Rowlatt Act and Its Fallout

Q. Who was responsible for the Jallianwala Bagh massacre?

1. Lord Mountbatten
2. Winston Churchill
3. General Dyer
4. John Saunders

Q. Which of the following statement(s) is/are not true about the Rowlatt Act?

1. It was the brain child of Rowlatt.
2. Rowlatt Act was nicknamed Black Act.
3. It supressed individual freedom and freedom of speech.
4. Rowlatt Act was passed in the year 1918.

Q. Which of the following statement(s) is/are true about the Jallianwala Bagh Massacre?

1. Reginald Edward Dyer orchestrated the Jallianwala Bagh Massacre.
2. The ‘Hunter Commission’ investigated the case and punished Edward Dyre.
3. As per the official report, the incident took lives of 379 and injured over 1, 200 people.
4. The Jallianwala Bagh Massacre laid the foundation of the Non-Cooperation movement.

Q. Choose the correct option considering the following.

Assertion [A]:- Indian nationalists opposed the Rowlatt Act.
Reason [R]:- The Rowatt Act curbed the fundamental rights of Indian citizens.

1. Both [A] and [R] are true, but [R] is not the correct explanation of [A].
2. [A] is false, but [R] is true.
3. Both [A] and [R] are true and [R] is the correct explanation of [A].
4. [A] is true, but [R] is false.

Q. Jallianwala Bagh tragedy happened in the year 1919.

1. True
2. False