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MCQ On Indian National Congress
1. When was Indian National Congress form?
(a) On 28 January 1885
(b) On 28 February 1885
(c) On 28 August 1885
(d) On 28 December 1885
Answer: On 28 December 1885
2. Where was Indian National Congress form?
(a) Bombay
(b) Delhi
(c) Kolkata
(d) Pune
Answer: Bombay
3. Who was the founder of Indian National Congress?
(a) Dinshaw Edulji Wacha
(b) Allan Octavian Hume
(c) Dadabhai Naoroji
(d) All of these
Answer: All of these
4. National demand – Swaraj was first spread by –
(a) Dadavai Naoroji
(b) Gandhi
(c) Subhas Chandra Bose
(d) Annie Besant
Answer: Dadavai Naoroji
5. Who set up the Indian Independence League?
(a) Subhas Chandra Bose
(b) Rasbihari Bose
(c) Jawaharlal Nehru
(d) S.M Yoshi
Answer: Rasbihari Bose
6. The Urdu poet who was representative of both second and third round table conference –
(a) Aruna Asaf Ali
(b) Muhammad Iqbal
(c) Khan Abdul Gaffar Khan
(d) Fiaz Ahmad Faiz
Answer: Muhammad Iqbal
7. The first movement against the British in India was –
(a) Swadeshi Movement
(b) Khilafat Movement
(c) Quit India movement
(d) Non-Cooperative movement
Answer: Swadeshi Movement
8. Who among the following founded the first women university in India?
(a) J.P Kripalini
(b) D.K Karve
(c) Sarojini Naidu
(d) Sucheta Kripalini
Answer: D.K Karve
9. Swaraj was the goal of India’s political efforts – said by Dadavai Naoroji announced at –
(a) Calcutta session 1886
(b) Calcutta session 1906
(c) Lahore session 1885
(d) Mumbai session 1889
Answer: Calcutta session 1906
10. Who is the famous person returned the Knighthood to protest against the atrocities of the Jaliwanwala Bagh Massacre?
(a) Arabinda Ghosh
(b) Rabindranath Tagore
(c) Jawaharlal Nehru
(d) Bipin Chandra Pal
Answer: Rabindranath Tagore
11. Who was the first Indian leader who undergo imprisonment in 1882?
(a) Bal Gangadhar Tilak
(b) B.C Pal
(c) C. Vijaraghavachari
(d) S.M Joshi
Answer: C. Vijaraghavachari
12. Why the British shifted the capital from Calcutta to Delhi?
(a) It was not possible to control the western part of India from Calcutta
(b) Calcutta was the hotbed of revolutionaries
(c) The weather in Delhi was more suitable from Calcutta
(d) To prevent the advent of Portuguese
Answer: Calcutta was the hotbed of revolutionaries
13. The Vaikom Satyagraha in 1924 was led by –
(a) Kesava Menon
(b) Chittaranjan Das
(c) Mahatma Gandhi
(d) Lala Lajpat Rai
Answer: Kesava Menon
14. During which period ‘Mahatma’ Titled given before the name of Gandhi?
(a) During Swadeshi Movement
(b) During Champaran Satyagraha
(c) During the Implementation of the Rowlatt Act in India
(d) During Surat Session of 1907
Answer: During Champaran Satyagraha
15. Who was the president of Indian National Congress when the song Vande Mataram was first sung at the 12th session of the Indian National Congress?
(a) Badruddin Tyabji
(b) Rahimtulla M Sayani
(c) Rahsbehari Ghosh
(d) Pandit Bishan Narayan Dar
Answer: Rahimtulla M Sayani
16. First session of the Indian National Congress was held under the presidency of:
(a) AO Hume
(b) Badruddin Tyabji
(c) JB Kriplani
(d) WC bannerjee
Answer: WC bannerjee
17. Who among the following presided the Lahore Session of Indian National Congress in 1909?
(a) Dadabhai Naoroji
(b) Rashbihari Ghosh
(c) Madan Mohan Malaviya
(d) Bishan Narayan Dar
Answer: Madan Mohan Malaviya
18. Who was the Viceroy of British India at the time of first session of the Congress?
(a) Lord Curzon
(b) Lord Dufferin
(c) Lord Mayo
(d) Lord Minto
Answer: Lord Dufferin
19. Who was selected as president of Khilafat Conference met at Delhi in 1919?
(a) Mahatma Gandhi
(b) Ali Jinnah
(c) Motilal Nehru
(d) Syed Ahmed Khan
Answer: Mahatma Gandhi
20. Death year of Dr. B.R. Ambedkar is –
(a) 1956
(b) 1965
(c) 1951
(d) 1953
Answer: 1956
21. Why the Haripura Congress in 1938 remains a milestone in Indian freedom struggle?
(a) Because In this congress all Indian leaders declared war against the British
(b) Because Jawaharlal Nehru was selected for the future PM of India
(c) Because congress introduced the idea of a planning commission
(d) Because people boycotted foreign goods and liquor
Answer: Because congress introduced the idea of a planning commission
22. Which viceroy of India passed the ‘Ancient Monuments Preservation Act‘?
(a) Lord Ripon
(b) Lord Curzon
(c) Lord Mountbatten
(d) Lord Chelmsford
Answer: Lord Curzon
23. Who among the following revolutionary gave the slogan ‘Inquilab Zindabad‘?
(a) Mahatma Gandhi
(b) Bipin Chandra Pal
(c) Bhagat Singh
(d) Syed Ahmed Khan
Answer: Bipin Chandra Pal
24. In which session of the Indian National Congress split into two part-Moderates and Extremists?
(a) Surat Session
(b) Nagpur Session
(c) Bombay Session
(d) Allahabad Session
Answer: Surat Session
25. In which session of Indian National Congress passes the resolution for Poorna Swaraj or complete independence?
(a) Madras
(b) Calcutta
(c) Lahore
(d) Delhi
Answer: Lahore
26. In which Session of the Indian National Congress the National Song Vande Mataram was sung for the first time?
(a) Madras Session of 1887
(b) Allahabad session of 1888
(c) Surat Session of 1907
(d) Calcutta session of 1896
Answer: Calcutta session of 1896
27. In which session of the Indian National Congress the National Anthem, Jana Gana Mana was sung for the first time?
(a) Badruddin Tyabji
(b) Rahimtulla M Sayani
(c) Rashbehari Ghosh
(d) Pandit Bishan Narayan Dar
Answer: Pandit Bishan Narayan Dar
28. Who was the president of Indian National Congress Session that was held in Jaipur after Independence?
(a) Pt. Jawaharlal Nehru
(b) Acharya JB Kriplani
(c) Dr. Pattabhi Sitaramayya
(d) Sarojini Naidu
Answer: Dr. Pattabhi Sitaramayya
29. What was the most important reason for Swadeshi and Boycott movement?
(a) Lord’s Curzon’s plan to partition of Bengal
(b) Curzon’s Plan to cut the effect of the growing popularity of the Indian National Congress
(c) Curzon’s plan to control the educational system of India
(d) ‘Drainage of Wealth from India to England
Answer: Lord Curzon’s plan to partition of Bengal
30. Arrange by correct sequence. (i) Rowlatt Act (ii) Gandhi Erwin Pact (iii) Morley Minto reforms (iv) Elbert Bill
(a) iv – iii – i – ii
(b) iv – ii – iii – i
(c) iv – iii – ii – i
(d) iii – i – ii – iv
Answer: iv – iii – i – ii
31. Which year British transferred the capital of India from Calcutta to Delhi?
(a) 1900
(b) 1930
(c) 1911
(d) 1912
Answer: 1911
32. Which institution was founded by Gandhi?
(a) Phoenix Ashram
(b) Vishwa Bharati
(c) Seva Ashram
(d) Jawaharlal Nehru university
Answer: Phoenix Ashram
33. Viceroy of India during Jallianwala Bagh Massacre –
(a) Lord Curzon
(b) Lord Chelmsford
(c) Lord Bentick
(d) Lord Minto
Answer: Lord Chelmsford
34. “I, therefore, want freedom immediately, this very night, before dawn if it can be had“. Who the great Indian leader said this line?
(a) Annie Besant
(b) Subhas Chandra Bose
(c) Ashutosh Mukherjee
(d) Mahatma Gandhi
Answer: Mahatma Gandhi
35. Which among the following revolutionaries was not hanged on the charge of the Kakori case?
(a) Ramprasad Bismil
(b) Ashfaquallah
(c) Manmatu Gupta
(d) Bhagat Singh
Answer: Bhagat Singh