enabled the nationalists living in different parts of the country to exchange views with one another. 2. The British rulers were prepared to tolerate the nationalist criticism of their rule. 3. The Vernacular Press Act (1878) evoked a nationwide protest against the encroachment on freedom of expression. Which of the statements given above is/are correct ?
- Consider the following historical events in India carefully: 1. The Indian press failed to protest against the Vernacular Press Act of 1878. 2. The Vernacular Press Act of 1878 was introduced by Viceroy Lytton against the counsel of his own Law Member. Which of the above is/are correct?
- Who passed the 'Vernacular Press Act'?
- This act allowed the government to confiscate the printing press of any vernacular newspaper that published "seditious" material. 65. Who among the following Viceroys repealed the Vernacular Press Act of 1878?
- W ho among the following introduced the Vernacular Press Act ?
- Which laws were taken as models for the Vernacular Press Act, 1878?
