Indian National Congress


2. The precursor of Indian National Congress was :
(a) British Indian Association
 (b) Indian Association
 (c) Indian National Union
(d) Indian League
 (e) None of the above/More than one of the above






7. How many Muslim delegates participated in the Second Convention of the Indian National Congress? 
 (a) 2
 (b) 33
 (c) 30
 (d) 41
 (e) None of the above/More than one of the above




9. Who was the first President of the Indian National Congress? 
(a) A.O. Hume (b) W.C. Banerjee
 (c) Dadabhai Naoroji (d) None of these





14. The General Secretary of the Indian National Congress in the year 1885 was : 
 (a) A.O. Hume (b) Dadabhai Naoroji
 (c) W.C. Banerjee (d) Firoz Shah Mehta





18. Who among the following was not present at the founding session of the Indian National Congress: 
(a) Dadabhai Naoroji
 (b) G. Subramaniya Iyer
 (c) Justice Ranade
(d) Surendranath Bannerjee







19. The second session of the Indian National Congress was presided over by- 
(a) Ganesh Agarkar (b) Surendranath Bannerjee
 (c) Dadabhai Naoroji (d) Feroz Shah Mehta






20. In 1889, a committee was set up in Britain to gain support for the Congress, who amongst the following was its President – 
(a) Sir W. Wadderburn (b) Mr. Digby
 (c) Dadabhai Naoroji (d) W.C. Banerjee







24. Who was the Second Muslim President in the Indian National Congress? 
 (a) Abul Kalam Azad
 (b) Zakir Hussain
 (c) Rahimtulla Mahomed Sayani
 (d) Badruddin Tyabji
 (e) None of the above/More than one of the above





25. The first European to be elected as President of the Indian National Congress was 
(a) A. O. Hume (b) George Yule
 (c) Alfred Webb (d) Annie Besant





26. Who among the following was never concerned with the Indian National Congress? 
(a) Firozshah Mehta
(b) Hakim Ajmal Khan
 (c) Khan Abdul Ghaff ar Khan
(d) Sir Syed Ahmad




27. Who among the following was never elected as a President of the ‘Indian National Congress.’ 
 (a) Lala Lajpat Rai (b) Annie Besant
 (c) Moti Lal Nehru (d) Bal Gangadhar Tilak






28. Who among the trio-Lal, Bal and Pal became president of the Indian National Congress: 
(a) Lala Lajpat Rai (b) Bal Gangadhar Tilak
 (c) Bipin Chandra Pal (d) None of them

✓Lala Lajpat Rai = INC special session of Calcutta 1920. 







31. For which of the following sessions the Congress elected its first women President? 
(a) Calcutta Session, 1917
 (b) Gaya Session, 1922
 (c) Allahabad Session, 1921
(d) Lucknow Session, 1916

✓1917, Calcutta= Annie Besant was first woman President of INC.





37. Who among the following was the youngest person to become the President of the Indian National Congress? 
(a) Jawaharlal Nehru (b) Abul Kalam Azad
 (c) Ananda Mohan Bose (d) Bhupendra Nath Bose





39. At which place was the 27th Session of the Indian National Congress held? 
(a) Bhagalpur (b) Patna
 (c) Ranchi (d) Bankipur




45. Consider the following statements about the Indian National Congress: 
1. Sarojini Naidu was the first woman to be the President of the Congress.

 2. C.R. Das was in prison when he functioned as the President of the Congress.
 3. The fi rst Britisher to become the President of the Congress was Alan Octavian Hume 

 4. Alfred Webb was the President of the Congress in 1894.


✓C.R. Das =1922, Gaya session. 
✓Alfred Webb= 1894 Madras session.







46. Who said that “Congress Movement was neither inspired by the people, nor devised or planned by them”? 
(a) Lord Duff erin (b) Sir Syed Ahmed
 (c) Lord Curzon (d) Lala Lajpat Rai





47. “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 :
(a) George Hamilton (b) Lord Curzon
 (c) Lord Duff erin (d) Lord Minto







48. While delivering the presidential address, the Congress President who advocated the introduction of Roman
script for the Hindi language was:
(a) Mahatma Gandhi (b) Jawaharlal Nehru
 (c) Abul Kalam Azad (d) Subhash Chandra Bose







50. Who of the following were elected to collaborate with Mahatma Gandhi who was to author the new Constitution of the Congress as the per resolution of  
Indian National Congress at Amritsar Session, 1919?
 1. B.G. Tilak  2. N.C. Kelkar
 3. C.R. Das    4. I.B. Sen






51. One Governor-General took part in one of the Congress Sessions. Identify the Governor-General and place where the Session was held : 
 (a) Lord Irwin - Karachi - 1931
 (b) Lord Wellington-Bombay - 1915
 (c) Lord Duff erin- Bombay - 1885
 (d) Lord Hardinge-Lucknow - 1916


✓Lord Wellington= Not Governor-General at the time of session. + tenure from 1931 to 36




52. Which of the following sessions of the Indian National Congress was presided over by C. Vijay Raghav Chariar
(a) Lucknow Session (1916)
 (b) Nagpur Session (1920)
 (c) Gaya Session (1922 )
 (d) None of the above




53. In which one of the following sessions, Congress declared its policy towards the Indian States for the first time? 
(a) Nagpur session (b) Gaya session
 (c) Calcutta session (d) Lucknow session





54. Who was the President of Gaya Session of the Indian National Congress held in 1922? 
(a) Chittaranjan Das (b) S.N. Banerjee
 (c) Dr. Rajendra Prasad (d) Hakim Ajmal Khan







55. Given below is a list of persons who became Presidents of Indian National Congress. Arrange then in chronological order. 
Select your answer using the code given below the list.
 1. Mahatma Gandhi 2. Jawaharlal Nehru
 3. Vallabh Bhai Patel 4. Smt. Sarojini Naidu

Answer. Mahatma Gandhi (1924)...Sarojini Naidu(1925)...Jawahar Lal Nehru (1929 & 1936).... Vallabh Bhai Patel (1931)




58.(President)...(Session year )...(Place)
*Motilal Nehru... 1919... Amritsar
Sarojini Naidu... 1925... Kanpur
*Dr. Rajendra Prasad... 1934... Bombay
Abul Kalam Azad... 1940.. Ramgarh






59. 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? 
(a) Lahore (b) Lucknow
 (c) Allahabad (d) Ramgarh





60. The Haripura Session of Indian National Congress, 1938 was presided over by: 
(a) Abul Kalam Azad (b) J.B. Kripalani
(c) Rajendra Pradesh (d) Subhash Chandra Bose





62. Correctly matched
*A. Dr. M.A. Ansari... Madras (1927)
*B.Purushottam Das Tandon...Nasik(1950)
C. Sarojini Naidu... Kanpur (1925)
D. Subhash Chandra Bose..Haripura (1938)





63. Who among the following was the President of Indian National Congress continuously for six years?  
(a) Jawaharlal Nehru (b) Abul Kalam Azad
(c) G. K. Gokhale (d) Dadabhai Naoroji





64. President of Indian National Congress at the time of Independence was? 
 (a) Mahatma Gandhi (b) Jawaharlal Nehru
 (c) J.B. Kriplani (d) Dr. Rajendra Prasad





65. On which occasion was ‘Jana-Gana Mana,’ first sung?
(a) 1896 Session of INC
 (b) 1905 Session of INC
 (c) 1911 Session of INC (Culcutta)
 (d) 1919 Session of INC



66. The last session of Indian National Congress attended by Bal Gangadhar Tilak was :  
 (a) Calcutta Session, 1906 
(b) Surat Session, 1907
(c) Calcutta Session, 1917 
(d) Amritsar Session, 1919





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