Solution:(a) Metcalfe Act: The Press Act of 1835, also known as the Metcalfe Act, was a law that repealed a restrictive 1823 ordinance. The act required printers and publishers to provide detailed information about their premises and allowed them to cease operations if necessary.(c) Gagging Act: The Gagging Act passed in 1857 required licenses for owning or operating a printing press. It also gave the government the power to ban the publication of any newspaper, book, or printed material.
(b) Vernacular Press Act: The Act was passed in 1878. The act excluded English-language publications as it was meant to control seditious writing in 'publications in Oriental languages' everywhere in the country, except for the South.
(e) Curzon Administration and Confidentiality Act: In 1904, Lord Curzon, the Viceroy of India, passed the Indian Official Secrets Act. The act restricted freedom of the press and made it illegal to leak information.
(d) Indian Printing Press Act: The Indian Press Act passed in 1910, also known as the Indian Printing Press Act, was passed in British India to limit the influence of Indian vernacular and English language in promoting support for radical Indian nationalism.