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WBCS Preliminary Examination 2019 — General Studies · Question 53 of 200

Q53
Indian National MovementBritish Policy, Acts & Constitutional Reforms
The Rowlatt Act was passed in the year
  1. a.1917
  2. b.1919
  3. c.1921
  4. d.1923

Answer: (B) 1919

The Rowlatt Act, which extended wartime emergency powers allowing detention without trial, was passed in March 1919 and directly triggered widespread protests, culminating in the Jallianwala Bagh massacre the following month.