| "The colonial government kept continuous track on all books and newspapers published in India and passed numerous laws to control the press". |
| Read the passage given above and answer the following questions: |
| (a) Why did the colonial government keep continuous track of all books and newspapers? |
| (b) How did they try to control the press? Name an act passed in this regard. |
Answer:
(a) The colonial government kept continuous track of all Indian books and newspapers to prevent seditious or anti-government articles from being published.
(b) To calmp down on the native press they warned the publishers and if warning was ignored, it seized the printing machinery and confiscated printing materials. The govt. passed Vernacular Press Act in 1878 to clamp down the freedom of press.
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