14000+ MCQs Modern History (Indian National Movement Phase-I (1885-1905)
Total Questions:- 50
Time:- 30 Minutes
MCQ Pattern
Date:- 16/03/2026
1. Who among the following were the critics of Swadeshi Movement and pleaded for a better understanding between the East and the West?
2. Match the following (Organisation) with their Founder.
| List I (Organisation) | List II (Founder) |
| A. British India Society (1839) | 1. Sisir Kumar Ghosh |
| B. East India Association (1866) | 2. William Adam |
| C. Indian Society (1872) | 3. Dadabhai Naoroji |
| D. Indian League (1875) | 4. Anand Mohan Bose |
3. Who accused India National Congress of practising ‘politics of pray, petition and protest’?
4. In which of the following session, the Congress declared its policy towards states for the first time?
5. Who among the following annulled the Partition of Bengal?
6. After the sentence of BG Tilak, who among the following had pleaded for mercy and said, “My interest in Tilak is that of a Sanskrit Scholar”?
7. During the Swadeshi Movement, a National College was started in Calcutta under the principalship of
8. What is the correct chronological order of the following events?
I. Transfer of capital from Calcutta to Delhi (1911)
II. The Congress split at Surat (1907)
III. The Partition of Bengal (1905)
IV. The establishment of the Home Rule League (1916)
9. Poona Sarvajanik Sabha was formed in which of the following year?
10. The Partition of Bengal made in 1905
11. Which of the following pairs do not match?
Find your answer with the help of given code. I. British India Society – London II. East India Association – Calcutta III. National India Association – London IV. Indian Association – Bombay
12. Assertion (A) The early nationalists in the initial phases paid relatively little attention to the question of workers. Reason (R) The early nationalists did not wish to, in any way; weaken the common struggle against British rule, by creating any divisions within the ranks of the Indian people.
13. For which of the following sessions the Congress elected its first woman President?
14. Who was the first Indian woman President of the Congress?
15. With reference to the period of Extremist Nationalist Movement in India with its spirit of Swadeshi, which one of the following statements is not correct?
16. In the context of the Indian Freedom Struggle 16th October, 1905 is well known for which one of the following reasons?
17. MC Setalwad, BN Rao and Alladi Krishanswamy Iyer were distinguished member of the
18. At which session of the Indian National Congress was ‘Vande Mataram’ sung for the first time?
19. Consider the following nationalists.
I. Bal Gangadhar Tilak II. Gopal Krishna Gokhale III. Bipin Chandra Pal IV. Lala Lajpat Rai Who among these were referred to as Militant Nationalist of the Freedom Movements?
20. The last session of Indian National Congress attended by Bal Gangadhar Tilak was
21. Which one among the following statements regarding Bal Gangadhar Tilak is not correct?
22. Consider the following statements regarding Freedom Movement.
I. The Congress was split into two factions at Surat Session in 1907. II. Bal Gangadhar Tilak revived the festivals of Ganpati and Shivaji in Maharashtra to arouse a new spirit among the youth of the country. III. Aurobindo Ghosh was arrested in connection with Alipore bomb case. Which of these statement(s) is/are correct?
24. Match List I (Session of Indian National Congress) with List II (Venue).
| List I (Session of INC) | List II (Venue) |
| A. 1st Session (1885) | 1. Allahabad |
| B. 2nd Session (1886) | 2. Madras |
| C. 3rd Session (1887) | 3. Calcutta |
| D. 4th Session (1888) | 4. Bombay |
25. Consider the following pairs.
I. Radhakanta Deb–First President of the British Indian Association. II. Gazulu Lakshminarasu Chetty–Founder of the Madras Mahajana Sabha III. Surendranath Banerjee–Founder of the Indian Association. Which of the above pairs is/are correctly matched?
26. He wrote biographies of Mazzini, Garibaldi, Shivaji and Shrikrishna, stayed in America for sometime and was elected to the Central Assembly. He was
27. Arrange the following establishments according to their establishment year and choose the correct answer by using the codes given below.
I. Land holders society at Calcutta
II. Bengal British India Society
IV. British India Association
V. Madras Native Association
VI. East India Association in London
28. Who is popularly known as ‘Sher-e-Punjab’?
29. During the last ten days of 1885, which of the following associations did not hold its session?
30. The first session of the India National Congress in 1885 was held in the city of
31. Who among the following was not present at the founding session of the Indian National Congress?
32. Consider the following statements.
I. The first woman President of the Indian National Congress, was Sarojini Naidu. II. The first Muslim President of the Indian National Congress was Badruddin Tyabji. Which of the following statement given above is/are correct?
33. Who had ridiculed Congress as representing only a short-sighted minority of the people?
34. The Indian National Congress was established during the viceroyalty of
35. The most important organisation of the pre-Congress Nationalist Organisations was the
36. Which of the following movements can be said to have initiated the process of associating the workers with the wider nationalist struggle against British?
37. Assertion (A) Partition of Bengal in 1905 brought to an end of moderates’ role in the Indian Freedom Movement. Reason (R) The Surat Session of Indian National Congress separated the Extremists from the moderates.
38. Which one of the following nationalist leaders has been ‘described as being radical in politics but conservative in social issues?
39. The second session of Indian National Congress was presided over by
40. Which of the following is correctly matched?
41. Who said that “Congress Movement was neither inspired by the people, nor devised or planned by them”?
42. Which one of the following observations is incorrect about the early moderate nationalists during Indian Freedom Movement?
43. With reference to Indian Freedom Struggles, who among the following was labelled as ‘Moderate’ leader in the Congress?
44. Who among the following suggested the winding up of the Indian National Congress after India attained Independence?
45. Boycott of British goods was adopted as a National Policy in
46. Which among the following was the most immediate factor for the spread of Swadeshi and boycott of foreign goods during the first decade of the last century?
47. Consider the following statements.
I. The significance of AO Hume’s involvement in the INC was to remove official hostility. II. The Governor-General of India during the time of foundation of INC was Lord Dufferin. III. The first Muslim President of INC was MA Jinnah. Which of the statement(s) given above is/are correct?
48. What was the immediate cause for the launch of Swadeshi Movement?
49. Along with Mahatma Gandhi who amongst the following Muslims did lift the bier of Bal Gangadhar Tilak?
50. Consider the following statements about the Indian National Congress.
I. Sarojini Naidu was the first woman to be the President of the Congress. II. CR Das was in prison when he functioned as the President of the Congress. III. The first Britisher to become the President of the Congress was Alan Octavian Hume. IV. Alfred Webb was the President of the Congress in 1894. Which of the statements given above are correct?
