Indian National Movement | Congress Banaras, Calcutta and Surat Session

Indian National Movement | Congress Banaras, Calcutta and Surat Session

1. Who presided over the Banaras Session of the Indian National Congress in 1905?

Surendra Nath Banerjee
Feroz Shah Mehta
Gopal Krishna Gokhale
Dinshaw Wacha

2. In which year Gopal Krishna Gokhale founded 'Servants of India Society'?

1902
1903
1904
1905

3. Gopal Krishna Gokhale presided over the session of Congress in

1902
1905
1906
1909

4. Which of the following leaders presided over the Congress Session at Calcutta in 1906?

B.G. Tilak
G.K. Gokhale
Aurobindo Ghosh
Dadabhai Naoroji

5. Swaraj as a national demand was first made by

B.G. Tilak
C.R. Das
Dadabhai Naoroji
Mahatma Gandhi

6. In which of the following sessions of: Indian National Congress, the word 'Swaraj' was uttered for the first time?

Banaras Session, 1905
Calcutta Session, 1906
Surat Session, 1907
None of the above

7. The first leader to use the word 'Swaraj' was

Bal Gangadhar Tilak
Lala Lajpat Rai
Dayanand Saraswati
Mahatma Gandhi

8. Dadabhai Naoroji was formally known as

Punjab Kesari
Gujarat Ratna
Guru Dev
Grand Old Man of India

9. First Indian elected to the British House of Commons was Dadabhai Naoroji who contested on the ticket of

Liberal Party
Labour Party
Conservative Party
Communist Party

10. Who was called the 'Grand Old Man of India'?

Dadabhai Naoroji
Gopal Krishna Gokhale
Ramesh Chandra Banerjee
Sir Syed Ahmad Khan

11. Who among the following is known by the title of 'The Grand Old Man'?

Khan Abdul Ghaffar Khan
W.C. Banerjee
Dadabhai Naoroji
Motilal Nehru

12. Who was first Indian to be elected to the British Parliament?

Ras Bihari Bose
Surendra Nath Banerjee
Dadabhai Naoroji
Vithalbhai Patel

13. At which session was the Indian National Congress (INC) divided into two groups 'Naram Dal' and 'Garam Dal'?

Bombay
Surat
Allahabad
Lahore

14. Where did the Indian Congress got divided into two wings moderates and extremists?

Surat Session, 1907
Lahore Session, 1909
Calcutta Session, 1911
Karachi Session, 1913

15. The President of the Surat Session of Indian National Congress (1907) was

Dadabhai Naoroji
Bal Gangadhar Tilak
Gopal Krishna Gokhale
R.B. Ghosh

16. The process of split in the Congress in the early years of the twentieth century began over

Strategies of the Congress Movement
Objectives of the Congress
Participation of the people in the Congress Movement
All of the above

17. 'Split of Surat' in Indian National Congress was held in

1905
1906
1907
1908

18. When was the first partition of Indian National Congress was held?

1907
1906
1969
1911

19. Surat split was led by

Hume
Dufferin
Tilak
Gandhiji

20. What was the main reason for the split in the Indian National Congress at Surat in 1907?

Introduction of communalism into Indian politics by Lord Minto
Extremists' lack of faith in the capacity of the moderates to negotiate with the British Government
Foundation of Muslim League
Aurobindo Ghosh's inability to be elected as the President of the Indian National Congress