Question

Who among the following introduced the Vernacular Press Act?

• A. Sir Ashley Eden
• B. Alexander John Arbuthnot
• C. Lord Lytton
• D. Lord Stanley

Answer 1

Answer:

C. Lord Lytton

In 1878, Lord Lytton introduced the Vernacular Press Act to ban the vernacular press in India. The first victim was nationalist Newspaper ‘Soma Prakash’.