Rowlatt Act and Jallianwala Bagh Massacres (1919) MCQs

686. When was the Rowlatt Act passed?
(A) 1909 

(B) 1919
(C) 1930 

(D) 1942
Ans: (B)
687. 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
Ans: (C)
688. The Rowlatt Act aimed at
(A) Compulsory economic support for 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
Ans: (B)
689. Who was the Viceroy of India when the Rowlatt Act was passed?
(A) Lord Irwin
(B) Lord Reading
(C) Lord Chelmsford
(D) Lord Wavell
Ans: (C)
690. 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
Ans: (B)
691. 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
Ans: (B)
692. 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
Ans: (A)
693. 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
Ans: (A)
694. Who suggested launching a no-tax campaign as a protest against the Rowlatt Act?
(A) Abul Kalam Azad
(B) Gandhiji
(C) Rabindra Nath Tagore
(D) Swami Shraddhananda
Ans: (D)
695. 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
Ans: (C)
696. Which important event immediately preceded the Jallianwala Bagh massacre?
(A) Non-Co-operation Movement
(B) Enactment of Rowlatt Act
(C) Communal Award
(D) Arrival of Simon Commission
Ans: (B)
697. Jallianwala Bagh Massacre took place in the city
(A) Meerut 

(B) Agra
(C) Amritsar 

(D) Lahore
Ans: (C)
698. The year 1919 in Indian history is related to
(A) for the transfer of capital from Calcutta to Delhi
(B) for the tragedy of the Jallianwala Bagh Massacre
(C) Partition of Bengal
(D) Khilafat Movement
Ans: (B)
699. 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 inhuman acts of the Punjab Government
Ans: (B)
700. 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
Ans: (D)
701. 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
Ans: (B)
702. 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
Ans: (C)
703. The Hunter Committee was appointed after the
(A) Black-hole incident
(B) Jallianwala Bagh Massacre
(C) Uprising of 1857
(D) Partition of Bengal
Ans: (B)
704. 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
Ans: (C)
705. 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
Ans: (C)
706. General Dyer O’ Dwyer's 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
Ans: (D)
707. 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
Ans: (D)
708. Udham Singh killed in London
(A) Lord Hardinge
(B) General Dyer
(C) Sir Michael O’ Dwyer
(D) Lord Willingdon
Ans: (C)
709. Who was the Viceroy of India at the time of the Jallianwala Bagh Massacre in 1919?
(A) Lord Chelmsford
(B) Lord Minto
(C) Lord Dalhousie
(D) Lord Canning
Ans: (A)
710. The task of drafting the Congress Inquiry Committee report on the Jallianwala Bagh Massacre was entrusted to
(A) Jawaharlal Nehru
(B) Mahatma Gandhi
(C) C.R. Das
(D) Fazlul Haq
Ans: (B)
711. 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

Ans: (B)

712. Who was the Prime Minister of England when the Montague- Chelmsford Act was passed in 1919?

(A) Lloyd George

(B) George Hamilton

(C) Sir Samuel Hoare

(D) Lord Salisbury

Ans: (A)

713. 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

Ans: (B)

714. 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

Ans: (C)

715. 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

Ans: (A)