Political Organisations Established Before Congress mcq

1. The first Political Organization established in India in 1838 was known as 

 (a) British India Society

 (b) Bengal British India Society

 (c) Settlers Association

 (d) Zamindari Association

2. Which one of the following submitted in 1875 a petition to the House of Commons demanding India’s direct representation in the British Parliament?

(a) The Deccan Association

 (b) The Indian Association

 (c) The Madras Mahajan Sabha

 (d) The Poona Sarvajanik Sabha

✓Poona Sarvjanik Sabha= by M.G. Ranade & G.V. Joshi in 1870.

3. Who was the founder of the Indian Association?

(a) Dadabhai Naoroji

 (b) Bal Gangadhar Tilak

 (c) A.O. Hume

(d) Surendranath Banerjee

✓Indian Association= by Surendranath

Banerjee with cooperation of Anand Mohan Bose in Calcutta, in 1876.

4. Who amongst the following was the founder of ‘Indian Association’  

(a) Bipin Chandra Pal 

(b) Dadabhai Naoroji

 (c) Gopal Krishna Gokhale

(d) S.N. Bannerjee

5. The most important of the pre-Congress Nationalist Organisation was the 

 (a) Bengal British India Society

 (b) East India Association

 (c) Young Bengal Association

(d) Indian Association of Calcutta

6. Which one of the following Indian leaders was dismissed by the British from the Indian Civil Service?

(a) Satyendranath Tagore

 (b) Surendranath Banerji

 (c) R.C. Dutt

 (d) Subhash Chandra Bose

7. Which among the following year Surendra Nath Bannerjee was eliminated from Indian Civil Services? 

(a) 1874 AD (b) 1877 AD

 (c) 1885 AD (d) 1892 AD

 (e) None of the above/ More than one of the above

8. Name the organization formed by Surendranath Banerjee which merged with the Indian National Congrees in 1886: 

(a) East India Association

 (b) London India Society

 (c) Indian Association

(d) Indian National Conference

*9. Who was the first Indian to resist the political reforms?

(a) Dadabhai Naroji 

(b) Surendra Nath

 c) Ram Mohan Roy 

(d) Bal Gangadhar Tilak

✓Ram Mohan Roy= 1st Indian to resist political reforms. 

✓According to Bipin Chandra Pal, Ram Mohan Roy was first Political Reformer in India.

10. Arrange the following organization on the basis of their correct order: 

1. Bombay Association 

2. Madras Mahajan Sabha

3. Indian Association 

4. Indian League

 

Ans.  Correct sequence:- 1, 4, 3, 2 

Bombay Association--(1852)--Dada Bhai Naroji

Indian League-- (1875)--Shishir Kumar Ghosh

Indian Association--(1876)–Surendra Nath Banerjee & Anand Mohan Bose.

Madras Mahajan Sabha--(1884)-- G.

Subramaniam + Anand Charlu + Raghava Chari. 

12. Poona Sarvajanik Sabha was founded in:

 (a) 1858 by Mahadev Govind Ranade

 (b) 1870 by mahadev Govind Ranade

 (c) 1870 by Pandita Ramabai Ranade

 (d) 1870 by Surendranath Banerjee

 (e) None of the above/More than one of the above

13. Who amongst the following was one of the founders of the Bombay Presidency Association in 1885? 

(a) Feroz Shah Mehta

 (b) P. Anand Charlu

(c) M. V. Raghav Cheriyar

 (d) S. N. Banerjee

15. Correctly matched  

1. British India Society - (London )- William Adam

2.East India Association -(London)- Naroji 

3. National India Association -(London)- Mary  Carpenter & Mennin 

4. Indian Association - (Kolkata) - Surendranath Banerjee & Anand Mohan Bose.

16. Given below are two statements, one labelled as Assertion (A) and the other as Reason (R): 

 Assertion (A): Dadabhai Naoroji organised the East India Association in 1866 in London to discuss on Indian questions. 

 Reason (R) : He wanted to influence the British Public Opinion. 

Choose the correct answer from the code given below:

(a) (A) is true but (R) is false

 (b) (A) is false but (R) is true

 (c) Both (A) and (R) are true and (R) is the correct explanation of (A) 

 (d) Both (A) and (R) are true but (R) is not the correct explanation of (A)

17. Correctly matched

 (Institution) --                   (Founder )

(a) Servants of India Society--G.K. Gokhale 

(b) Social Service League--- N.M. Joshi

 

*(c) Seva Samiti --- H. N. Kunzru

*(d) Social Reform Association-- Keshav Chandra Sen

18. Consider the following organizations:

 1. Bangabhasha Prakasika Sabha

 2. Landholders Society

 3. Bengal British India Society

 4. Indian League

 Select the correct chronological order of founding of these organizations from the code given below:

(a) 1, 2, 3, 4        (b) 1, 3, 2, 4

 (c) 2, 1, 3, 4         (d) 2, 3, 4, 1

✓Bangabhasha Prakasika Sabha -(1836)

--by associates of Raja Ram Mohan Roy. 

✓Land-holders society -(1838)- Dwarkanath Tagore & others.

**✓Bengal British India Society -(1843) 

✓Indian league - (1875)- Sisir Kumar Ghose.

19. Correctly matched

(Organization) ---         (Founder )

Land Holders’ Society---DwarkanathTagore

**British India Society --- William Adams

Indian Society --- Anand Mohan Bose

Indian Association --- S.N. Banerji

20. Which of the following was/were political associations to be set up during the pre-congress phase? 

(a) The British India Association

 (b) The Indian Association

 (c) Madras Native Association

 (d) Landholder’s Society at Calcutta

✓Landholder’s Society at Calcutta - 1838

✓British Indian Association - 1851

✓Madras Native Association - 1852

✓Indian Association - 1876

21. Correctly matched:

 1. Radhakanta Deb -- First President of the British Indian Association 

*2. Gazulu Lakshminarasu Chetty--Founder of the Madras Native Association.

 

 3. Surendranath Banerjee -- Founder of the Indian Association

22. Who was the first president of 'British Indian Association'? 

(a) Surrendra Nath Banerjee

 (b) Gopal Krishna Gokhale

 (c) Radha Kant Dev

 (d) Anand Mohan Bose

23. All are Correctly matched

A. Indian League---Shishir Kumar Ghosh (1875)

B. Indian Association --- Anand Mohan Bose & Surendra Nath Bannerjee (1876)

*C. India National Liberal Federation---Surendranath Bannerjee

*D. United Indian Patriotic Association---Syyad Ahmad Khan 

24. Who among the following was the founder of the 'United Indian Patriotic Association' with Syed Ahmad Khan? 

(a) Abdul Aziz (b) Mohammed-ul-Hasan

(c) Raja Shivaprasad (d) Govind Das

✓United Indian Patriotic Association =founded in 1888 + by Syed Ahmad Khan & Raja Shivaprasad.

25. Correctly matched.

Indian Association -- Surendra Nath Benerji

*Poona Sarvjanik Sabha -- Mahadev Govind Ranade

Bombay Presidency Association --Pherozshah Mehta

*Madras Mahajan Sabha -- Anand Charlu

26. Which one of the following pairs is /are correctly matched? 

(a) Asiatic Society of Bengal - 1784 A.D.

*(b) Royal Asiatic Society of Great Britain --1823 A.D.

*(c) Land Holders Society of Bengal--1838 A.D. 

28. Match List-I with List-II and select the correct answer from the code given below the Lists: 

 

A. British Indian Association ---Radha Kant Dev

B. Bombay Presidency Association ---K.T. Telang & Firoz Shah Mehta

C. Central Mohammadan National Association --- Sayyid Amir Ali

D. Servants of India Society ---Gopal Krishna Gokhale

29. Bombay Presidency Association was established by -:

(a) Ferozshah Mehta

(b) K. T. Tailang

(c) W.C. Banerjee

 (d) Tayabjee

 (e) None of the above/More than one of the above