Q. The first official history of Indian National Congress was written by
- A) Pattabhi Sitaramaya
- B) B.N. Pande
- C) Dr. R.C. Majumdar
- D) Dr. Tarachand
- Correct Answer: A
- Solution :
- The first official history of Indian National Congress was written by Pattabhi Sitarammaya.
Q. The President of the Surat Session of Indian Nations Congress (1907) was
- A) Dadabhai Naoroji
- B) Bal Gangadhar Tilak
- C) Gopal Krishna Gokhale
- D) Ras Bihari Bose
- Correct Answer: D
- Solution :
- The President of the Surat session of Indian National Congress (1907) was Ras Bihari Ghose.
Q. When did the Indian National Congress accept the theory of Drain of Wealth’s?
- A) In 1896
- B) In 1902
- C) In 1906
- D) In 1935
- Correct Answer: A
- Solution :
- In 1867, Dadabhai Naoroji put forward the famous ‘Drain Theory’. In 1896, in its annual session held at Calcutta, the Indian National Congress adopted the Drain Theory by proclaiming that the famines in the country and poverty of the people had been brought on by the drain of wealth from the country.
Q. In which of the following sessions of Indian National Congress, the resolution of Swadeshi was adopted?
- A) Madras Session 1903
- B) Bombay Session 1904
- C) Banaras Session 1905
- D) Calcutta Session 1906
- Correct Answer: D
- Solution :
- The resolution of Swadeshi was adopted in the Calcutta Session, 1906 of Indian National Congress. The Swadeshi Movement involved programmes hike the boycott of government service, courts, schools and colleges and of foreign goods, promotion of Swadeshi goods, promotion of national education through the establishment of national schools and colleges. It was both a political and economic movement.
Q. Who was the President of Lucknow Session of Indian National Congress (1916)?
- A) Mohammad Ali Jinnah
- B) Ambika Charan Majumdar
- C) Madan Mohan Malaviya
- D) Annie Besant
- Correct Answer: B
- Solution :
- Ambika Charan Majumdar was the President of Lucknow Session of Indian National Congress (1916).
Q. Who was the founder of All India Muslim League?
- A) Syed Ahmed Khan
- B) Mohammad Iqbal
- C) Agha Khan
- D) Nawab Salimullah Khan
- Correct Answer: D
- Solution :
- Nawab Salimullah Khan was the founder of All India Muslim League. Nawab Sahmullah of Dacca propose the setting up of an organisation to look after the Muslim interests. The proposal was accepted. The India Muslim League was finally set up on December 30, 1906, like the Indian National Congress, they conducted annual sessions and put their demands the British government.
Q. Indian National Congress was founded by
- A) Womesh Chandra Banerjee
- B) Mahatma Gandhji
- C) Allan Octavian Hume
- D) Dadabhai Naorqji
- Correct Answer: C
- Solution :
- Indian National Congress was founded by All Octavian Hume. Allan Octavian Hume, a retired civil servant in the British Government took the initiative to form an all-India organization. The, the India National Congress was founded and its first session was held at Bombay in 1885. W.C. Banerjee was its first president.
Q. Who among the following never became President of Indian National Congress?
- A) Bal Gangadhar Tilak
- B) Gopal Krishna Gokhale
- C) Subhash Chandra Bose
- D) Mahatma Gandhi
- Correct Answer: A
- Solution :
- Bal Gangadhar Tilak never became President of Indian National Congress. Tilak joined the Indian National Congress in 1890. He opposed its moderate attitude, especially towards the fight for self-government. He was supported by fellow Indian nationalists Bipin Chandra Pal in Bengal and Lala Lajpat Rai in Punjab. They were referred to as the Lal-Bal-Pal triumvirate.
Q. “My own belief is that Congress is tottering and one of my great ambitions is to assist it to peaceful death.” Who said it?
- A) Winston Churchill
- B) Mohammad Alt Jinnah
- C) Lord Curzon
- D) Lord Dufferin
- Correct Answer: C
- Solution :
- Lord Curzen said, “My own belief is that Congress is tottering and one of my great ambitions is to assist it to peaceful death.”
Q. Who among the following was thrice elected President of the Indian National Congress?
- A) Dadabhai Naoroji
- B) Surendra nath Banerjee
- C) Gopal Krishna Gokhl
- D) Shankaran Nair
- Correct Answer: A
Q. Who drafted the Constitution of Muslim League, The Green Book?
- A) Rahamat Ali
- B) Muhammad Iqbal
- C) Muhammad Ali Jinnah
- D) Maulana Muhammad Ali Jauhar
- Correct Answer: C
- Solution :
- Muhammad Ali Jinnah drafted the constitution of Muslim league ‘The green Book’.