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The 1919 law that allowed detention without trial and sparked nationwide protest was the:
ARutland Act
BRowlatt Act
CRathore Act
DRangoon Act
Answer & Solution
Correct answer: B. Rowlatt Act
1. A repressive law was rushed through in 1919.
2. Gandhiji called for satyagraha against it.
3. That law was the Rowlatt Act.
_Source: syllabus India and the Contemporary World II, Class X, Chapter 2, Nationalism in India._
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