SSC MTS EXAM

Detailed explanation-1: -The correct option is B Lord Ripon. Explanation: Lord Ripon initiated many reforms to ease the plight of the local Indians during his tenure as the Viceroy. Chief among these reforms was the introduction of local self-government, the first of its kind in British India.

Detailed explanation-2: -The Constitutional (73rd Amendment) Act, passed in 1992 by the Narasimha Rao government, came into force on April 24, 1993. It was meant to provide constitutional sanction to establish “democracy at the grassroots level as it is at the state level or national level".

Detailed explanation-3: -Thus, he sat free the native journals from the last restrains on the free discussion of public questions. In 1882, he granted freedom to the Press. He was the founder of local self government in modern India and was fondly called “Ripon, the Good”.

Detailed explanation-4: -Lord Mayo followed the policy of non-intervention and started the process of decentralization of finance in India during 1870. Lord Mayo was the 4th Viceroy of India from 1869 to 1872. He opened Mayo College in Ajmer for educating children of Aristocratic families.