UGC NET History Practice Question

The Vernacular Press Act of 1878, designed to suppress sedition in local language newspapers, was enacted under which Viceroy?

Lord Lytton ✓

Lord Ripon

Lord Dufferin

Lord Mayo

Lord Lytton's Vernacular Press Act empowered magistrates to censor vernacular newspapers without right of appeal, provoking widespread nationalist anger.

The Vernacular Press Act was repealed in 1882 by which liberal Viceroy?

Lord Ripon ✓

Lord Lytton

Lord Curzon

Lord Hardinge

Lord Ripon, known for liberal reforms, repealed the unpopular Vernacular Press Act in 1882.

The controversy surrounding the Ilbert Bill (1883) centered on which issue?

Granting Indian magistrates jurisdiction to try European British subjects in criminal cases ✓

Imposing taxes on Indian cotton goods

Restricting the age of entry into Civil Services

Banning political meetings in public parks

The Ilbert Bill sought to let Indian judges try European offenders, triggering fierce European settler opposition (the "White Mutiny") and was eventually diluted.

The Partition of Bengal was officially declared in 1905 during the tenure of which Viceroy?

Lord Curzon ✓

Lord Minto

Lord Hardinge

Lord Lansdowne

Curzon's partition of Bengal (announced 1905) split the province, ostensibly for administration but widely seen as a deliberate move to weaken nationalist unity.

The partition of Bengal took effect on October 16, 1905, which was observed by nationalist leaders as a day of:

National Mourning, Raksha Bandhan, and fasting ✓

Armed revolt

Non-cooperation campaign

Complete Hartal across India

Nationalists observed October 16, 1905 as a day of mourning, with Rakhi-tying symbolising Hindu-Muslim unity against the partition.

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