Indian National Congress – Old Year Questions and Answers

1. The Indian National Congress was established by

(a) A.O. Hume
(b) Surendra Nath Banerji
(c) W.C. Banerji
(d) Anne Besant

[42nd B.P.S.C. (Pre) 1997]

 

2. The precursor of the Indian National Congress was :

(a) British Indian Association
(b) Indian Association
(c) Indian National Union
(d) Indian League
(e) None of the above/More than one of the above

[60th to 62nd B.P.S.C. (Pre) 2016]

 

3. Who was the founder of the Indian National Congress?

(a) William Adam
(b) A. O. Hume
(c) Rash Behari Bose
(d) Motilal Nehru
(e) None of the above/More than one of the above

[65th B.P.S.C. (Pre) 2019]

 

4. The founder of the Indian National Congress was a :

(a) Civil Servant
(b) Scientist
(c) Social Worker
(d) commander

[43rd B.P.S.C. (Pre) 1999]

 

5. When was Indian National Congress set up?

(a) in 1885
(b) in 1886
(c) in 1887
(d) in 1888

[U.P.P.C.S. (Mains) 2010, Uttarakhand P.C.S. (Mains) 2006, Jharkhand P.C.S (Pre) 2003, 43rd B.P.S.C. (Pre) 1999]

 

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

(a) 52
(b) 62
(c) 72
(d) 82

[53rd to 55th B.P.S.C. (Pre) 2011]

 

7. How many Muslim delegates participated in the Second Convention of the Indian National Congress?

(a) 2
(b) 33
(c) 30
(d) 41
(e) None of the above/More than one of the above

[66th B.P.S.C. Re-Exam (Pre) 2020]

 

8. The first conference of the Indian National Congress was held at–

(a) Kolkata
(b) Lahore
(c) Mumbai
(d) Pune

[I.A.S. (Pre) 2008, U.P.P.C.S. (Mains) 2007, Uttrakhand U.D.A./LDA (Mains) 2007, 42nd B.P.S.C. (Pre) 1997]

 

9. Who was the first President of the Indian National Congress?

(a) A.O. Hume
(b) W.C. Banerjee
(c) Dadabhai Naoroji
(d) None of these

[M.P.P.C.S. (Pre) 1994]

 

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

(a) A.O. Hume
(b) Dadabhai Nauroji
(c) S.N. Banerjee
(d) W.C. Banerjee

[U.P. Lower Sub. (Pre) 2015]

 

11. The President of the Indian National Congress in 1885 was –

(a) George Yule
(b) Dadabhai Nauroji
(c) W.C. Bannerji
(d) W. Wedderburn

[U.P.P.C.S. (Mains) 2004]

 

12. The first President of the Indian National Congress was

(a) Dadabhai Naoroji
(b) Surendra Nath Bannerji
(c) Womesh Chandra Bannerjee
(d) A. O. Hume

[U.P.P.C.S. (Pre) 2015]

 

13. Who among the following was the first President of the Indian National Congress?

(a) A. O. Hume
(b) S. N. Banerjee
(c) W. C. Banerjee
(d) Dadabhai Naoroji

[U.P. R.O./A.R.O. (Mains) 2014]

 

14. The General Secretary of the Indian National Congress in the year 1885 was :

(a) A.O. Hume
(b) Dadabhai Naoroji
(c) W.C. Banerjee
(d) Firoz Shah Mehta

[U.P. U.D.A./L.D.A. (Spl) (Pre) 2010]

 

15. The Indian National Congress was established during the viceroyalty of:

(a) Lord Ripon
(b) Lord Lytton
(c) Lord Elgin II
(d) Lord Dufferin

[U.P.P.C.S. (Mains) 2012, U.P.P.C.S. (Mains) 2011, U.P.P.C.S. (Mains) 2006]

 

16. Who was the Governor-General when the Indian National Congress was founded in 1885 ?

(a) Lord Linlithgo
(b) Lord Wellesley
(c) Lord Dufferin
(d) Lord Salisbury

[U.P.P.C.S. (Mains) 2017]

 

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

(a) Lord Ripon
(b) Lord Dufferin
(c) Lord Curzon
(d) Lord Wellesley

[U.P. P.C.S. (Mains) 2012]

 

18. Who among the following was not present at the founding session of the Indian National Congress:

(a) Dadabhai Naoroji
(b) G. Subramaniya Iyer
(c) Justice Ranade
(d) Surendranath Bannerjee

[U.P.P.C.S. (Pre) 1997]

 

19. The second session of the Indian National Congress was presided over by-

(a) Ganesh Agarkar
(b) Surendranath Bannerjee
(c) Dadabhai Naoroji
(d) Feroz Shah Mehta

[45th B.P.S.C. (Pre) 2001]

 

20. In 1889, a committee was set up in Britain to gain support for the Congress, amongst the following was its President –

(a) Sir W. Wadderburn
(b) Mr. Digby
(c) Dadabhai Naoroji
(d) W.C. Banerjee

[R.A.S./R.T.S. (Pre) 1996]

 

21. The first Muslim President of the Indian National Congress was:

(a) Abul Kalam Azad
(b) Rafi Ahmad Kidwai
(c) M.A. Ansari
(d) Badruddin Tyyabji

[Uttarakhand U.D.A./L.D.A. (Pre) 2007, U.P.P.C.S. (Pre) 2005, U.P.P.C.S. (Pre) 1995]

 

22. Who was the 1st Muslim President of the Indian National Congress?

(a) Abul Kalam Azad
(b) Shaukat Ali
(c) Mohammad Ali Jinnah
(d) Badruddin Tyabji

[U.P. Lower Sub. (Spl) (Pre) 2004, U.P.P.C.S. (Mains) 2003]

 

23. Consider the following statements:
1. The first woman, President of the Indian National Congress, was Sarojini Naidu.
2. The first Muslim President of the Indian National Congress was Badruddin Tyabji.
Which of the statement given above is/are correct?

(a) 1 only
(b) 2 only
(c) Both 1 and 2
(d) Neither 1 nor 2

[I.A.S. (Pre) 2015]

 

24. Who was the Second Muslim President of the Indian National Congress?

(a) Abul Kalam Azad
(b) Zakir Hussain
(c) Rahimtulla Mahomed Sayani
(d) Badruddin Tyabji
(e) None of the above/More than one of the above

[66th B.P.S.C. Re-Exam (Pre) 2020]

 

25. The first European to be elected as President of the Indian National Congress was

(a) A. O. Hume
(b) George Yule
(c) Alfred Webb
(d) Annie Besant

[U.P.R.O./A.R.O. (Mains) 2013]

 

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

(a) Firozshah Mehta
(b) Hakim Ajmal Khan
(c) Khan Abdul Ghaff ar Khan
(d) Sir Syed Ahmad

[Uttarakhand U.D.A./ L.D.A. (Pre) 2003]

 

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

(a) Lala Lajpat Rai
(b) Annie Besant
(c) Moti Lal Nehru
(d) Bal Gangadhar Tilak

[U.P.P.C.S. (Spl) (Mains) 2008, Uttarakhand U.D.A./L.D.A. (Pre) 2007, U.P.P.C.S. (Mains) 2006]

 

28. Who among the trio-Lal, Bal and Pal became president of the Indian National Congress:

(a) Lala Lajpat Rai
(b) Bal Gangadhar Tilak
(c) Bipin Chandra Pal
(d) None of them

[U.P.P.C.S. (Pre) 1997]

 

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

(a) Sucheta Kriplani
(b) Aruna Asaf Ali
(c) Annie Besant
(d) Vijay Lakshmi Pandit

[R.A.S./R.T.S. (Pre) 2012, M.P. P.C.S (Pre) 1995]

 

30. Who was the first woman President of the Indian National Congress?

(a) Kasturba Gandhi
(b) Mrs. Annie Besant
(c) Sarojini Naidu
(d) Bhakti Laxmi Desai
(e) None of the above/More than one of the above

[65th B.P.S.C. (Pre) 2019]

 

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

(a) Calcutta Session, 1917
(b) Gaya Session, 1922
(c) Allahabad Session, 1921
(d) Lucknow Session, 1916

[U.P.P.C.S. (Re. Exam) (Pre) 2015]

 

32. Who was the first lady president of the Indian National Congress:

(a) N. Sen Gupta
(b) Sarojini Naidu
(c) Annie Besant
(d) Kadambini Bose

[R.A.S./R.T.S.(Pre) 2012, U.P.P.C.S. (Mains) 2012, U.P.P.S.C. (GIC) 2010]

 

33. Who among the following was the first woman President of the Indian National Congress?

(a) Mrs. Sarojini Naidu
(b) Mrs. Annie Besant
(c) Mrs. N. Sengupta
(d) None of the above

[U.P.R.O./A.R.O. (Mains) 2014]

 

34. Who was the first women president of the Indian National Congress?

(a) Smt. Sarojini Naidu
(b) Sucheta Kriplani
(c) Rajkumari Amrita Kaur
(d) Annie Besant
(e) None of these

[Chhattisgarh P.C.S. (Pre) 2015]

 

35. Who was the first Indian Woman President of the Congress?

(a) Vijaya Lakshmi Pandit
(b) Pandita Rama Bai
(c) Sarojini Naidu
(d) Raj Kumari Amrit Kaur

[Uttarakhand P.C.S. (Mains) 2002]

 

36. Who was the first Indian woman President of the Indian National Congress?

(a) Mrs. Annie Besant
(b) Sucheta Kriplani
(c) Sarojini Naidu
(d) Indira Gandhi

[56th to 59th B.P.S.C. (Pre) 2015]

 

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

(a) Jawaharlal Nehru
(b) Abul Kalam Azad
(c) Ananda Mohan Bose
(d) Bhupendra Nath Bose

[M.P.P.C.S. (Pre) 2017]

 

38. Consider the following Statements:
1. The First Session of the Indian National Congress was held in Calcutta
2. The Second Session of the Indian National Congress was held under the presidentship of Dadabhai Naoroji
3. 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 is/are correct?

(a) 1 and 2
(b) 2 only
(c) 2 and 3
(d) 3 only

[Jharkhand P.C.S. (Pre) 2011, I.A.S. (Pre) 2004]

 

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

(a) Bhagalpur
(b) Patna
(c) Ranchi
(d) Bankipur

[53rd to 55th B.P.S.C. (Pre) 2011]

 

40. In which of the following Sessions of the Indian National Congress Bal Gangadhar Tilak had expressed,” Swaraj is my birthright, I shall have it.”

(a) Banaras Session, 1905
(b) Calcutta Session, 1906
(c) Surat Session, 1907
(d) Lucknow Session, 1916

[U.P.P.C.S. (Spl) (Mains) 2004]

 

41. Who said, “Swaraj is my birthright and I shall have it”?

(a) Bipin Chandra Pal
(b) Aurobindo Ghosh
(c) Bal Gangadhar Tilak
(d) Subhash Chandra Bose
(e) None of the above/More than one of the above

[65th B.P.S.C. (Pre) 2019]

 

42. “Swaraj is my birthright and I will have it.” This statement is concerned with-

(a) Lala Lajpat Roy
(b) Mahatma Gandhi
(c) Bal Gangadhar Tilak
(d) Subhash Chandra Bose

[42nd B.P.S.C. (Pre) 1997, Uttarakhand P.C.S. (Mains) 2006, U.P.P.C.S. (Pre) 2005, 46th B.P.S.C. (Pre) 2003]

 

43. Who said, “Swaraj is my birthright, I will have it”?

(a) M.K. Gandhi
(b) Jawaharlal Nehru
(c) Bal Gangadhar Tilak
(d) Bhagat Singh

[53rd to 55th B.P.S.C. (Pre) 2011]

 

44. Who among the following said, “Swaraj is our birthright”?

(a) M.K. Gandhi
(b) G. K. Gokhale
(c) B. G. Tilak
(d) Dadabhai Naoroji

[U.P.P.C.S. (Mains) 2015]

 

45. Consider the following statements about the Indian National Congress:
1. Sarojini Naidu was the first woman to be the President of the Congress,
2. C.R. Das was in prison when he functioned as the President of the Congress
3. The first Britisher to become the President of the Congress was Alan Octavian Hume
4. Alfred Webb was the President of Congress in 1894.
Which of these statements is correct?

(a) 1 and 3
(b) 2 and 4
(c) 2, 3 and 4
(d) 1, 2, 3 and 4

[I.A.S. (Pre) 2000]

 

46. Who said that the “Congress Movement was neither inspired by the people nor devised or planned by them”?

(a) Lord Dufferin
(b) Sir Syed Ahmed
(c) Lord Curzon
(d) Lala Lajpat Rai

[47th B.P.S.C. (Pre) 2005]

 

47. “The Congress is faltering to its fall and one of my great ambitions while in India is to assist it to a peaceful demise.” This declaration was made by :

(a) George Hamilton
(b) Lord Curzon
(c) Lord Dufferin
(d) Lord Minto

[U.P.P.C.S. (Mains) 2002, U.P.P.C.S. (Pre) 2002]

 

48. While delivering the presidential address, the Congress President who advocated the introduction of Roman script for the Hindi language was:

(a) Mahatma Gandhi
(b) Jawaharlal Nehru
(c) Abul Kalam Azad
(d) Subhash Chandra Bose

[I.A.S. (Pre) 2000]

 

49. Who among the following suggested the winding up of the Indian National Congress after India attained independence?

(a) C. Rajagopalachari
(b) Acharya Kripalni
(c) Mahatma Gandhi
(d) Jayaprakash Narain

[Uttarakhand P.C.S. (Pre) 2005, U.P. Lower Sub. (Spl) (Pre) 2004, I.A.S. (Pre) 1996]

 

50. Which of the following was elected to collaborate with Mahatma Gandhi who was to author the new Constitution of the Congress as the per resolution of the Indian National Congress at Amritsar Session, 1919?
1. B.G. Tilak 2. N.C. Kelkar
3. C.R. Das 4. I.B. Sen
Select the correct answer from the code given below:
Code :

(a) 2 and 4
(b) 1 and 2
(c) 3 and 4
(d) 1 and 3

[U.P.P.C.S. (Mains) 2014]

 

51. One Governor-General took part in one of the Congress Sessions. Identify the Governor-General and the place where the Session was held :

(a) Lord Irwin – Karachi – 1931
(b) Lord Wellington-Bombay – 1915
(c) Lord Dufferin- Bombay – 1885
(d) Lord Hardinge-Lucknow – 1916

[U.P. Lower Sub. (Spl) (Pre) 2008]

 

52. Which of the following sessions of the Indian National Congress was presided over by C. Vijay Raghav Chariar?

(a) Lucknow Session (1916)
(b) Nagpur Session (1920)
(c) Gaya Session (1922
(d) None of the above

[U.P.P.C.S. (Mains) 2016]

 

53. In which one of the following sessions, Congress declared its policy towards the Indian States for the first time?

(a) Nagpur session
(b) Gaya session
(c) Calcutta session
(d) Lucknow session

[U.P.P.C.S. (Pre) 2015]

 

54. Who was the President of the Gaya Session of the Indian National Congress held in 1922?

(a) Chittaranjan Das
(b) S.N. Banerjee
(c) Dr. Rajendra Prasad
(d) Hakim Ajmal Khan

[56th to 59th B.P.S.C. (Pre) 2015]

 

55. Given below is a list of persons who became Presidents of the Indian National Congress. Arrange then in
chronological order.
Select your answer using the code given below the list.
1. Mahatma Gandhi 2. Jawaharlal Nehru
3. Vallabh Bhai Patel 4. Smt. Sarojini Naidu
Code :

(a) 1, 2, 3 and 4
(b) 1, 3, 4 and 2
(c) 1, 4, 2 and 3
(d) 4, 3, 1 and 2

[U.P.P.C.S. (Mains) 2004, U.P.P.C.S. (Mains) 2002]

 

56. Mahatma Gandhi presided over only one session of the Indian National Congress in 1924. Where was the session held?

(a) Gaya
(b) Amritsar
(c) Belgaon
(d) Kanpur

[U.P.P.C.S. (Pre) 2011, R.A.S./R.T.S.(Pre) 2010]

 

57. The only session of the Indian National Congress presided over by Mahatma Gandhi was :

(a) Allahabad Session – 1921
(b) Gaya Session – 1922
(c) Belgaum Session – 1924
(d) Karachi Session – 1930

[U.P.R.O./A.R.O. (Mains) 2013]

 

58. Match List-I with List-II and select the correct answer from the code given below:
List – I  List – II
(President)    (Places, where Meetings of the Indian National Congress were held)
A. Abul Kalam Azad  1. Amritsar, 1919
B. Sarojini Naidu  2. Bombay, 1934
C. Motilal Nehru  3. Kanpur. 1925
D. Dr. Rajendra Prasad  4. Ramgarh, 1940
Code :
A B C D

(a) 1 3 2 4
(b) 2 4 3 1
(c) 3 2 4 1
(d) 4 3 1 2

[U.P.R.O./A.R.O. (Mains) 2014]

 

59. In which of the following sessions of the Indian National Congress, Jawaharlal Nehru spoke of socialism as the key to the solution to India’s problems?

(a) Lahore
(b) Lucknow
(c) Allahabad
(d) Ramgarh

[U.P.P.C.S. (Mains) 2015]

 

60. The Haripura Session of the Indian National Congress, 1938 was presided over by:

(a) Abul Kalam Azad
(b) J.B. Kripalani
(c) Rajendra Pradesh
(d) Subhash Chandra Bose

[U.P.P.C.S. (Spl) (Mains) 2008]

 

61. Who was elected as the President of the Indian National Congress for the year 1938?

(a) Jawaharlal Nehru
(b) Subhas Chandra Bose
(c) Abul Kalam Azad
(d) Vallabhbhai Patel

[M.P.P.C.S. (Pre) 2014]

 

62. Match List-I with List-II and select the correct answer from the code given below the lists–
A. Dr. M.A. Ansari 1. Haripura
B. Purushottam Das Tandon 2. Kanpur
C. Sarojini Naidu 3. Madras
D. Subhash Chandra Bose 4. Nasik
Code :
A B C D

(a) 1 2 4 3
(b) 2 3 1 4
(c) 3 4 2 1
(d) 4 1 3 2

[U.P.P.C.S. (Pre) 2012]

 

63. Who among the following was the President of the Indian National Congress continuously for six years?

(a) Jawaharlal Nehru
(b) Abul Kalam Azad
(c) G. K. Gokhale
(d) Dadabhai Naoroji

[U.P.P.C.S. (Mains) 2016]

 

64. The President of the Indian National Congress at the time of Independence was?

(a) Mahatma Gandhi
(b) Jawaharlal Nehru
(c) J.B. Kriplani
(d) Dr. Rajendra Prasad

[Uttarakhand P.C.S. (Pre) 2010, Uttarakhand P.C.S. (Mains) 2006]

 

65. On which occasion was ‘Jana-Gana Mana,’ first sung?

(a) 1896 Session of INC
(b) 1905 Session of INC
(c) 1911 Session of INC
(d) 1919 Session of INC

[U.P.P.S.C. (GIC) 2010]

 

66. The last session of the Indian National Congress attended by Bal Gangadhar Tilak was :

(a) Calcutta Session, 1906
(b) Surat Session, 1907
(c) Calcutta Session, 1917
(d) Amritsar Session, 1919

[U.P.P.C.S. (Pre) 2014]