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WBCS Main Examination 2023 — Paper IV: General Studies II · Question 161 of 200

Q161
Current Affairs & General KnowledgeImportant Days & Static GK
The Rowlatt Act was passed in
  1. a.1905
  2. b.1913
  3. c.1919
  4. d.1925

Answer: (C) 1919

The Rowlatt Act, allowing detention without trial, was passed in March 1919 and led to Gandhi's Rowlatt Satyagraha and the Jallianwala Bagh massacre. 1905 is the year of the Partition of Bengal, and 1913 and 1925 are unrelated.