SSC CGL 2022 PYQ — Question 49

The correct answer is option 2 i.e. Lord Ripon

• The Vernacular Press Act of 1878 was repealed during the tenure of Viceroy Lord Ripon.
• The act was proposed by Lord Lytton, then viceroy of India (governed 1876-80), which intended to prevent the vernacular press from expressing criticism of British policies notably, the opposition that had grown with the outset of the Second Anglo-Afghan War (1878–80). The act excluded English-language publications and elicited strong and sustained protests from a wide spectrum of the Indian populace.