The correct answer is C. The Rowlatt Act authorized the government to imprison people without trial.
The Rowlatt Act was passed by the British government in 1919. It was a set of repressive laws that gave the government the power to imprison people without trial. The act was passed in response to the growing nationalist movement in India. The nationalists were demanding independence from British rule, and the British government was afraid that they would incite violence. The Rowlatt Act was seen as a way to suppress the nationalist movement.
The act was met with widespread protests and demonstrations. The most famous of these was the Jallianwala Bagh massacre, in which British troops opened fire on a crowd of unarmed protesters, killing hundreds of people. The Rowlatt Act was repealed in 1922, but it remains a symbol of British repression in India.
Option A is incorrect because the Home Rule Movement was a nationalist movement that was demanding self-government for India. The Rowlatt Act was not passed to kill the Home Rule Movement.
Option B is incorrect because the Punjab protest movement was a movement that was demanding justice for the victims of the Jallianwala Bagh massacre. The Rowlatt Act was not passed to kill the Punjab protest movement.
Option D is incorrect because the Rowlatt Act was passed to authorize the government to imprison people without trial.