14000+ MCQs Modern History (Indian National Movement Phase-I (1885-1905)
Total Questions:- 50
Time:- 30 Minutes
MCQ Pattern
Date:- 13/09/2026
1. Which of the following is correctly matched?
2. Who was the first Indian woman President of the Congress?
3. Who among the following was not present at the founding session of the Indian National Congress?
4. Who accused India National Congress of practising ‘politics of pray, petition and protest’?
5. Who is called the ‘Father of Indian National Congress’?
6. When was Indian Association of Calcutta formed?
7. 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?
8. Which of the following movements can be said to have initiated the process of associating the workers with the wider nationalist struggle against British?
9. Which one of the following associations was founded in London by Dadabhai Naoroji in 1866?
11. Sri Aurobind Ashram is situated in
12. Who were the main architects of the Indian National Conference?
13. Consider the following statements and mark the correct answer.
I. Congress supported the Boycott Movement for Bengal at its Banaras Session which was presided over by GK Gokhale. II. In 1906 Session of Kolkata, Dadabhai Naoroji declared the aim of the Congress, “Swaraj like that of UK Colonies”. III. To mark Hindu-Muslim unity Raksha Bandhan was celebrated on the day of Partition of Bengal.
14. Who was the first Muslim President of Indian National Congress?
15. 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?
16. The Lieutenant Governor of Bengal at the time of Partition of Bengal was
17. 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?
18. Who among the following annulled the Partition of Bengal?
19. Who is remembered as the pioneer of economic nationalism?
20. Consider the following paragraph.
He was seriously injured in police lathi charge in Lahore during demonstrations against Simon Commission for which he subsequently died in November 1928. Later on the British Officer, who was responsible for the lathi charge on him, was shot dead by Bhagat Singh and Rajguru. The revolutionary referred to in the above paragraph is
21. Who had ridiculed Congress as representing only a short-sighted minority of the people?
22. The first session of the Indian National Congress was shifted from Poona to Bombay almost at the eleventh hour because
23. Mahatma Gandhi became the President of INC, in
24. Who among the following rejected the title of Knighthood and refused to accept a position in the Council of the Secretary of State for India?
25. 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)
26. 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?
27. 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
28. MC Setalwad, BN Rao and Alladi Krishanswamy Iyer were distinguished member of the
29. Who among the following was never concerned with Indian National Congress?
30. Which one of the statements given below, with respect to the role of the press in the Freedom Movement of India, is not correct?
31. Which phase is considered to be the liberal phase of Indian National Congress?
32. In the context of the Indian Freedom Struggle 16th October, 1905 is well known for which one of the following reasons?
33. 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”?
34. The British Journalist HW Nevison was associated with
35. Name the organisation formed by Surendranath Banerjee which merged with the Indian National Congress in 1886.
36. What was the main reason behind the rise of Nationalism in India?
37. Who was called ‘Grand Old Man of India’?
38. Who among the following were moderates?
I. GK Gokhale II. Dadabhai Naoroji III. Pherozeshah Mehta IV. MG Ranade V. BG Tilak VI. Bipin Chandra Pal
39. Which one of the following statements about the moderate leaders of the Indian National Congress is not correct?
40. 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?
41. Which one among the following was not a demand of the early Congress (1885-1905)?
42. With reference to Indian Freedom Struggles, who among the following was labelled as ‘Moderate’ leader in the Congress?
43. 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?
44. Who among the following was the President of Indian National Congress continuously for 6 years?
45. Along with Mahatma Gandhi who amongst the following Muslims did lift the bier of Bal Gangadhar Tilak?
46. Which of the following is not considered as the objective of the Indian National Congress?
47. Assertion (A) The involvement of AO Hume in the formation of the Indian National Congress in 1885 gave rise to a lot of controversy regarding the origins of the Congress. Reason (R) The imperialist historians used the ‘Safety-Valve’ theory to discredit the Congress.
48. Who was the founder of the Indian Association?
49. Which one of the following continuously from 1904 onward emphasised on the grant of ‘Self-rule’ to India?
50. At which session of the Indian National Congress was ‘Vande Mataram’ sung for the first time?
