Indian National Movement | Indian National Congress

Indian National Movement | Indian National Congress

1. The founder of the Indian National Congress was a

Civil Servant
Scientist
Social Worker
Commander

2. When was Indian National Congress set up?

1885
1886
1887
1888

3. Indian National Congress was established by

A.O. Hume
Surendra Nath Banerjee
W.C. Banerjee
Annie Besant

4. The precursor of Indian National Congress was

British Indian Association
Indian Association
Indian National Union
Indian League

5. How many representatives took part in the First Session of the Indian National Congress?

52
62
72
82

6. The first conference of Indian National Congress held at

Kolkata
Lahore
Mumbai
Pune

7. Who was the first President of the Indian National Congress?

A.O. Hume
W.C. Banerjee
Dadabhai Naoroji
None of the above

8. Who among the following presided over the first annual meeting of the Indian National Congress?

A.O. Hume
Dadabhai Naoroji
S.N. Banerjee
W.C. Banerjee

9. First Muslim President of Indian National Congress was

Abul Kalam Azad
Rafi Ahmad Kidwai
M.A. Ansari
Badruddin Tyyabji

10. The General Secretary of the Indian National Congress in the year 1885 was

A.O. Hume
Dadabhai Naoroji
W.C. Banerjee
Firoz Shah Mehta

11. The Indian National Congress was established during the viceroyalty of

Lord Ripon
Lord Lytton
Lord Elgin II
Lord Dufferin

12. Who had ridiculed Congress as representing only a short-sighted minority of the people?

Lord Ripon
Lord Dufferin
Lord Curzon
Lord Wellesley

13. Who among the following was not present at the founding session of the Indian National Congress?

Dadabhai Naoroji
G. Subramaniya Iyer
Justice Ranade
Surendra Nath Banerjee

14. The second session of the Indian National Congress was presided over by

Ganesh Agarkar
Surendra Nath Banerjee
Dadabhai Naoroji
Feroz Shah Mehta

15. In 1889, a committee was set up in Britain to gain support for the Congress, who amongst the following was its President?

Sir W. Wadderburn
Mr. Digby
Dadabhai Naoroji
W.C. Banerjee

16. The first European to be elected as President of the Indian National Congress was

A.O. Hume
George Yule
Alfred Webb
Annie Besant

17. Who among the following was never concerned with Indian National Congress?

Firoz Shah Mehta
Hakim Ajmal Khan
Khan Abdul Ghaffar Khan
Sir Syed Ahmad

18. Who among the following was never elected as a President of the 'Indian National Congress'?

Lala Lajpat Rai
Annie Besant
Motilal Nehru
Bal Gangadhar Tilak

19. Who among the trio-Lal, Bal and Pal became President of the Indian National Congress?

Lala Lajpat Rai
Bal Gangadhar Tilak
Bipin Chandra Pal
None of the above

20. Who among the following became President of Indian National Congress?

Sucheta Kriplani
Aruna Asaf Ali
Annie Besant
Vijaya Lakshmi Pandit

21. For which of the following sessions the Congress elected its first women President?

Calcutta Session, 1917
Gaya Session, 1922
Allahabad Session, 1921
Lucknow Session, 1916

22. Who was the first lady President of the Indian National Congress?

N. Sen Gupta
Sarojini Naidu
Annie Besant
Kadambini Bose

23. Who was the first Indian Woman President of the Congress?

Vijaya Lakshmi Pandit
Pandita Rama Bai
Sarojini Naidu
Raj Kumari Amrit Kaur

24. Who among the following was the youngest person to become the President of the Indian National Congress?

Jawaharlal Nehru
Abul Kalam Azad
Anand Mohan Bose
Bhupendra Nath Bose

25. At which place was the 27th Session of the Indian National Congress held?

Bhagalpur
Patna
Ranchi
Bankipur

26. In which of the following Sessions of the Indian National Congress Bal Gangadhar Tilak had expressed, 'Swaraj is my birthright, I shall have it'?

Banaras Session, 1905
Calcutta Session, 1906
Surat Session, 1907
Lucknow Session, 1916

27. 'Swaraj is my birthright and I will have it'. This statement is concerned with

Lala Lajpat Rai
Mahatma Gandhi
Bal Gangadhar Tilak
Subhash Chandra Bose

28. Who said that 'Congress Movement was neither inspired by the people, nor devised or planned by them'?

Lord Dufferin
Sir Syed Ahmad
Lord Curzon
Lala Lajpat Rai

29. "The Congress is faltering to its fall and one of my great ambitions while in India is to assist it to a peaceful demise". This declaration was made by

George Hamilton
Lord Curzon
Lord Dufferin
Lord Minto

30. While delivering the presidential address, the Congress President who advocated the introduction of Roman script for the Hindi language was

Mahatma Gandhi
Jawaharlal Nehru
Abul Kalam Azad
Subhash Chandra Bose

31. Who among the following suggested the winding up of the Indian National Congress after India attained independence?

C. Rajagopalachari
Acharya Kriplani
Mahatma Gandhi
Jayaprakash Narain

32. Which of the following sessions of the Indian National Congress was presided over by C. Vijay Raghav Chariar?

Lucknow Session (1916)
Nagpur Session (1920)
Gaya Session (1922)
None of the above

33. Who was the President of Gaya Session of the Indian National Congress held in 1922?

Chittaranjan Das
S.N. Banerjee
Dr. Rajendra Prasad
Hakim Ajmal Khan

34. Mahatma Gandhi presided over only in one session of the Indian National Congress in 1924. Where was the session held?

Gaya
Amritsar
Belgoan
Kanpur

35. In which of the following sessions of Indian National Congress, Jawaharlal Nehru spoke of socialism as the key to the solution of India's problems?

Lahore
Lucknow
Allahabad
Ramgarh

36. The Haripura Session of Indian National Congress, 1938 was presided over by

Abul Kalam Azad
J.B. Kriplani
Rajendra Prasad
Subhash Chandra Bose

37. Who among the following was the President of Indian National Congress continuously for six years?

Jawaharlal Nehru
Abul Kalam Azad
G.K. Gokhale
Dadabhai Naoroji

38. President of Indian National Congress at the time of Independence was

Mahatma Gandhi
Jawaharlal Nehru
J.B. Kriplani
Dr. Rajendra Prasad

39. On which occasion was 'Jana-Gana Mana' first sung?

1896 Session of INC
1905 Session of INC
1911 Session of INC
1919 Session of INC

40. The last session of Indian National Congress attended by Bal Gangadhar Tilak was

Calcutta Session, 1906
Surat Session, 1907
Calcutta Session, 1917
Amritsar Session, 1919