MCQ on Indian National Congress

Question 1. The founder of the Indian National Congress was a__________.

(A) Commander

(B) Social Worker

(C) Scientist

(D) Civil Servant

Question 2. When was Indian National Congress set up?

(A) 1888

(B) 1887

(C) 1886

(D) 1885

Question 3. Indian National Congress was established by________.

(A) Annie Besant

(B) W.C. Banerjee

(C) Surendra Nath Banerjee

(D) A.O. Hume

Question 4. The precursor of Indian National Congress was_________.

(A) Indian League

(B) Indian National Union

(C) Indian Association

(D) British Indian Association

Question 5. How many representatives took part in the First Session of the Indian National Congress?

(A) 82

(B) 72

(C) 62

(D) 52

Question 6. The first conference of Indian National Congress held at__________.

(A) Pune

(B) Mumbai

(C) Lahore

(D) Kolkata

Question 7. Who was the first President of the Indian National Congress?

(A)A.O. Hume

(B) Dadabhai Naoroji

(C) W.C. Banerjee

(D) None of the above

Question 8.Who among the following presided over the first annual meeting of the Indian National Congress?

(A) W.C. Banerjee

(B) S.N. Banerjee

(C) Dadabhai Naoroji

(D) A.O. Hume

Question 9. First Muslim President of Indian National Congress was___________.

(A) Badruddin Tyyabji

(B) M.A. Ansari

(C) Rafi Ahmad Kidwai

(D) Abul Kalam Azad

Question 10. The General Secretary of the Indian National Congress in the year 1885 was_________.

(A) Firoz Shah Mehta

(B) W.C. Banerjee

(C) Dadabhai Naoroji

(D) A.O. Hume

Question 11. The Indian National Congress was established during the viceroyalty of________.

(A) Lord Dufferin

(B) Lord Elgin II

(C) Lord Lytton

(D) Lord Ripon

Question 12. At which place was the 27th Session of the Indian National Congress held?

(A) Bankipur

(B) Ranchi

(C) Patna

(D) Bhagalpur

Question 13. Who among the following was the youngest person to become the President of the Indian National Congress?

(A) Bhupendra Nath Bose

(B) Anand Mohan Bose

(C) Abul Kalam Azad

(D) Jawaharlal Nehru

Question 14. Who was the first Indian woman President of Congress?

(A) Raj Kumari Amrit Kaur

(B) Sarojini Naidu

(C) Pandita Rama Bai

(D) Vijaya Lakshmi Pandit

Question 15. Who was the first lady President of the Indian National Congress?

(A) Kadambini Bose

(B) Annie Besant

(C) Sarojini Naidu

(D) N. Sen Gupta

Question 16. For which of the following sessions the Congress elected its first women President?

(A) Lucknow Session, 1916

(B) Allahabad Session, 1921

(C) Gaya Session, 1922

(D) Calcutta Session, 1917

Question 17. Who among the following became President of the Indian National Congress? 

(A) Vijaya Lakshmi Pandit

(B) Annie Besant

(C) Aruna Asaf Ali

(D) Sucheta Kriplani

Question 18. Who among the trio-Lal, Bal, and Pal became President of the Indian National Congress?

(A) Lala Lajpat Rai

(B) Bipin Chandra Pal

(C) Bal Gangadhar Tilak

(D) None of the above

Question 19. Who among the following was never elected as a President of the ‘Indian National Congress’?

(A) Bal Gangadhar Tilak

(B) Motilal Nehru

(C) Annie Besant

(D) Lala Lajpat Rai

Question 20. Who among the following was never concerned with Indian National Congress?

(A) Sir Syed Ahmad

(B) Khan Abdul Ghaffar Khan

(C) Hakim Ajmal Khan

(D) Firoz Shah Mehta

Question 21. The first European to be elected as President of the Indian National Congress was________.

(A) Annie Besant

(B) Alfred Webb

(C) George Yule

(D) A.O. Hume

Question 22. In 1889, a committee was set up in Britain to gain support for the Congress, who amongst the following was its President?

(A) W.C. Banerjee

(B) Dadabhai Naoroji

(C) Mr. Digby

(D) Sir W. Wadderburn

Question 23. The second session of the Indian National Congress was presided over by_________.

(A) Feroz Shah Mehta

(B) Dadabhai Naoroji

(C) Surendra Nath Banerjee

(D) Ganesh Agarkar

Question 24. Who among the following was not present at the founding session of the Indian National Congress?

(A) Surendra Nath Banerjee

(B) Justice Ranade

(C) G. Subramaniya Iyer

(D) Dadabhai Naoroji

Question 25. Who had ridiculed Congress as representing only a short-sighted minority of the people?

(A) Lord Wellesley

(B) Lord Curzon

(C) Lord Dufferin

(D) Lord Ripon