Answer: Option C
Solution:
The Anarchical and Revolutionary Crimes Act of 1919 , popularly known as the Rowlatt Act or Black Act, was a legislative act passed by the Imperial Legislative Council in Delhi on 10 March 1919, indefinitely extending the emergency measures of preventive indefinite detention, incarceration without trial and judicial review enacted in the Defence of India Act 1915 during the First World War.
1. Violation of Civil Liberties
People could be arrested without evidence or fair trial.
2. Repressive Nature
The law gave excessive powers to British officials.
3. Betrayal After World War I
Indians expected political reforms after supporting Britain during the war, but instead received harsher laws.
4. Nationwide Anger
The Act united Indians against colonial rule.
The Rowlatt Act was passed in