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Modern History MCQs – 8 (Important Sessions of Indian National Congress)

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1. First Session of Indian National Congress was held in which among the following years ?

(a) 1884
(b) 1885
(c) 1886
(d) 1887

Correct Answer – (b) 1885

  • The Indian National Congress (INC) was established in 1885 and it grew to become one of the most prominent political parties in pre-independence India.
  • It was established by Allan Octavian Hume (A.O. Hume) who was a retired British officer of Indian Civil Service. 
  • On 28 December 1885, the first session of the Indian National Congress (INC) was held at Bombay.
  • Womesh Chandra Banerjee was chosen as the first president of INC.

2. The Indian National Congress was established during the viceroyalty of who among the following ?

(a) Lord Ripon
(c) Lord Elgin II
(b) Lord Lytton
(d) Lord Dufferin

Correct Answer – (d) Lord Dufferin

  • The Indian National Congress was established during the tenure of Lord Dufferin (1884-1888). 
  • He had ridiculed Congress as representing only a short-sighted minority of the people; however, contrary to his belief, Indian National Congress became one of the most prominent political parties in pre-independence India.

3. Who among the following was not part of the founding session of the Indian National Congress ?

(a) Dadabhai Naoroji
(b) G. Subramaniya Iyer
(c) Justice Ranade
(d) Surendranath Bannerjee

Correct Answer – (d) Surendranath Bannerjee

  • Surendranath Banerjee was not present in the founding session of Indian National Congress.
  • The second session of All Indian National Conference was held in Calcutta in December 1885 which was presided over by Surendranath Bannerjee.
  • Hence, he could not attend the founding session of Indian National Congress.

4. The second session of the Indian National Congress was presided over by who among the following ?

(a) Ganesh Agarkar
(b) Dadabhai Naoroji
(c) Surendranath Bannerjee
(d) Feroz Shah Mehta

Correct Answer –  (b) Dadabhai Naoroji

  • The second session of the Indian National Congress was held in Calcutta in 1886.
  • It was presided over by Dadabhai Naoroji.
  • In this session, The Indian National Conference was merged with the Indian National Congress. 
  • Besides this session, Dadabhai Naoroji also presided over the Lahore session in 1893 and Kolkata session in 1906.

5. Consider the following statements about Badruddin Tyyabji :

1. He was the first Muslim President of Indian National Congress.
2. He presided over the third session of INC.

Which of the above statements is/are correct ?

(a) 1 only
(b) 2 only
(c) Both 1 & 2
(d) None of the above

Correct Answer – (c) Both 1 & 2

  • Badruddin Tyyabji was the first Muslim President of Indian National Congress.
  • He presided over the third session of INC which was held in 1887 at Madras.

6. Who among the following was the first woman president of the Indian National Congress ?

(a) Sarojini Naidu
(b) Annie Besant
(c) Bhikaiji Cama
(d) None of the Above

Correct Answer –  (b) Annie Besant

  • Annie Besant was the first woman president of Indian National Congress.
  • She presided over the Calcutta Session of INC in 1917.
  • Sarojini Naidu was the first Indian woman President of INC.
  • She presided over the Kanpur Session in 1925.

7. Who among the following was never elected as a president of the Indian National Congress ?

(a) Lala Lajpat Rai
(b) Mahatma Gandhi
(c) Moti Lal Nehru
(d) Bal Gangadhar Tilak

Correct Answer – (d) Bal Gangadhar Tilak

  • Lala Lajpat Rai presided over the special session of Indian National Congress at Calcutta in 1920. 
  • Annie Besant presided over the Calcutta Session of INC in 1917. 
  • Moti Lal Nehru presided over the Congress in 1919 and 1928.
  • Bal Gangadhar Tilak was never elected as President of Indian National Congress.

8. 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) Ananda Mohan Bose
(d) Mahatma Gandhi

Correct Answer – (b) Abul Kalam Azad

  • Abul Kalam Azad was the youngest person to become the president of the Indian National congress.
  • He presided over the special session of the Indian National Congress held at Delhi in 1923. 
  • He also presided over the Indian National Congress continuously for 6 years  from 1940-1946.

9. Who among the following presided over the famous Lahore session of INC in 1929 ?

(a) Jawaharlal Nehru
(b) Abul Kalam Azad
(c) Ananda Mohan Bose
(d) Mahatma Gandhi

Correct Answer – (a) Jawaharlal Nehru

  • The Indian National Congress on 19 December 1929 passed the historic ‘Purna Swaraj’ resolution at its Lahore session.
  • Jawaharlal Nehru was president of INC at the Lahore session in 1929. 
  • Congress Party urged Indians to celebrate ‘Independence Day’ on 26 January 1930.

10. In which session of INC, Congress divided into Moderates and Extremists ?

(a) Surat Session of 1907
(b) Lucknow Session of 1916
(c) Calcutta Session of 1917
(d) None of the Above

Correct Answer – (a) Surat Session of 1907

  • Following the Partition of Bengal in 1905,  The Extremists wanted to extend the Swadeshi and the Boycott Movement from Bengal to the rest of the country.
  • The Moderates wanted to confine the movement only to Bengal.
  • Ideological divide on the matters of Swadeshi, Boycott, National Education, and Self-Government led to the divide of congress.
  • In the Surat session of 1907, the Indian National Congress divided into moderates and extremists factions.

11. Consider the following statements about the Lucknow Session of 1916 :

1. Moderates and Extremists factions of the INC united in this session.
2. Congress and All India Muslim League signed the historic Lucknow Pact.

Which of the above statements is/are correct ?

(a) 1 only
(b) 2 only
(c) Both 1 & 2
(d) None of the above

Correct Answer – (c) Both 1 & 2

  • In the Lucknow Session of 1916, the Moderates and Extremists factions of the INC united again after nearly a decade.
  • In the Lucknow Session, Congress and All India Muslim League signed the historic Lucknow Pact to give an impression of Hindu-Muslim unity.
  • Ambika Charan Majumdar presided over the Lucknow Session of 1916.

12. In which of the following Sessions of the Indian National Congress, Bal Gangadhar Tilak gave the famous slogan of “Swaraj is my birthright, I shall have it”.

(a) Banaras Session of 1905
(b) Calcutta Session of 1906
(c) Surat Session of 1907
(d) Lucknow Session of 1916

Correct Answer –  (d) Lucknow Session of 1916 

  • In the Lucknow Session of 1916, Bal Gangadhar Tilak gave the famous slogan of “Swaraj is my birthright, I shall have it”.
  • In the Lucknow Session of 1916, the Moderates and Extremists factions of the INC united again after nearly a decade.
  • It must be noted that Annie Besant and Tilak played an instrumental role in bringing the two factions together.

13. “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 who among the following ?

(a) George Hamilton
(b) Lord Curzon
(c) Lord Dufferin
(d) Lord Minto

Correct Answer –  (b) Lord Curzon

  • Above slogan was given by Lord Curzon.

14. Consider the following statements :

1. Sarojini Naidu was the first Indian women President of Indian National Congress.
2. Mahatma Gandhi was never elected as a President of INC.

Which of the above statements is/are correct ?

(a) 1 only
(b) 2 only
(c) Both 1 & 2
(d) None of the above

Correct Answer – (a) 1 only

  • Sarojini Naidu was the first Indian women President of Indian National Congress. She presided over the 40th annual session at Kanpur in 1925.
  • Mahatma Gandhi presided INC only once in the Belgaum Session in1924.

15. ‘Jana-Gana-Mana’ was first sung in which of the following sessions of INC ?

(a) 1896 Session of INC
(b) 1905 Session of INC
(c) 1911 Session of INC
(d) 1916 Session of INC

Correct Answer – (c) 1911 Session of INC 

  • “Jana Gana Mana” is the national anthem of India. 
  • It was first sung during the Calcutta Session of the Indian National Congress on 27 December, 1911. 
  • “Jana Gana Mana” was officially adopted by the Constituent Assembly as the Indian National Anthem on 24 January, 1950.
  • “Jana Gana Mana” was originally written in Bengali.
  • The original poem written by Rabindranath Tagore was translated into Hindi by Abid Ali.

16. At the time of Independence, Who among the following was the President of the Indian National Congress ?

(a) Mahatma Gandhi
(b) Jawaharlal Nehru
(c) J.B. Kripalani
(d) Dr. Rajendra Prasad

Correct Answer – (c) J.B. Kripalani

  • J. B. Kripalani was the President of Indian National Congress at the time of Independence. 
  • Jiwantram Bhagwandas Kripalani was a Gandhian Socialist, environmentalist and a freedom fighter.
  • Kripalani joined the All India Congress Committee and became its general secretary in 1928-29. 
  • Kripalani served in the interim Government of India during 1946-47.
  • He was also a member of the Constituent Assembly of India.

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