Arrange the following in chronological order as per year of their enactment.

1.Working Journalists (Fixation of Rates of Wages) Act

2.First Press Regulation Act

3.Contempt of Courts Act

4.The Indecent Representation of Women (Prohibition) Act

A1, 2, 3, 4

B2, 1, 3, 4 ✓ Correct

C4, 3, 2, 1

D1, 3, 4, 2

Correct answer: (B) 2, 1, 3, 4

Explanation

The oldest law here is the first Press Regulation Act of the early colonial period, which opens the order as statement 2.

The Working Journalists (Fixation of Rates of Wages) Act, of 1958, comes next as statement 1.

The Contempt of Courts Act, of 1971, follows as statement 3.

The Indecent Representation of Women (Prohibition) Act, of 1986, is the most recent and closes as statement 4.

The Working Journalists Act grew out of the recommendations of the first Press Commission.

The 1986 Act bars indecent portrayal of women through advertisements, publications and paintings.

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