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The Rowlatt Act allowed the British to:
Adetain prisoners without trial
Btax salt heavily
Crestrict export of cotton
Dban Indian newspapers fully
Answer & Solution
Correct answer: A. detain prisoners without trial
The 1919 Rowlatt Act permitted detention of political prisoners without trial — extraordinary powers that triggered the nationwide hartal call.
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