WBCS.LIVE practice question

The Jallianwala Bagh massacre, took place in consequence to the protest against the ________.

Solve this multiple-choice question and check the correct answer with its explanation below.

Answer options

  1. Pitt’s India Act
  2. Rowlatt Act
  3. Regulating Act
  4. Government of India Act

Correct answer and explanation

Correct answer: Rowlatt Act

Explanation: The correct answer is B. Rowlatt Act. The Jallianwala Bagh massacre took place on 13 April 1919 in Amritsar, Punjab, and was a brutal response by the British to the protest against the Rowlatt Act of 1919. This Act, also known as the Anarchical and Revolutionary Crimes Act, gave the British government the power to arrest and detain people without trial, suppress the press, and restrict civil liberties in the name of preventing revolutionary activities.