Indian National Congress MCQ Questions and Answer

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1. The founder of the Indian National Congress was a

(A) Civil Servant

(B) Scientist

(D) Commander

2. When was Indian National Congress set up?

(A) 1885

(B) 1886

(D) 1888

3. Indian National Congress was established by

(A) A.O. Hume

(B) Surendra Nath Banerjee

(D) Annie Besant

4. The precursor of Indian National Congress was

(A) British Indian Association

(B) Indian Association

(D) Indian League

5. How many representatives took part in the First Session of the Indian National Congress?

(A) 52

(B) 62

(D) 82

6. The first conference of Indian National Congress held at

(A) Kolkata

(B) Lahore

(D) Pune

7. Who was the first President of the Indian National Congress?

(A) A.O. Hume

(B) W.C. Banerjee

(D) None of the above

8. Who among the following presided over the first annual meeting of the Indian National Congress?

(A) A.O. Hume

(B) Dadabhai Naoroji

(D) W.C. Banerjee

9. First Muslim President of Indian National Congress was

(A) Abul Kalam Azad

(B) Rafi Ahmad Kidwai

(D) Badruddin Tyyabji

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

(A) A.O. Hume

(B) Dadabhai Naoroji

(D) Firoz Shah Mehta

11. The Indian National Congress was established during the viceroyalty of

(A) Lord Ripon

(B) Lord Lytton

(D) Lord Dufferin

12. Who had ridiculed Congress as representing only a short-sighted minority of the people?

(A) Lord Ripon

(B) Lord Dufferin

(D) Lord Wellesley

13. Who among the following was not present at the founding session of the Indian National Congress?

(A) Dadabhai Naoroji

(B) G. Subramaniya Iyer

(D) Surendra Nath Banerjee

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

(A) Ganesh Agarkar

(B) Surendra Nath Banerjee

(D) Feroz Shah Mehta

15. 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

(D) W.C. Banerjee

16. The first European to be elected as President of the Indian National Congress was

(A) A.O. Hume

(B) George Yule

(D) Annie Besant

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

(A) Firoz Shah Mehta

(B) Hakim Ajmal Khan

(D) Sir Syed Ahmad

18. Who among the following was never elected as a President of the ‘Indian National Congress’?

(A) Lala Lajpat Rai

(B) Annie Besant

(D) Bal Gangadhar Tilak

19. Who among the trio-Lal, Bal and Pal became President of the Indian National Congress?

(A) Lala Lajpat Rai

(B) Bal Gangadhar Tilak

(D) None of the above

20. Who among the following became President of Indian National Congress?

(A) Sucheta Kriplani

(B) Aruna Asaf Ali

(D) Vijaya Lakshmi Pandit

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21. 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

22. Who was the first lady President of the Indian National Congress?

(A) N. Sen Gupta

(B) Sarojini Naidu

(D) Kadambini Bose

23. Who was the first Indian Woman President of the Congress?

(A) Vijaya Lakshmi Pandit

(B) Pandita Rama Bai

(D) Raj Kumari Amrit Kaur

24. Who among the following was the youngest person to become the President of the Indian National Congress?

(A) Jawaharlal Nehru

(B) Abul Kalam Azad

(D) Bhupendra Nath Bose

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

(A) Bhagalpur

(B) Patna

(D) Bankipur

26. In which of the following Sessions of the Indian National Congress Bal Gangadhar Tilak had expressed, ‘Swaraj is my birthright, I shall have it’?

(A) Banaras Session, 1905

(B) Calcutta Session, 1906

(D) Lucknow Session, 1916

27. ‘Swaraj is my birthright and I will have it’. This statement is concerned with

(A) Lala Lajpat Rai

(B) Mahatma Gandhi

(D) Subhash Chandra Bose

28. Who said that ‘Congress Movement was neither inspired by the people, nor devised or planned by them’?

(A) Lord Dufferin

(B) Sir Syed Ahmad

(D) Lala Lajpat Rai

29. “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

(D) Lord Minto

30. 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

(D) Subhash Chandra Bose

31. Who among the following suggested the winding up of the Indian National Congress after India attained independence?

(A) C. Rajagopalachari

(B) Acharya Kriplani

(D) Jayaprakash Narain

32. 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

33. 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

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

(A) Chittaranjan Das

(B) S.N. Banerjee

(D) Hakim Ajmal Khan

35. Mahatma Gandhi presided over only in one session of the Indian National Congress in 1924. Where was the session held?

(A) Gaya

(B) Amritsar

(D) Kanpur

36. The only session of the Indian National Congress presided over by Mahatma Gandhi was

(A) Allahabad Session – 1921

(B) Gaya Session – 1922

(D) Karachi Session – 1930

37. 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

(D) Ramgarh

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

(A) Abul Kalam Azad

(B) J.B. Kriplani

(D) Subhash Chandra Bose

39. Who among the following was the President of Indian National Congress continuously for six years?

(A) Jawaharlal Nehru

(B) Abul Kalam Azad

(D) Dadabhai Naoroji

40. President of Indian National Congress at the time of Independence was

(A) Mahatma Gandhi

(B) Jawaharlal Nehru

(D) Dr. Rajendra Prasad

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

(A) 1896 Session of INC

(B) 1905 Session of INC

(D) 1919 Session of INC

42. 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

43. Consider the following statements.

1. The first woman President of the Indian National Congress was Sarojini Naidu.

2. The first Muslim President of the Indian National Congress was Badruddin Tyabji.

Which of the statement given above is/are correct?

(A) Only 1

(B) Only 2

(D) Neither 1 nor 2

44. Consider the following statements.

1. The First Session of the Indian National Congress was held in Calcutta.

2. The Second Session of the Indian National Congress was held under the presidentship of Dadabhai Naoroji.

3. Both Indian National Congress and Muslim League held their sessions at Lucknow in 1916 and concluded the Lucknow Pact.

Which of the statements given above is/are correct?

(A) 1 and 2

(B) Only 2

(D) Only 3

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.

Which of these statements are correct?

(A) 1 and 3

(B) 2 and 4

(D) 1, 2, 3 and 4

46. Who of the following were elected to collaborate with Mahatma Gandhi who was to author the new Constitution of the Congress as 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

Select the correct answer from the code given below.

Code

(A) 2 and 4

(B) 1 and 2

(D) 1 and 3

47. Given below is a list of persons who became Presidents of Indian National Congress. Arrange them in chronological order.

1. Mahatma Gandhi

2. Jawaharlal Nehru

3. Vallabhbhai Patel

4. Smt. Sarojini Naidu

Select your answer using the code given below the list.

Code

(A) 1, 2, 3 and 4

(B) 1, 3, 4 and 2

(D) 4, 3, 1 and 2

48. Match List-I with List-II and select the correct answer using the code given below the lists.

List-I (President)

(a) Abul Kalam Azad

(b) Sarojini Naidu

(d) Dr. Rajendra Prasad

List-II (Places where Meetings of Indian National Congress was held)

1. Amritsar, 1919

2. Bombay, 1934

3. Kanpur, 1925

4. Ramgarh, 1940

Code (a) (b) (c) (d)

(A) 1 3 2 4

(B) 2 4 3 1

(D) 4 3 1 2

49. Match List-I with List-II and select the correct answer using the code given below the lists.

List-I

(a) Dr. M.A. Ansari

(b) Purushottam Das Tandon

(d) Subhash Chandra Bose

List-II

1. Haripura

2. Kanpur

3. Madras

4. Nasik

Code (a) (b) (c) (d)

(A) 1 2 4 3

(B) 2 3 1 4

(D) 4 1 3 2

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