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1. When was the Rowlatt Act passed?
(A) 1909
(B) 1919
(C) 1930
(D) 1942
2. The Rowlatt Act aimed at
(A) Compulsory economic support to war efforts
(B) Imprisonment without trial and summary procedures for trial
(C) Suppression of the Khilafat Movement
(D) Imposition of restrictions on freedom of the press
3. During the Indian Freedom Struggle, why did Rowlatt Act arouse popular Indignation?
(A) It curtailed the freedom of religion
(B) It suppressed the traditional Indian education
(C) It authorized the Government to imprison people without trial
(D) It curbed the trade union activities
4. The Rowlatt Act was passed to
(A) Bring about Agrarian Reforms
(B) Curtail the National and Revolutionary Activities
(C) Have a favourable ‘Balance of Trade’
(D) Put Second World War criminals on trial
5. Who was the Viceroy of India when the Rowlatt Act was passed?
(A) Lord Irwin
(B) Lord Reading
(C) Lord Chelmsford
(D) Lord Wavell
6. Indian National Congress opposed the Rowlatt Act because it aimed
(A) To limit the individual liberty
(B) To ban on Indian National Congress
(C) To enlarge the communal delegations
(D) To imprison national leaders charging the traitors to the nation
7. The first venture of Gandhi in all India politics was the
(A) Non-Co-operation Movement
(B) Rowlatt Satyagraha
(C) Champaran Movement
(D) Dandi March
8. Who suggested launching of no tax campaign as a protest against Rowlatt Act?
(A) Abul Kalam Azad
(B) Gandhiji
(C) Rabindra Nath Tagore
(D) Swami Shraddhananda
9. The Anarchical and Revolutionary Crime Act (1919) was popularly known as the
(A) Rowlatt Act
(B) Pitt’s India Act
(C) Indian Arms Act
(D) Ilbert Bill
10. Which important even immediately preceded Jallianwala Bagh massacre?
(A) Non-Co-operation Movement
(B) Enactment of Rowlatt Act
(C) Communal Award
(D) Arrival of Simon Commission
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11. The massacre of the crowd at Jallianwala Bagh at Amritsar took place on
(A) 5 May, 1918
(B) 1 April, 1919
(C) 13 April, 1919
(D) 29 July, 1919
12. The year 1919 in Indian history is related to
(A) for the transfer of capital from Calcutta to Delhi
(B) for the tragedy of Jallianwala Bagh Massacre
(C) Partition of Bengal
(D) Khilafat Movement
13. Jallianwala Bagh Massacre took place in the city
(A) Meerut
(B) Agra
(C) Amritsar
(D) Lahore
14. During the Indian freedom struggle, a large unarmed crowd gathered in the Jallianwala Bagh at Amritsar on 13 April, 1919 to protest against the arrest of
(A) Swami Shraddhananda and Mazharul Haq
(B) Madan Mohan Malviya and Mohammad Ali Jinnah
(C) Mahatma Gandhi and Abul Kalam Azad
(D) Dr. Saifuddin Kitchlu and Dr. Satyapal
15. Why did people gather to demonstrate at Jallianwala Bagh?
(A) To protest against the arrest of Gandhi and Lajpat Rai
(B) To protest against the arrest of Kitchlu and Satyapal
(C) To offer prayers on the Baisakhi Day
(D) To protest against the arbitrarily of inhuman acts of the Punjab Government
16. The name of the famous person of India who returned the Knighthood conferred on him by the British Government as a token of protest against the atrocities in Punjab in 1919 was
(A) Tej Bahadur Sapru
(B) Ashutosh Mukherjee
(C) Rabindra Nath Tagore
(D) Syed Ahmed Khan
17. Rabindra Nath Tagore gave up his ‘Knighthood’ in protest to which one of the following?
(A) Rowlatt Act
(B) Massacre at Jallianwala Bagh
(C) Simon Commission
(D) Cripps Mission
18. Who among the following had resigned from the Viceroy’s Executive Council protesting Jallianwala Bagh Massacre?
(A) Rabindra Nath Tagore
(B) Madan Mohan Malviya
(C) Sir Shankar Nair
(D) All three above
19. The Hunter Committee was appointed after the
(A) Black-hole incident
(B) Jallianwala Bagh Massacre
(C) Uprising of 1857
(D) Partition of Bengal
20. General Dyer O’ Dwyer name is associated with which of the following event?
(A) Black Hole of Calcutta
(B) Battle of Rani Durgavati
(C) Battle of 1857
(D) Jallianwala Bagh
21. Who from the following killed O’ Dwyer responsible for Jallianwala Bagh Massacre?
(A) Prithvi Singh Azad
(B) Sardar Kishan Singh
(C) Udham Singh
(D) Sohan Singh Josh
22. Udham Singh killed in London
(A) Lord Hardinge
(B) General Dyer
(C) Sir Michael O’ Dwyer
(D) Lord Willingdon
23. Sir Michael O’ Dwyer was shot dead on 13th March, 1940 in London by
(A) Madan Lal Dhingra
(B) M.P.T. Acharya
(C) V.D. Savarkar
(D) Udham Singh
24. The task of drafting Congress Inquiry Committee report on Jallianwala Bagh Massacre was entrusted to
(A) Jawaharlal Nehru
(B) Mahatma Gandhi
(C) C.R. Das
(D) Fazlul Haq
25. Who was the Viceroy of India at the time of Jallianwala Bagh Massacre in 1919?
(A) Lord Chelmsford
(B) Lord Minto
(C) Lord Dalhousie
(D) Lord Canning
26. Who was the Prime Minister of England when the MontagueChelmsford Act was passed in 1919?
(A) Lloyd George
(B) George Hamilton
(C) Sir Samuel Hoare
(D) Lord Salisbury
27. Which one of the following events, was characterized by Montague as ‘Preventive Murder’?
(A) Killing of INA activities
(B) Massacre of Jallianwala Bagh
(C) Shooting of the Mahatma
(D) Shooting of Curzon-Wythe
28. Which one of the following aroused a wave of popular indignation that led to the massacre by the British a Jallianwala Bagh?
(A) The Arms Act
(B) The Public Safety Act
(C) The Rowlatt Act
(D) The Vernacular Press Act
29. With reference to Rowlatt Satyagraha, which of the following statements is/are correct?
1. The Rowlatt Act was based on the recommendations of the ‘Sedition Committee’.
2. In Rowlatt Satyagraha, Gandhiji tried to utilize the Home Rule League.
3. Demonstration against the arrival of Simon Commission coincided with Rowlatt Satyagraha.
Select the correct answer using the code given below.
(A) Only 1
(B) Only 1 and 2
(C) Only 2 and 3
(D) 1, 2 and 3
30. Select the correct sequence of the following events by using the codes given below.
1. Jallianwala Bagh Massacre
2. Dr. Satyapal’s incarceration
3. Amritsar Congress Session, 1919
Code
(A) 2, 1, 3
(B) 1, 2, 3
(C) 2, 3, 1
(D) 3, 2, 1
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