Pakistan Studies: History 1857-1947


Rowlatt Act and Jallianwala Bagh Massacres (1919)
QNo.1    When was the Rowlatt Act passed?
1942
1930
1919
1909
QNo.2    The Rowlatt Act aimed at________.
Imposition of restrictions on freedom of the press
uppression of the Khilafat Movement
Imprisonment without trial and summary procedures for trial
Compulsory economic support to war efforts
QNo.3    The Rowlatt Act was passed to______.
Put Second World War criminals on trial
Have a favourable ‘Balance of Trade’
Curtail the National and Revolutionary Activities
Bring about Agrarian Reforms
QNo.4    Who was the Viceroy of India when the Rowlatt Act was passed?
Lord Wavell
Lord Chelmsford
Lord Reading
Lord Irwin
QNo.5    Who suggested launching of no tax campaign as a protest against Rowlatt Act?
Swami Shraddhananda
Rabindra Nath Tagore
Gandhiji
Abul Kalam Azad
QNo.6    The Anarchical and Revolutionary Crime Act (1919) was popularly known as the _______.
Ilbert Bill
Indian Arms Act
Pitt’s India Act
Rowlatt Act
QNo.7    Which important even immediately preceded Jallianwala Bagh massacre?
Arrival of Simon Commission
Communal Award
Enactment of Rowlatt Act
Non-Co-operation Movement
QNo.8    The massacre of the crowd at Jallianwala Bagh at Amritsar took place on_______.
29 July, 1919
13 April, 1919
1 April, 1919
5 May, 1918
QNo.9    The year 1919 in Indian history is related to________.
Khilafat Movement
for the tragedy of Jallianwala Bagh Massacre
for the transfer of capital from Calcutta to Delhi
Partition of Bengal
QNo.10    Jallianwala Bagh Massacre took place in the city______.
Lahore
Amritsar
Agra
Meerut
QNo.11    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________.
Dr. Saifuddin Kitchlu and Dr. Satyapal
Mahatma Gandhi and Abul Kalam Azad
Madan Mohan Malviya and Mohammad Ali Jinnah
Swami Shraddhananda and Mazharul Haq
QNo.12    Who was the Viceroy of India at the time of Jallianwala Bagh Massacre in 1919?
Lord Canning
Lord Dalhousie
Lord Chelmsford
None of these
QNo.13    The task of drafting Congress Inquiry Committee report on Jallianwala Bagh Massacre was entrusted to_______.
Fazlul Haq
C.R. Das
Mahatma Gandhi
Jawaharlal Nehru
QNo.14    Sir Michael O’ Dwyer was shot dead on 13th March, 1940 in London by_______.
Udham Singh
V.D. Savarkar
M.P.T. Acharya
Madan Lal Dhingra
QNo.15    Rabindra Nath Tagore gave up his ‘Knighthood’ in protest to which one of the following?
Cripps Mission
Simon Commission
Massacre at Jallianwala Bagh
Rowlatt Act
QNo.16    The Quaid-e-Azam resigned from the membership of Imperial Legislative council on account of?
Cripps Mission
Simon Commission
Massacre at Jallianwala Bagh
Rowlatt Act
QNo.17    The first venture of Gandhi in all India politics was the
Dandi March
Champaran Movement
Rowlatt Satyagraha
Non-Co-operation Movement