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SAI INTERNATIONAL SCHOOL
SESSION 2020-21
CLASS-X
HISTORY- Ch-5-Print Culture and the Modern World

HOME ASSIGNMENT
Subtopic_9_Print and Censorship

OBJECTIVE

1  Why was the Vernacular Press Act passed by the British Government in India?
(a) The Vernacular Act was passed to promote vernacular languages.
(b) The Vernacular Act was passed by the British government to put some check on
vernacular newspapers which had become assertively nationalist.
(c) The Vernacular Act was passed to please the Indians who wanted to promote Indian
languages.
(d) The Vernacular Act was passed to consolidate British rule in India.
2 Name the paper started by BalGangasharTilak
(a) The Kesari
(b) The Young India
(c) The Statesman
(d) Amrita Bazar Patrika
3 In 1878 the Vernacular Press Act was modelled on the
(a) French Press Laws
(b) British Press Laws
(c) Irish Press Laws
(d) Scottish Press Laws
4 A liberal colonial officer who formulated new rules to restore the freedom of the press in
India was
(a) Warren Hastings
(b) William Bentinck
(c) Thomas Macaulay
(d) None of the above

SUBJECTIVE

Sl.No Sub Topic:Print and Censorship Marks Pg
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1 Gandhiji said the fight for Swaraj is a fight for liberty of speech, liberty of 3 127
press and freedom of association. Explain the statement./Liberty of
speech..Liberty of the press... freedom of association. The Government
of India is now seeking to crush the three powerful vehicles of expressing
and cultivating public opinion. The fight for Swaraj, for Khilafat... means a
fight for this threatened freedom before all else...