The Birth of the Indian National Congress

Q. The Arms Act was passed in the year _____, and it disallowed Indians from possessing arms.

1. 1875 CE
2. 1854 CE
3. 1878 CE
4. 1890 CE

Q.

What major issue was criticized by the liberal nationalist?

1. Efficiency bureaucracy

2. A mordern army

3. Preservation of the church

4. Censorship laws to control the press

Q. What were the demands of INC?

1. All of the above.
2. Indians be given high positions in the government with eligibility being decided by civil service examinations.
3. Repeal of the Arms Act and the Vernacular Press Act.
4. More power to the legislative councils.

Q. Which of the following Acts were passed in 1878 CE that particularly increased the anger and dissatisfaction of the people towards the British?

1. Arms Act
2. Vernacular Press Act
3. Weapons Act
4. Ilbert Act

Q. Who opposed the Ilbert Bill due to which the bill was not passed into an Act?

1. Indians
2. British
3. French
4. Portuguese

Q. The Indian National Congress was established in the year ____________.

1. 1885
2. 1858
3. None of the above
4. 1900

Q. Which of the following Indians was once a member of the British Parliament?

1. W.C. Bannerji
2. Dadabhai Naoroji
3. Pherozeshah Mehta
4. Romesh Chandra Dutt

Q. The capacity to act independently without any outside interference is called ___________.

1. monarchy
2. democracy
3. secularism
4. sovereignty

Q. The Indian National Congress was formed in the year ___ by AO Hume and 72 other delegates .

1. 1880
2. 1875
3. 1885
4. 1890

Q. Find the odd one out.

1. Dadabhai Naoroji
2. Surendranath Banerjee
3. Badruddin Tyabji
4. Subhash Chandra Bose

Q.

When was the Indian National Congress established?

1. 1885

2. 1887

3. 1883

4. 1893

Q. In the Bombay Session of Indian National Congress held in 1885, the President was__________.

1. W. C. Banerjee
2. S. N. Banerjee
3. Dadabhai Naoroji
4. A. O. Hume

Q. _______ obliged the colonies to pay a small portion of expenditure incurred upon the maintenance of British troops deployed in America.

1. Half Act
2. Housing Act
3. Quartering Act
4. Currency Act

Q. When was the arms act introduced?

1. 1878
2. 1888
3. 1887
4. None of the above

Q. The Moderates and the Extremists differed a lot in terms of their ideologies. Explain.

Q. The first woman Secretary-General of SAARC was from which country?

1. Maldives
2. Bhutan
3. Sri Lanka
4. India

Q. Even though most of the associations formed during the 1850s and 1870s functioned in different parts of India, they all had one common goal of being _______.

1. a monarchy
2. sovereign
3. democratic
4. secular

Q. ________ was the first president of the Indian National Congress.

1. W.C. Bannerji
2. Romesh Chandra Dutt
3. S. Subramania Iyer
4. Pherozeshah Mehta

Q. The Indian National Congress was formed in which year with A.O. Hume and 72 Indian delegates?

1. 1883
2. 1886
3. 1885
4. 1878

Q. The failure to pass the Ilbert Bill is one of the reasons for the birth of the Indian National Congress.

1. True
2. False

Q. When was the 'Poona Sarvajanik Sabha' formed?

1. 1876
2. 1978
3. 1880
4. None of the above

Q. The Poona Sarvajanik Sabha was formed in the year ___ .

1. 1876
2. 1888
3. 1872
4. 1880

Q. Which of the following were important regional political associations in India in the 19th century CE?

1. Madras Mahajan Sabha
2. Poona Sarvajanik Sabha
3. Indian Association
4. Bombay Presidency Association

Q. Which of the following people was once a British official and played a significant role in establishing the Indian National Congress?

1. A.O. Hume
2. Robert Clive
3. Thomas Roe
4. Lord Curzon

Q. The objective of the ______________ of 1883 was to give power to Indian judges and magistrates to try British offenders.

1. Vernacular Press Act
2. Arms Act
3. Ilbert Bill
4. Printing Press Act