14000+ MCQs Modern History (Indian National Movement Phase-I (1885-1905)
Total Questions:- 50
Time:- 30 Minutes
MCQ Pattern
Date:- 30/04/2026
1. Consider the following statements.
I. The name Indian National Congress was given on the suggestion of GK Gokhale.
II. The Brahmins, among the castes, were comparatively large in number in INC.
III. The foundation of British Committee of the Congress by Dadabhai Naoroji, AO Hume and William Wedderburn was done to influence British public opinion at London. Which of the statement(s) given above is/are correct?
2. Who amongst the following was one of the founders of Bombay Presidency Association in 1885?
3. The partition of Bengal came into effect on
4. The Indian Muslims, in general, were not attracted to the Extremist Movements because of the
5. The British Journalist HW Nevison was associated with
6. First Indian elected to the British House of Commons was Dadabhai Naoroji, who contested on the ticket of
7. Who had ridiculed Congress as representing only a short-sighted minority of the people?
8. Who among of the following was considered by Lala Lajpat Rai as his political Guru?
9. 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 |
10. Which extremist leader of the Freedom Movement was given 6 year jail punishment in 1908?
11. The Indian National Congress was established during the viceroyalty of
12. Assertion (A) and Reason (R) regarding the early Nationalist Movement.
Assertion (A): The basic weakness of the early Nationalist Movement lay in its narrow social base.
Reason (R): It fought for the narrow interests of the social groups which joined it.
14. Royal Asiatic Society was founded by
15. Which of the following was considered as drawback of the early phase of INC activities?
I. It was confined to the educated middle class. II. Misplaced faith in benevolence and fair mindness of British rulers. III. No proper understanding of the exploitive nature of British Economic Policies. IV. Preservation of caste and communal considerations preventing mass involvement.
16. Why did the early nationalists oppose the Council Act of 1892?
17. Which among the following is not true about the Swadeshi Movement?
18. 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”?
19. 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 |
20. Name the organisation formed by Surendranath Banerjee which merged with the Indian National Congress in 1886.
21. “Indian Nationalism was the child of the British Raj’’. Who made this statement?
22. Who among the trio-Lal, Bal and Pal became the President of the Indian National Congress?
23. The first session of the India National Congress in 1885 was held in the city of
24. Indian National Congress found wide acceptance initially among
25. The second session of Indian National Congress was presided over by
26. Which one of the following leaders belonged to the Extremist Wings of Congress?
27. Who is popularly known as ‘Sher-e-Punjab’?
28. Match the following (Organisation) with the Founding Year.
| List I (Organisation) | List II (Founding Year) |
| A. Madras Native Association | 1. 1852 |
| B. British India Association | 2. 1851 |
| C. Bombay Association | 3. 1852 |
| D. Bengal British India Society | 4. 1843 |
29. Ridiculing the idea of Swaraj in 1903 who said “Only mad men outside lunatic system could think or talk of independence”?
30. The last session of Indian National Congress attended by Bal Gangadhar Tilak was
31. 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?
32. For which of the following sessions the Congress elected its first woman President?
33. 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?
34. Consider the following statements.
I. The Indian National Congress was founded during the viceroyalty of Lord Dufferin. II. The first President of Indian National Congress was WC Banerjee. III. The first session of the Indian National Congress was held in Calcutta. IV. In the first session of the Indian National Congress some government officials were also present. Which of the statements given above are correct?
35. In which year was the Indian National Congress established?
36. Which one of the following movements has contributed to a split in the Indian National Congress resulting in the emergence of moderates and extremists?
37. The correct chronological order of following organisations is
I. Bombay Association
II. Madras Mahajan Sabha
III. Indian Association of Calcutta
IV. Indian League
38. Which one of the following was not an Extremist?
39. While delivering the presidential address, the Congress President who advocated the introduction of Roman script for the Hindi Language was
40. 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?
41. Consider the following statements regarding important Congress Sessions.
I. George Yule became the First English President at Allahabad Session in 1888. II. Badruddin Tyabji became the 1st Muslim President at Madras Session in 1887. III. Annie Besant became the 1st woman President at Calcutta Session in 1917. Which of the given above statement(s) is/are correct?
42. Anti-partition Movement of Bengal was initiated on
43. Who propagated ‘Hind-Hindi-Hindu’?
44. The declaration of Partition of Bengal was done on
45. Who was elected to the House of Commons to speak for Indian Interests in 1890s?
46. MC Setalwad, BN Rao and Alladi Krishanswamy Iyer were distinguished member of the
47. With reference to the Indian Freedom Struggle, which one of the following statements is not correct?
48. 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
49. Which one among the following was not a demand of the early Congress (1885-1905)?
50. 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?
