Q. With reference to the Rowlatt Act of 1919, consider the following statements:
1.The Act empowered the government to arrest and detain individuals without trial merely on suspicion.
2.All elected Indian members of the Imperial Legislative Council supported the Act in the hope of constitutional reforms.
3.The Act aimed to make the temporary wartime restrictions of the Defence of India Act into a permanent feature.
Which of the above statements is/are correct?
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[A] 1 and 2 only

[B] 1 and 3 only

[C] 2 and 3 only

[D] 1, 2 and 3

Answer: B
Notes:

Explanation:

  • The Rowlatt Act allowed arrest without warrant, detention without trial, and trials without juries, based only on suspicion.
  • All elected Indian members of the Council, including Jinnah, Malaviya, and Mazhar ul Haq, opposed the bill and resigned in protest.
  • The Act aimed to make permanent the repressive wartime provisions of the Defence of India Act (1915).

Source: Spectrum’s A Brief History of Modern India

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