307. When was Indian National Congress set up?
(A) 1885
(B) 1886
(C) 1887
(D) 1888
Ans: (A)
308. The founder of the Indian National Congress was a ---.
(A) Civil Servant
(B) Scientist
(C) Social Worker
(D) Commander
Ans: (A)
309. The precursor of Indian National Congress was
(A) British Indian Association
(B) Indian Association
(C) Indian National Union
(D) Indian League
Ans: (B)
310. Indian National Congress was established by
(A) A.O. Hume
(B) Surendra Nath Banerjee
(C) W.C. Banerjee
(D) Annie Besant
Ans: (A)
311. The first conference of Indian National Congress held at
(A) Kolkata
(B) Lahore
(C) Mumbai
(D) Pune
Ans: (C)
312. How many representatives took part in the First Session of the Indian National Congress?
(A) 52
(B) 62
(C) 72
(D) 82
Ans: (C)
313. Who among the following presided over the first annual meeting of the Indian National Congress?
(A) A.O. Hume
(B) Dadabhai Naoroji
(C) S.N. Banerjee
(D) W.C. Banerjee
Ans: (D)
314. Who was the first President of the Indian National Congress?
(A) A.O. Hume
(B) W.C. Banerjee
(C) Dadabhai Naoroji
(D) None of the above
Ans: (B)
315. 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
Ans: (A)
316. First Muslim President of Indian National Congress was
(A) Abul Kalam Azad
(B) Rafi Ahmad Kidwai
(C) M.A. Ansari
(D) Badruddin Tyyabji
Ans: (D)
317. Who had ridiculed Congress as representing only a short-sighted minority of the people?
(A) Lord Ripon
(B) Lord Dufferin
(C) Lord Curzon
(D) Lord Wellesley
Ans: (B)
318. The Indian National Congress was established during the viceroyalty of
(A) Lord Ripon
(B) Lord Lytton
(C) Lord Elgin II
(D) Lord Dufferin
Ans: (D)
319. The second session of the Indian National Congress was presided over by
(A) Ganesh Agarkar
(B) Surendra Nath Banerjee
(C) Dadabhai Naoroji
(D) Feroz Shah Mehta
Ans: (C)
320. 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) Surendra Nath Banerjee
Ans: (D)
321. 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
Ans: (B)
322. 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
Ans: (B)
323. Who among the following was never elected as a President of the ‘Indian National Congress’?
(A) Lala Lajpat Rai
(B) Annie Besant
(C) Motilal Nehru
(D) Bal Gangadhar Tilak
Ans: (D)
324. Who among the following was never concerned with Indian National Congress?
(A) Firoz Shah Mehta
(B) Hakim Ajmal Khan
(C) Khan Abdul Ghaffar Khan
(D) Sir Syed Ahmad
Ans: (D)
325. Who among the following became President of Indian National Congress?
(A) Sucheta Kriplani
(B) Aruna Asaf Ali
(C) Annie Besant
(D) Vijaya Lakshmi Pandit
Ans: (C)
326. 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 the above
Ans: (A)
327. Who was the first lady President of the Indian National Congress?
(A) N. Sen Gupta
(B) Sarojini Naidu
(C) Annie Besant
(D) Kadambini Bose
Ans: (C)
328. 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
Ans: (A)
329. 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) Anand Mohan Bose
(D) Bhupendra Nath Bose
Ans: (B)
330. Who was the first Indian Woman President of the Congress?
(A) Vijaya Lakshmi Pandit
(B) Pandita Rama Bai
(C) Sarojini Naidu
(D) Raj Kumari Amrit Kaur
Ans: (C)
331. 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
(C) Surat Session, 1907
(D) Lucknow Session, 1916
Ans: (D)
332. At which place was the 27th Session of the Indian National Congress held?
(A) Bhagalpur
(B) Patna
(C) Ranchi
(D) Bankipur
Ans: (D)
333. Who said that ‘Congress Movement was neither inspired by the people, nor devised or planned by them’?
(A) Lord Dufferin
(B) Sir Syed Ahmad
(C) Lord Curzon
(D) Lala Lajpat Rai
Ans: (B)
334. ‘Swaraj is my birthright and I will have it’. This statement is concerned with
(A) Lala Lajpat Rai
(B) Mahatma Gandhi
(C) Bal Gangadhar Tilak
(D) Subhash Chandra Bose
Ans: (C)
335. 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
Ans: (D)
336. “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 Dufferin
(D) Lord Minto
Ans: (B)
337. One Governor-General took part in one of the Congress Sessions. Identify the Governor-General and the place where the Session was held
(A) Lord Irwin-Karachi – 1931
(B) Lord Wellington-Bombay – 1915
(C) Lord Dufferin-Bombay – 1885
(D) Lord Hardinge-Lucknow – 1916
Ans: (B)
338. Who among the following suggested the winding up of the Indian National Congress after India attained independence?
(A) C. Rajagopalachari
(B) Acharya Kriplani
(C) Mahatma Gandhi
(D) Jayaprakash Narain
Ans: (C)
339. Who was the President of the 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
Ans: (A)
340. 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
Ans: (B)
341. The only session of the Indian National Congress presided over by Mahatma Gandhi was
(A) Allahabad Session – 1921
(B) Gaya Session – 1922
(C) Belgaon Session – 1924
(D) Karachi Session – 1930
Ans: (C)
342. Mahatma Gandhi presided over only in one session of the Indian National Congress in 1924. Where was the session held?
(A) Gaya
(B) Amritsar
(C) Belgoan
(D) Kanpur
Ans: (C)
343. The Haripura Session of Indian National Congress, 1938 was presided over by
(A) Abul Kalam Azad
(B) J.B. Kriplani
(C) Rajendra Prasad
(D) Subhash Chandra Bose
Ans: (D)
344. In which of the following sessions of the Indian National Congress, did Jawaharlal Nehru speak of socialism as the key to solving India’s problems?
(A) Lahore
(B) Lucknow
(C) Allahabad
(D) Ramgarh
Ans: (B)
345. President of the Indian National Congress at the time of Independence was
(A) Mahatma Gandhi
(B) Jawaharlal Nehru
(C) J.B. Kriplani
(D) Dr Rajendra Prasad
Ans: (C)
346. Who among the following was the President of the Indian National Congress continuously for six years?
(A) Jawaharlal Nehru
(B) Abul Kalam Azad
(C) G.K. Gokhale
(D) Dadabhai Naoroji
Ans: (B)
347. The last session of the 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
Ans: (D)
348. On which occasion was ‘Jana-Gana Mana’ first sung?
(A) 1896 Session of INC
(B) 1905 Session of INC
(C) 1911 Session of INC
(D) 1919 Session of INC
Ans: (C)
349. 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
(C) 2 and 3
(D) Only 3
Ans: (C)
350. 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
(C) Both 1 and 2
(D) Neither 1 nor 2
Ans: (B)
351. Who of the following were elected to collaborate with Mahatma Gandhi to author the new Constitution of the Congress as per the resolution of the 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
(C) 3 and 4
(D) 1 and 3
Ans: (A)
352. Consider the following statements about the Indian National Congress.
1. Sarojini Naidu was the first woman to be the President of Congress.
2. C.R. Das was in prison when he functioned as the President of 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
(C) 2, 3 and 4
(D) 1, 2, 3 and 4
Ans: (B)
353. 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
(c) Motilal Nehru
(d) Dr Rajendra Prasad
List-II (Places where Meetings of Indian National Congress were 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
(C) 3 2 4 1
(D) 4 3 1 2
Ans: (D)
354. Below is a list of persons who became Presidents of the 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
(C) 1, 4, 2 and 3
(D) 4, 3, 1 and 2
Ans: (C)
355. 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
(c) Sarojini Naidu
(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
(C) 3 4 2 1
(D) 4 1 3 2
Ans: (C)
