Indian National Congress

2. The precursor of Indian National Congress was :

(a) British Indian Association

(b) Indian Association

(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

(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

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

(a) A.O. Hume (b) Dadabhai Naoroji

18. Who among the following was not present at the founding session of the Indian National Congress:

(a) Dadabhai Naoroji

(b) G. Subramaniya Iyer

(d) Surendranath Bannerjee

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

(a) Ganesh Agarkar (b) Surendranath Bannerjee

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

(a) Sir W. Wadderburn (b) Mr. Digby

24. Who was the Second Muslim President in the Indian National Congress?

(a) Abul Kalam Azad

(b) Zakir Hussain

(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

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

(a) Firozshah Mehta

(b) Hakim Ajmal 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

28. Who among the trio-Lal, Bal and Pal became president of the Indian National Congress:

(a) Lala Lajpat Rai (b) Bal Gangadhar Tilak

✓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

(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

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

(a) Bhagalpur (b) Patna

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 first 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

47. “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

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

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

(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)

(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

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

(a) Chittaranjan Das (b) S.N. Banerjee

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

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

(a) Abul Kalam Azad (b) J.B. Kripalani

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

64. President of Indian National Congress at the time of Independence was?

(a) Mahatma Gandhi (b) Jawaharlal Nehru

65. On which occasion was ‘Jana-Gana Mana,’ first sung?

(a) 1896 Session of INC

(b) 1905 Session of INC

(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

(d) Amritsar Session, 1919

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