14000+ MCQs Modern History (Indian National Movement Phase-I (1885-1905)
Total Questions:- 50
Time:- 30 Minutes
MCQ Pattern
Date:- 13/09/2026
1. MC Setalwad, BN Rao and Alladi Krishanswamy Iyer were distinguished member of the
2. Royal Asiatic Society was founded by
4. When was Indian Association of Calcutta formed?
5. 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?
6. Who is called the ‘Father of Indian National Congress’?
7. Name the organisation formed by Surendranath Banerjee which merged with the Indian National Congress in 1886.
8. 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
9. The Bombay Triumvirate consisted of all the following except
10. He wrote biographies of Mazzini, Garibaldi, Shivaji and Shrikrishna, stayed in America for sometime and was elected to the Central Assembly. He was
11. In which year was the Indian National Congress established?
12. Who said that ‘Congress Movement was neither inspired by the people nor devised or planned by them’?
13. Which one of the following leaders belonged to the Extremist Wings of Congress?
14. Who called the Indian National Congress as a ‘Begging Institute’?
15. Consider the following statements.
I. Though the All Indian National Congress took up social reform issues from very beginning but it was Gandhiji who gave top priority to the removal of untouchability. II. Bal Gangadhar Tilak denounced untouchability and resolved to remove it. Which of the statement(s) given above is/are correct?
16. Bombay Presidency Association was established by
17. 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?
18. In which of the following session of Congress, Jawaharlal Nehru spoke of socialism as the key to the solution of India’s problem?
19. With reference to Indian Freedom Struggles, who among the following was labelled as ‘Moderate’ leader in the Congress?
20. Who had ridiculed Congress as representing only a short-sighted minority of the people?
21. Name the first major voluntary association representing primarily Indian landlord interests that was set up in Calcutta in 1851?
22. Who among the following was the President of Indian National Congress continuously for 6 years?
23. The Lieutenant Governor of Bengal at the time of Partition of Bengal was
24. Which of the following pairs is not correctly matched?
25. During the Swadeshi Movement, a National College was started in Calcutta under the principalship of
26. Consider the following organisations. Select the correct chronological order of founding of these organisations from the code given below.
I. Bangabhasha Prakasika Sabha
II. Landholders Society
III. Bengal British India Society
IV. Indian League
27. 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.
28. Who among the following annulled the Partition of Bengal?
29. Who was the first Muslim President of Indian National Congress?
30. Match List I (Person) with List II (Associated Role).
| List I (Person) | List II (Associated Role) |
| A. W. C. Banerjee | 1. Home Rule Movement |
| B. Annie Besant | 2. Indian Revolutionary |
| C. Madanlal Dhingra | 3. Swaraj Party |
| D. Motilal Nehru | 4. First President of INC |
31. First Indian elected to the British House of Commons was Dadabhai Naoroji, who contested on the ticket of
32. Mahatma Gandhi became the President of INC, in
33. The precursor of Indian National Congress was
34. Who were the main architects of the Indian National Conference?
35. Who among the following was never concerned with Indian National Congress?
36. 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?
37. 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?
38. 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)
39. Who was the First Woman Graduate of Calcutta University to address the INC Session of 1890?
40. What was the main political weapon used by the moderate nationalist to exert pressure upon the government against the partition of Bengal?
41. Match the following organisations with their founding members.
| List I (Organisation) | List II (Founder) |
| A. Indian National Union | 1. Anand Mohan Bose |
| B. British India Association | 2. Dadabhai Naoroji |
| C. East India Association | 3. A. O. Hume |
| D. Indian Society | 4. Devendranath Tagore |
42. The method of moderate leaders of the Congress was
43. The Congress policy of pray and petition ultimately came to an end under the guidance of
44. Who accused India National Congress of practising ‘politics of pray, petition and protest’?
45. The second session of Indian National Congress was presided over by
46. Which one of the following continuously from 1904 onward emphasised on the grant of ‘Self-rule’ to India?
47. Which extremist leader of the Freedom Movement was given 6 year jail punishment in 1908?
48. Who was the President of the first session of the Indian National Congress?
49. The founder of the Indian National Congress was a
50. Who among the following was the first woman President of the Indian National Congress?