Effects of war on British rule

Question 1

When was the Montagu Declaration?

Answer 1

August 1917

Question 2

What position did Edwin Montagu hold in August 1917?

Answer 2

Secretary of State for India

Question 3

Who was the Viceroy in 1917?

Answer 3

Lord Chelmsford

Question 4

What did the Montagu Declaration grant implicitly to the Indian people?

Answer 4

Self government

Question 5

When was the Defense of India Act passed?

Answer 5

1915

Question 6

The Scottish judge Mr.S.T Rowlatt headed a commission in which year?

Answer 6

1917

Question 7

What were the conclusions of the Rowlatt Commission?

Answer 7

Bengal, Bombay and the Punjab were areas of revolutionary activity

Question 8

When was he Rowlatt Act passed?

Answer 8

1919

Question 9

What examples within the Rowlatt act were of particular disagreement?

Answer 9

Imprisonment without trial, trial by judge without jury, censorship and house arrest of suspects

Question 10

What is the other name for the Rowlatt Acts?

Answer 10

Anarchical and Revolutionary Crimes Act

Question 11

How many of the Indian Legislative Council opposed the measure?

Answer 11

22

Question 12

Which famous Muslim leader resigned after the Rowlatt Acts were passed?

Answer 12

Muhammad Ali Jinnah

Question 13

Hartals in response to the Rowlatt Acts were organised on which two dates?

Answer 13

30 March 1919 and 6 April 1919

Question 14

How many Europeans died as a result of the violence caused by the Rowlatt Acts?

Answer 14

3

Question 15

Who was the Governor of the Punjab?

Answer 15

Michael O’Dwyer

Question 16

Who led the force of 1,000 soldiers that entered Amritsar on 12 April 1919?

Answer 16

Brigadier-General Rex Dyer

Question 17

What was the name of the large park in which the Amritsar Massacre occurred?

Answer 17

Jallianwala Bagh

Question 18

How many people gathered in Jallianwala Bagh?

Answer 18

10,000-20,000 people

Question 19

The political meeting in Jallianwala Bagh passed which two resolutions?

Answer 19

Repeal of the Rowlatt Act and expressing sympathy with the dead in the previous day’s riots

Question 20

How many rounds were fired in the Amritsar Massacre?

Answer 20

1,650

Question 21

How many people were killed and wounded in the 15 minutes of shooting?

Answer 21

400 died and 1,500 wounded

Question 22

What was the Crawling order?

Answer 22

Any Indian who passed along the Kucha Tawarian had to crawl on all fours after Marcia Sherwood was left there for dead

Question 23

When was the Amritsar massacre?

Answer 23

13 April 1919

Question 24

When was martial law implemented by General Dyer?

Answer 24

14 April 1919

Question 25

When did the Hunter Committee begin their inquiry?

Answer 25

11 November 1919

Question 26

When was the report of the Indian National Congress Punjab Sub-Committee published?

Answer 26

25 March 1920

Question 27

When was the Hunter Report published?

Answer 27

26 May 1920

Question 28

When was Government of India Act that was inspired by the Montagu-Chelmsford report of 1917 passed?

Answer 28

1919

Question 29

What type of government was enacted through the Government of India Act?

Answer 29

Dyarchy

Question 30

After 1919, what percentage of the adult male population could vote?

Answer 30

10%

Question 31

As a result of the Government of India Act of 1919, the Viceroy would be advised by a council of 6 civilians. How many of the 6 would be Indians?

Answer 31

3

Question 32

What did Britain retain control of in the Government of India Act?

Answer 32

Military, Foreign policy, currency, communications and criminal law

Question 33

What were the provincial councils given control over in the Government of India Act?

Answer 33

Education, agriculture, health, local self-government and public works