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UPSC 2009: During the Indian Freedom Struggle, why did Rowlatt Act arouse popular indignation?
(a)It curtailed the freedom of religion
(b)It suppressed the Indian traditional education
(c)It authorized the government to imprison people without trial
(d)It curbed the trade union activities
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Not attemptedCorrect Answer: (c) It authorized the government to imprison people without trial
The Rowlatt Act (1919) empowered the colonial government to arrest and detain people without trial and to try political offences summarily; this denial of legal safeguards provoked mass indignation. It had nothing to do with religion, education, or trade-union regulation. ([upscgspedia.com](https://upscgspedia.com/upsc-prelims-pyqs-indian-national-movement/?utm_source=openai))
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