1996 General Studies, all questions

UPSC Prelims 1996 · General Studies

Question 81: History and Culture

The Anarchical and Revolutionary Crime Act (1919) was popularly known as the

aRowlatt Act
bPitt’s India Act
cIndian Arms Act
dIlbert Bill

AnswerThe answer is (a).

The Anarchical and Revolutionary Crime Act (1919) is popularly known as the Rowlatt Act, after the Rowlatt Committee headed by Justice Sidney Rowlatt. It allowed detention without trial and trial without a jury, and led to protests, the hartal of April 1919 and Gandhi's first all-India satyagraha, and then to Jallianwala Bagh. Remember: Rowlatt Act, 1919 - black act.

Why each option is right or wrong
  • (a) Right: the Rowlatt Act.
  • (b) Pitt's India Act dates from 1784.
  • (c) The Indian Arms Act dates from 1878.
  • (d) The Ilbert Bill dates from 1883.

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Source: UPSC, Civil Services (Preliminary) Examination 1996, General Studies. UPSC's own paper isn't online; the words are from a published compilation. The paper on upsc.gov.in.