Multiple choice

The Rowlatt Act provided for

  1. enlargement of legislative assemblies

  2. detention without trial

  3. restriction on the press

  4. introduction of Diarchy in Provinces
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B Correct answer
Explanation

The Rowlatt act passed by the British in colonial India in March 1919.Passed by British judge Sir Sidney Rowlatt, this act effectively authorized the government to imprison for a maximum period of two years, without trial, any person suspected of terrorism living in the Raj.

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