14000+ MCQs Modern History (Indian National Movement Phase-I (1885-1905)
Total Questions:- 50
Time:- 30 Minutes
MCQ Pattern
Date:- 14/06/2026
1. “The Congress is faltering to its fall and one of my great ambitions while in India is to assist it to a peaceful demise”. The declaration was made by
2. The second session of Indian National Congress was presided over by
3. 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?
4. The number of delegates who attended the first Session of the Indian National Congress, held in Bombay in 1885, was
5. 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?
6. Match List I (Person) with List II (Associated in Formation of).
| List I (Person) | List II (Associated in Formation of) |
| A. G. K. Gokhale | 1. Servants of India Society |
| B. M. M. Malaviya | 2. Banaras Hindu University (BHU) |
| C. C. Rajgopalachari | 3. Free India Society |
| D. V. D. Savarkar | 4. Swatantra Party |
7. 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?
8. Who among the following gave a systematic critique of the moderate politics of India National Congress in a series of articles entitled ‘New Lamps for Old’?
9. Who is called the ‘Father of Indian National Congress’?
10. Arrange the establishment of the following in a chronological order (starting with the earliest).
I. The East India Association
II. The Poona Sarvajanik Sabha
III. The Madras Mahajan Sabha
IV. The Bombay Presidency Association
11. The founder of the Indian National Congress was a
12. The first session of the Indian National Congress was shifted from Poona to Bombay almost at the eleventh hour because
13. Arrange the following events that took place in the first decade of the 20th century in chronological order.
I. Indian National Congress Bombay Session (1904)
II. Establishment of All India Muslim League (1906)
III. Partition of Bengal (1905) IV. Indian National Congress Surat Session (1907)
14. Which one of the following was not an Extremist?
15. The first European to be elected as President of the Indian National Congress was
16. The song ‘Amar Sonar Bangla’ written during the Swadeshi Movement of India inspired the liberation struggle of Bangladesh and was adopted as the National Anthem of Bangladesh. Who wrote this song?
17. Which extremist leader of the Freedom Movement was given 6 year jail punishment in 1908?
18. The method of moderate leaders of the Congress was
19. Match List I (Movement/Publication) with List II (Personality) and select the correct answer using the codes given below.
| List I (Movement/Publication) | List II (Personality) |
| A. Satya Shodhak Mandal | 1. Bal Shastri Jambhekar |
| B. Manav Dharma Sabha | 2. Jyotiba Phule |
| C. Darpan | 3. Henry Vivian Derozio |
| D. Young Bengal Movement | 4. Mehataji Durgaram Mancharam |
20. The partition of Bengal was in reality
21. Ridiculing the idea of Swaraj in 1903 who said “Only mad men outside lunatic system could think or talk of independence”?
22. Sri Aurobind Ashram is situated in
23. With reference to Indian Freedom Struggles, who among the following was labelled as ‘Moderate’ leader in the Congress?
24. The Indian National Congress was established during the viceroyalty of
25. Consider the following statements.
I. The First Session of the Indian National Congress was held in Calcutta. II. The Second Session of the Indian National Congress was held under the Presidentship of Dadabhai Naoroji. III. 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 are correct?
26. Who was regarded as ‘‘one of the most dangerous pioneers of disaffection and truly the father of Indian unrest’’?
27. Which of the following is not considered as the objective of the Indian National Congress?
28. 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?
29. While delivering the presidential address, the Congress President who advocated the introduction of Roman script for the Hindi Language was
30. Who among the following were the critics of Swadeshi Movement and pleaded for a better understanding between the East and the West?
31. Who had ridiculed Congress as representing only a short-sighted minority of the people?
32. Which of the following is correctly matched?
33. In the context of the Indian Freedom Struggle 16th October, 1905 is well known for which one of the following reasons?
34. What was the immediate cause for the launch of Swadeshi Movement?
35. During the Swadeshi Movement, a National College was started in Calcutta under the principalship of
36. Among the various forms of struggle thrown up by the Swadeshi Movement, which one of the following met with the greatest visible success at the practical and popular level?
37. Who was the first Muslim President of Indian National Congress?
38. With reference to Swadeshi Movement, consider the following statements.
I. It contributed to the revival of the indigenous artisan crafts and industries. II. The National Council of Education was established as a part of Swadeshi Movement. Which of the statements given above is/are correct?
39. “Nero Fiddled while Rome Burned”. In the context of which event nationalists had used this statement?
40. Mahatma Gandhi became the President of INC, in
41. 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 |
42. In which of the following sessions of the Indian National Congress Bal Gangadhar Tilak had expressed, “Swaraj is my birthright, I shall have it”?
44. 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 |
45. Consider the following statements.
“No Indian could have started the Indian National Congress, if the founder of the Congress had not been a great Englishman and a distinguished ex-official, such was the distrust of political agitation in those days that the authority would have at once found some way or the other to suppress the movement.” Who among the following gave the statement on the establishment of Indian National Congress?
46. Boycott of British goods was adopted as a National Policy in
47. Name the Viceroy of India concerned with Bengal Partition.
48. In which year was the Indian National Congress established?
49. Who was called ‘Grand Old Man of India’?
50. Who among the following was the President of Indian National Congress continuously for 6 years?
