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Revision Series | History | Press Act, Civil Services in India during British Eras | 52

December 13, 2023
Consider the below given statements
1. It was dubbed the ‘Gagging Act’ by the press
2. Using this act, magistrates can order any newspaper publisher to guarantee that they would not print anything that threatens the country’s peace, and security.
3. The magistrate’s decision would be final The English press was exempt from the law
Choose the correct code
  • (A) Vernacular press act
  • (B) Liscensing Regulation Act 1823
  • (C) Censorship of Press Act 1799
  • (D) Indian Press Act 1910
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Answer: A

The Vernacular Press Act was repealed by __________
  • (A) Lord Ripon
  • (B) Lord Lytton
  • (C) Lord William Bentic
  • (D) Gladstone
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Answer: B

Newspapers (Incitement to Offences) Act was enacted in which year
  • (A) 1908
  • (B) 1907
  • (C) 1910
  • (D) 1911
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Answer: A

Under the provisions of Vernacular press Act which of these newspaper turned into an english Newspaper to escape the claws of the act
  • (A) Indian Mirror
  • (B) Amrit Bazaar Patrika
  • (C) Indian Opinion
  • (D) Kesari
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ANSWER -B

Which of these was india’s first Gujarati Language Newspaper Published in India ?
  • (A) Amrit Bazaar Patrika
  • (B) Samachar Darpan
  • (C) Bombayna Samachar
  • (D) Udant Martand
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ANSWER-C

Which of these was first Punjabi Language Newspaper Published in India
  • (A) Khuli Soch
  • (B) Desh Videsh Times
  • (C) Dainik Savera Times
  • (D) Sri Darbar Sahib Sri Amritsar Ji
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ANSWER- D

Himachal’s First Newspaper .............was publihed in ............. .
  • (A) Shimla Akhbaar 1848
  • (B) Mountain Monitor 1836
  • (C) Shimla Akhbaar 1864
  • (D) Civil & Military Gazette 1872
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ANSWER-A

In which year Civil Service Commission was setup in London
  • (A) 1828
  • (B) 1845
  • (C) 1854
  • (D) 1876
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ANSWER- C

In which year Aitchinson Commision Submitted its Report on Civil Services to examine the circumstances under which Indians could be appointed to higher posts in public service previously reserved for Europeans
  • (A) 1886
  • (B) 1887
  • (C) 1892
  • (D) 1893
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ANSWER- B

The Public Service Commission of India was established in .... whose first chairman was ............ .
  • (A) 1826 Ross Barker
  • (B) 1826 H. Hunter
  • (C) 1876 Aitchison
  • (D) 1876 Lyall
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ANSWER- A

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