Multiple choice

Consider the following statements:

  1. The cancellation of regulations concerning Indian Press by Sir Charles Metcalfe liberated it from official control during the period 1835-1857.
  2. Under the Newspaper Act of 1908, the District Magistrate was empowered to confiscate the printing press where a newspaper containing an incitement to violence was printed.
  3. The Indian Press Act of 1910 was suspended by the Government of India during the World War I, so as to seek cooperation of Indian nationalists for war efforts. Which of the statements given above are correct?

  1. 1 and 2

  2. 2 and 3

  3. 1 and 3

  4. 1, 2 and 3
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D Correct answer
Explanation

All three statements are historically accurate regarding the evolution of press laws in India during the British period.

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