Pakistan Affairs (P.A)
Jallianwala Bagh Massacre 1919
Who launched a nationwide Satyagraha against the Rowlatt Act?
A. Sir Syed Ahmad Khan
B. Lord Minto
C. Aga Khan III
D. Mahatma Gandhi
Correct Answer: D
Gandhi organized Satyagraha against the Rowlatt legislation.
Pakistan Affairs (P.A)
Jallianwala Bagh Massacre 1919
Why did Indians consider the Rowlatt Act especially unjust after the First World War?
A. It immediately granted complete independence
B. It abolished all taxation
C. It continued emergency powers during peacetime
D. It ended British control of the army
Correct Answer: C
Instead of political freedom after wartime sacrifices, Indians faced continued emergency restrictions.
Pakistan Affairs (P.A)
Jallianwala Bagh Massacre 1919
The Rowlatt Act was designed primarily to suppress alleged:
A. Agricultural exports
B. Revolutionary and seditious activities
C. Religious pilgrimages
D. University examinations
Correct Answer: B
Its stated purpose was to combat revolutionary and so-called seditious activity.
Pakistan Affairs (P.A)
Jallianwala Bagh Massacre 1919
Which power was granted to the colonial government under the Rowlatt Act?
A. Detention without trial
B. Universal adult franchise
C. Provincial independence
D. Freedom of the press
Correct Answer: A
The Act enabled imprisonment or confinement of suspects without normal trial protections.
Pakistan Affairs (P.A)
Jallianwala Bagh Massacre 1919
Which wartime law inspired the emergency powers continued by the Rowlatt Act?
A. Indian Penal Code, 1860
B. Vernacular Press Act, 1878
C. Charter Act, 1833
D. Defence of India Act, 1915
Correct Answer: D
The Rowlatt measure extended repressive wartime methods associated with the Defence of India Act into peacetime.
Pakistan Affairs (P.A)
Jallianwala Bagh Massacre 1919
The Rowlatt legislation was based on recommendations of a committee headed by:
A. Lord Hunter
B. John Simon
C. Justice Sidney Rowlatt
D. Stafford Cripps
Correct Answer: C
The committee examining revolutionary activities was chaired by Justice Sidney Rowlatt.
Pakistan Affairs (P.A)
Jallianwala Bagh Massacre 1919
The Rowlatt Act was popularly condemned as the:
A. White Paper
B. Black Act
C. August Offer
D. Safety Charter
Correct Answer: B
Indians called it the Black Act because of its extraordinary and repressive powers.
Pakistan Affairs (P.A)
Jallianwala Bagh Massacre 1919
What was the formal name of the Rowlatt Act?
A. Anarchical and Revolutionary Crimes Act, 1919
B. Indian Independence Act, 1947
C. Public Safety Act, 1935
D. Government of India Act, 1919
Correct Answer: A
The Rowlatt Act was formally titled the Anarchical and Revolutionary Crimes Act, 1919.
Pakistan Affairs (P.A)
Jallianwala Bagh Massacre 1919
Which controversial law provided the immediate political background to the massacre?
A. Indian Councils Act 1909
B. Government of India Act 1935
C. Ilbert Bill
D. Rowlatt Act
Correct Answer: D
Agitation against the repressive Rowlatt Act formed the immediate background to the events in Punjab.
Pakistan Affairs (P.A)
Jallianwala Bagh Massacre 1919
The massacre is studied in Pakistan Affairs mainly as an example of:
A. Mughal administrative reform
B. Economic planning after independence
C. British colonial repression in the subcontinent
D. Formation of the United Nations
Correct Answer: C
The incident exposed the coercive nature of British colonial rule and affected politics across the Indian subcontinent.
Pakistan Affairs (P.A)
Jallianwala Bagh Massacre 1919
Who was the Viceroy of India during the Jallianwala Bagh Massacre?
A. Lord Curzon
B. Lord Chelmsford
C. Lord Mountbatten
D. Lord Wavell
Correct Answer: B
Lord Chelmsford served as Viceroy of India during the events of 1919.
Pakistan Affairs (P.A)
Jallianwala Bagh Massacre 1919
Why was escape from Jallianwala Bagh especially difficult?
A. The ground had restricted and narrow exits
B. The crowd was surrounded by a river
C. All roads led into a forest
D. The gathering was inside a moving train
Correct Answer: A
High walls and limited passageways trapped people when firing began.
Pakistan Affairs (P.A)
Jallianwala Bagh Massacre 1919
Jallianwala Bagh was best described physically as a:
A. Large railway station
B. Fortified army barracks
C. Government secretariat
D. Walled and enclosed open ground
Correct Answer: D
The ground was enclosed by walls and buildings, with limited and narrow exits.
Pakistan Affairs (P.A)
Jallianwala Bagh Massacre 1919
Which description best fits the crowd at Jallianwala Bagh before the firing?
A. A regular military battalion
B. An armed foreign invasion force
C. Largely unarmed civilians
D. A British police parade
Correct Answer: C
Parliamentary records describe the crowd as peaceful and unarmed.
Pakistan Affairs (P.A)
Jallianwala Bagh Massacre 1919
The gathering at Jallianwala Bagh included members of which communities?
A. Only Sikhs
B. Hindus, Muslims and Sikhs
C. Only Hindus and Muslims
D. Only Europeans
Correct Answer: B
The victims and attendees belonged to different religious communities, including Hindus, Muslims and Sikhs.
Pakistan Affairs (P.A)
Jallianwala Bagh Massacre 1919
Jallianwala Bagh was situated near which important religious site?
A. Golden Temple
B. Badshahi Mosque
C. Red Fort
D. Ajmer Sharif
Correct Answer: A
The Bagh was located close to the Golden Temple, and many Baisakhi pilgrims were present in Amritsar.
Pakistan Affairs (P.A)
Jallianwala Bagh Massacre 1919
Which colonial power ruled British India at the time of the massacre?
A. France
B. Portugal
C. Russia
D. Britain
Correct Answer: D
The massacre occurred under the British colonial administration in India.
Pakistan Affairs (P.A)
Jallianwala Bagh Massacre 1919
The Jallianwala Bagh gathering took place shortly after the end of which war?
A. Second World War
B. Crimean War
C. First World War
D. Boer War
Correct Answer: C
The First World War had ended in 1918, and Indians expected political concessions after their wartime sacrifices.
Pakistan Affairs (P.A)
Jallianwala Bagh Massacre 1919
Which major festival coincided with the gathering at Jallianwala Bagh?
A. Diwali
B. Baisakhi
C. Eid-ul-Fitr
D. Holi
Correct Answer: B
Many pilgrims and visitors were in Amritsar for Baisakhi on 13 April 1919.
Pakistan Affairs (P.A)
Jallianwala Bagh Massacre 1919
At the time of the massacre, Amritsar was part of which province?
A. Punjab
B. Bengal
C. Bombay Presidency
D. United Provinces
Correct Answer: A
Amritsar was a major city of Punjab under British Indian rule.