This quiz works best with JavaScript enabled. Home > General Knowledge > Indian History > Modern > Indian National Congress – Quiz 1 🏠 Homepage 📘 Download PDF Books 📕 Premium PDF Books Indian National Congress Quiz 1 (38 MCQs) Quiz Instructions Select an option to see the correct answer instantly. 1. In which of the following session of Indian National Congress the resolution of Swadeshi was adopted? A) Calcutta session of 1906. B) Madras session of 1903. C) Benaras session of 1905. D) Bombay session of 1904. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Calcutta session of 1906. 2. Subhash Chand Bose was elected President of the Indian National Congress in A) 1937. B) 1938. C) 1939. D) Both (B) & (C). Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Both (B) & (C). 3. Where was Mahatma Gandhi when a raid was made by Congress Volunteers on Dharsana Salt Depot? A) In Yervada Jail. B) In Sabarmati Jail. C) In Ahmednagar Fort Jail. D) In Agha Khan Palace Poona. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) In Yervada Jail. 4. Which one of the following had supported the Noncooperation Resolution of Mahatma Gandhi in the special session of the Indian National Congress at Calcutta in 1920? A) Madan Mohan Malviya. B) B.C. Pal. C) C.R. Das. D) Moti Lal Nehru. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Moti Lal Nehru. 5. In which Session, Congress demanded 'Poorna Swaraj'? A) Calcutta Session 1917. B) Lahore Session 1929. C) Lucknow Session 1916. D) Kanpur Session 1925. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Lahore Session 1929. 6. The 1885 Congress session was held at A) Gokuldas Tejpal Sankrit Pathsala Had. B) Gowalia tank. C) Victoria Hall. D) Brabooousne Satadium. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Gokuldas Tejpal Sankrit Pathsala Had. 7. The differences between the Moderates and the Extremists led to a split in Congress at its session held in 1907 at A) Calcutta. B) Surat. C) Madras. D) Nagpur. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Surat. 8. Who was the Governor General of India when the Indian National Congress was formed? A) Lord Chelmsford. B) Lord Dalhousie. C) Lord Dufferin. D) None of these. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Lord Dufferin. 9. Which Congress President said. 'I am a socialist'? A) J.L.Nehru. B) Subhash Chandra Bose. C) M.N.Roy. D) Motilal Nehru. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) J.L.Nehru. 10. Who among the following was the President of All India Trade Union Congress held at Nagpur? A) N. M. Joshi. B) Chaman Lal. C) Jawaharlal Nehru. D) Krishna Menon. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) N. M. Joshi. 11. On what ground the second split in Congress took place in 1918? A) Lucknow Pact. B) Montague Declaration. C) Election of Mrs. Annie Besant as the President of the Congress in 1917. D) Both (B) and (C) above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Montague Declaration. 12. When was Congress split? A) At Surat session in 1906. B) At Lahore in1909. C) At Benares session in 1905. D) At Madras in1908. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) At Surat session in 1906. 13. Who was president of Indian National Congress at the time of partition of India? A) Jawahlal nehru. B) Vallabhbhai patel. C) Maulana abul kalam azad. D) Acharya JB Kriplani. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Acharya JB Kriplani. 14. After the Surat split, the Congress A) Was temporarily disbanded. B) Was banned by the British Government. C) Went to the Extremists. D) Remained under the control of the Moderates. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Remained under the control of the Moderates. 15. In which one of the following sessions was the Indian National Congress split into moderates and extremists? A) Nagpur. B) Allahabad. C) Surat. D) Calcutta. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Surat. 16. What was the reason for the rejection of the Government of India Act, 1935 by the Congress? A) The Indians were not consulted. B) It was stalling the establishment of people's government. C) The provisions made in the name provincial autonomy were violative of democratic rights. D) All of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) All of the above. 17. President of Indian National Congress at the time of independence was..? A) J. B. Kripalani. B) Jawahar Lal Nehru. C) Maulana Abul Kalam Azad. D) Dr. Rajendra Prasad. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) J. B. Kripalani. 18. The special feature of the All India Congress session at Surat was that A) The Extremists and Moderates competed for getting their own man elected as the President of the session. B) The Moderate attempted to repudiate the resolutions of the Calcutta session. C) Session ended in confusion. D) All of these are valid. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) All of these are valid. 19. Who founded Indian National Congress on 1885? A) A.O. Hume. B) Willaim Wedderburn. C) J. L. Nehru. D) J.R.D. Tata. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) A.O. Hume. 20. The Congress Nationalist Party was formed act as a powerful pressure group within the Congress by A) Madan Mohan Malaviya and M.S. Aney. B) Mrs Annie Besant and C.P. Ramaswami Iyer. C) Motilal Nehru and Tej Bahadur Sapru. D) Surendranath Banerjee and C.R. Das. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Madan Mohan Malaviya and M.S. Aney. 21. An association which merged with the Congress in 1886 was the A) Indian National Conference. B) British Indian Association. C) Indian League. D) East Indian Association. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Indian National Conference. 22. The Indian National Congress was founded by A) O.Hume. B) Annie Besant. C) Mahatma Gandhi. D) W.C.Bannerji. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) O.Hume. 23. The President of the Indian National Congress at the time of Indian Independence was A) Rajendra Prasad. B) Jawahar1a1 Nehru. C) Maulana Abul Kalam Azad. D) J. B. Kripalani. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) J. B. Kripalani. 24. Who among the following was not a member of the Congress Socialist Party although he encouraged and blessed its formation? A) Jawaharlal Nehru. B) Acharya Narendra Dev. C) Achyuta Patwardhan. D) Jayaprakash Narayana. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Jawaharlal Nehru. 25. Which of the following pair of Congress Session is not correctly matched? A) Calcutta Session 1928: Return of Gandhi to active politics after six years. B) Madras Session 1927: Independence Resolution passed for the first time at the instance of Jawaharlal Nehru. C) Lahore Session 1929: Resolution on Fundamental Rights and National Economic Policy. D) Nagpur Session 1920: Changes in the Constitution of the Congress. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Lahore Session 1929: Resolution on Fundamental Rights and National Economic Policy. 26. Which Session of Indian National Congress was presided by Subhash chandra Bose? A) Haripura. B) Delhi. C) Lahore. D) Nagpur. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Haripura. 27. In which of the following Sessions of the Indian National Congress the 'drain theory' was formally accepted? A) Benaras session, 1905. B) Calcutta session, 1906. C) Surat session, 1907. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) None of the above. 28. Who said that Indian National Congress is a 'begging institute'? A) Mahatma Gandhi. B) Bipin Chandra Pal. C) Aurobindo Ghosh. D) Bal Gangadhar Tilak. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Aurobindo Ghosh. 29. Who among the following never became President of the Indian National Congress? A) B. G. Tilak. B) Annie Besant. C) S.C. Bose. D) G.K. Gokhale. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) G.K. Gokhale. 30. Which session of the Indian National Congress approved 'Gandhi-Irwin Pact'? A) Tripura Session. B) Lthore Session. C) Calcutta Session. D) Karachi Session. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Karachi Session. 31. Who told that Indian National Congress represents only microscopic minorities? A) Lord Curzon. B) Lord Dufferin. C) Lord Minto. D) None of these. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Lord Dufferin. 32. Mahatma Gandhi was the President of Indian National Congress only once at A) Allahabad. B) Guwahati. C) Belgaun. D) Kakinada. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Belgaun. 33. The split between the 'Extremists' and the 'Moderators' came up in the open at the Surat Congress Session in the year A) 1906. B) 1907. C) 1910. D) 1905. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) 1907. 34. Who among the following were official Congress negotiators with Cripps Mission? A) Dr. Rajendra Prasad and Rafi Ahmed Kidwai. B) Mahatma Gandhi and Sardar Patel. C) Pandit Nehru and Maulana Azad. D) Acharya J. B. Kripalani and C. Rajagopalachari. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Pandit Nehru and Maulana Azad. 35. Under which Viceroy's tenure Indian National Congress was formed? A) Lord Ripon. B) Lord Dufferin. C) Lord Lansdowne. D) Lord Curzon. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Lord Dufferin. 36. The younger sections of congress vehemently criticized the Nehru report mainly on account of which of the following reasons? A) Provision for separate electorates for minorities. B) Federal structure of governance. C) Formation of linguistic states. D) Demand for dominion status. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Demand for dominion status. 37. Before Quit India movement, the British government made a plan to imprison Gandhi and other Congress leaders. The plan was known as- A) Operation Desert. B) Operation Blue Star. C) Operation Zero Hour. D) Operation Seashore. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Operation Zero Hour. 38. Who was the President of Indian National Congress at the time of independence? A) Jawahar Lal Nehru. B) Maulana Abul Kalam Azad. C) Dr. Rajendra Prasad. D) J. B. Kripalani. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) J. B. Kripalani. Related QuizzesIndian History QuizzesGeneral Knowledge QuizzesFreedom QuizModern India QuizModern Indian History QuizMovement QuizMuslim League QuizRenaissance Quiz 🏠 Back to Homepage 📘 Download PDF Books 📕 Premium PDF Books