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NDA 2016 GAT · General Knowledge · Modern India and British Rule · easy

The Ilbert Bill controversy of 1883 concerned the question of

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The Ilbert Bill controversy of 1883 concerned the question of
  1. A. Freedom of the vernacular press
  2. B. Fixing of the age of consent
  3. C. Trial of Europeans by Indian judges
  4. D. Reduction of the cotton import duty
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Answer: (C) Trial of Europeans by Indian judges

The Ilbert Bill proposed to allow Indian judges in the rural courts to try European British subjects. European opposition forced the Viceroy, Lord Ripon, to compromise, and it exposed racial prejudice, which helped Indian political awareness before the Congress was founded. The Vernacular Press Act was of Lytton in 1878, and the Age of Consent Act was of 1891.
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