Q40. Which provision was associated with the Rowlatt Act?
[RRB NTPC CBT-I, 8 January 2021, Shift 2]
A. Ban on foreign travel
B. Ban on khadi clothing
C. Compulsory purchase of imports
D. Imprisonment without trial
Answer: D. Imprisonment without trial
Explanation: The Rowlatt Act, enacted in 1919, granted extensive powers to detain suspected political activists without ordinary legal process. Gandhi considered it a serious violation of civil liberties.
Q39. What was the main immediate cause of Non-Cooperation’s withdrawal in 1922?
[RRB NTPC CBT I, 7 January 2021, Shift 1]
A. Chauri Chaura police-station burning
B. Gandhi’s illness
C. Successful achievement of swaraj
D. Gandhi’s arrest
Answer: A. Chauri Chaura police-station burning
Explanation: Gandhi withdrew the movement after the violent Chauri Chaura incident. The decision reflected his conviction that non-cooperation could be sustained only through disciplined, non-violent mass participation.
Q38. Who led the nationwide Non-Cooperation Movement between 1920 and 1922?
[RRB NTPC CBT I, 7 January 2021, Shift 1]
A. Mahatma Gandhi
B. Jawaharlal Nehru
C. Subhas Chandra Bose
D. Motilal Nehru
Answer: A. Mahatma Gandhi
Explanation: Mahatma Gandhi led the Non-Cooperation Movement, which connected boycotts of schools, courts, offices and foreign goods with the broader demand for swaraj. It marked a major expansion of participation in Indian nationalism.
Q37. When did the Simon Commission reach India?
[RRB NTPC CBT I, 4 January 2021, Shift 1]
A. 1931
B. 1928
C. 1927
D. 1930
Answer: B. 1928
Explanation: The Simon Commission was appointed in 1927 and arrived in India in February 1928. Indian nationalists protested because the body had no Indian representatives despite reviewing India’s constitutional development.
Q36. When did the Jallianwala Bagh massacre occur?
[RRB NTPC CBT-I, 28 December 2020, Shift 2]
A. 13 April 1920
B. 13 April 1919
C. 30 April 1920
D. 30 April 1919
Answer: B. 13 April 1919
Explanation: On 13 April 1919, General Dyer ordered troops to fire on a gathering at Jallianwala Bagh in Amritsar. The massacre followed unrest in Punjab over colonial repression.
Q35. Chauri Chaura is situated in which district?
[SSC Stenographer, 22 December 2020, Shift 2]
A. Deoria
B. Varanasi
C. Gorakhpur
D. Lucknow
Answer: C. Gorakhpur
Explanation: Chauri Chaura is in Gorakhpur district of present-day Uttar Pradesh. The incident of 4 February 1922 caused Gandhi to suspend Non-Cooperation because of its violent character.
Q34. In which city was the Khilafat Committee organised in March 1919?
[SSC Selection Post Matric, 14 November 2020, Shift 1]
A. Calcutta
B. Bombay
C. Lahore
D. Madras
Answer: B. Bombay
Explanation: The Khilafat Committee was organised in Bombay in 1919. It sought to coordinate protests concerning the Ottoman Caliphate after the First World War, later collaborating with Gandhi’s Non-Cooperation Movement.
Q33. The Chauri Chaura violence caused withdrawal of which movement?
[SSC Junior Engineer Mechanical, 28 October 2020]
A. Non-Cooperation
B. Rowlatt Satyagraha
C. Civil Disobedience
D. Quit India
Answer: A. Non-Cooperation
Explanation: Gandhi suspended the Non-Cooperation Movement in February 1922 after the violent Chauri Chaura incident. The decision demonstrated the centrality of non-violence to his political method.
Q32. In which year was the Rowlatt Act enacted?
[DSSSB TGT Social Science, 6 September 2021, Shift 2]
A. 1923
B. 1914
C. 1919
D. 1910
Answer: C. 1919
Explanation: The Rowlatt Act was passed in 1919 and allowed severe restrictions on political liberties. Gandhi’s campaign against it produced one of his first nationwide satyagrahas.
Q31. Which event did NOT occur during 1919?
[SSC CGL, 9 March 2020, Shift 2]
A. Passing the Rowlatt Act
B. Jallianwala Bagh tragedy
C. Partition of Bengal
D. Montagu–Chelmsford reforms
Answer: C. Partition of Bengal
Explanation: The partition of Bengal occurred in 1905, whereas the Rowlatt Act, Jallianwala Bagh massacre and reforms associated with the Government of India Act are all linked to 1919.
