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49 MCQs on Pakistan Movement — Indian National Congress sit in the GK360 bank, collected from 1 solved papers (2026). Below are the top 49 distinct questions — repeats across papers merged into their strongest version — with the correct answer marked, an explanation where the bank carries one, and the source paper named on every card.
Correct Answer: 28 December 1885
The Indian National Congress was founded on 28 December 1885 at its first session in Bombay.
From: Indian National Congress Facts — Practice One-Liner Set (Sir Adnan Booklet, CSS MPT Pack) (2026) · CSS
Correct Answer: Bombay
The Congress was founded at Bombay (now Mumbai), where its first session met in December 1885.
From: Indian National Congress Facts — Practice One-Liner Set (Sir Adnan Booklet, CSS MPT Pack) (2026) · CSS
Correct Answer: Allan Octavian Hume
Allan Octavian Hume, a retired British civil servant, founded the Indian National Congress in 1885.
From: Indian National Congress Facts — Practice One-Liner Set (Sir Adnan Booklet, CSS MPT Pack) (2026) · CSS
Correct Answer: Womesh Chunder Bonnerjee
Womesh Chunder Bonnerjee presided over the Congress's first session at Bombay in 1885, making him its first president.
From: Indian National Congress Facts — Practice One-Liner Set (Sir Adnan Booklet, CSS MPT Pack) (2026) · CSS
Correct Answer: Badruddin Tyabji
Badruddin Tyabji was the first Muslim president of the Congress, presiding over its Madras session in 1887.
From: Indian National Congress Facts — Practice One-Liner Set (Sir Adnan Booklet, CSS MPT Pack) (2026) · CSS
Correct Answer: George Yule
George Yule, a Scottish merchant, was the first British president of the Congress, at Allahabad in 1888.
From: Indian National Congress Facts — Practice One-Liner Set (Sir Adnan Booklet, CSS MPT Pack) (2026) · CSS
Correct Answer: Annie Besant
Annie Besant became the first woman president of the Congress at the Calcutta session in 1917.
From: Indian National Congress Facts — Practice One-Liner Set (Sir Adnan Booklet, CSS MPT Pack) (2026) · CSS
Correct Answer: Sarojini Naidu
Sarojini Naidu, president at Kanpur in 1925, was the first Indian woman to preside over the Congress.
From: Indian National Congress Facts — Practice One-Liner Set (Sir Adnan Booklet, CSS MPT Pack) (2026) · CSS
Correct Answer: Maulana Abul Kalam Azad
Maulana Abul Kalam Azad, elected president in 1923 at the age of 35, was the Congress's youngest president.
From: Indian National Congress Facts — Practice One-Liner Set (Sir Adnan Booklet, CSS MPT Pack) (2026) · CSS
Correct Answer: Womesh Chunder Bonnerjee
Womesh Chunder Bonnerjee presided over the first Congress session at Bombay in December 1885.
From: Indian National Congress Facts — Practice One-Liner Set (Sir Adnan Booklet, CSS MPT Pack) (2026) · CSS
Correct Answer: Dadabhai Naoroji
Dadabhai Naoroji, three-time Congress president, is known as the 'Grand Old Man of India'.
From: Indian National Congress Facts — Practice One-Liner Set (Sir Adnan Booklet, CSS MPT Pack) (2026) · CSS
Correct Answer: Dadabhai Naoroji
Dadabhai Naoroji presented the Drain Theory, arguing that Britain was draining India's wealth, in his book 'Poverty and Un-British Rule in India'.
From: Indian National Congress Facts — Practice One-Liner Set (Sir Adnan Booklet, CSS MPT Pack) (2026) · CSS
Correct Answer: 1907
The Congress split into Moderates and Extremists at the Surat session of 1907.
From: Indian National Congress Facts — Practice One-Liner Set (Sir Adnan Booklet, CSS MPT Pack) (2026) · CSS
Correct Answer: Rashbehari Ghosh
Rashbehari Ghosh (also spelt Rash Behari Ghosh) presided over the Surat session of 1907, at which the Congress split.
From: Indian National Congress Facts — Practice One-Liner Set (Sir Adnan Booklet, CSS MPT Pack) (2026) · CSS
Correct Answer: Lord Dufferin
Lord Dufferin was viceroy at the Congress's founding in 1885 and was initially sympathetic to Hume's proposal for the organisation.
From: Indian National Congress Facts — Practice One-Liner Set (Sir Adnan Booklet, CSS MPT Pack) (2026) · CSS
Correct Answer: 1906
The Congress adopted Swaraj (self-government) as its goal at the Calcutta session of 1906, presided over by Dadabhai Naoroji.
From: Indian National Congress Facts — Practice One-Liner Set (Sir Adnan Booklet, CSS MPT Pack) (2026) · CSS
Correct Answer: Dadabhai Naoroji
Dadabhai Naoroji presided over the Calcutta session of 1906, at which the Swaraj resolution was adopted.
From: Indian National Congress Facts — Practice One-Liner Set (Sir Adnan Booklet, CSS MPT Pack) (2026) · CSS
Correct Answer: Champaran Satyagraha (1917)
The Champaran Satyagraha of 1917, Gandhi's first major campaign in India, established him as a national leader within the Congress.
From: Indian National Congress Facts — Practice One-Liner Set (Sir Adnan Booklet, CSS MPT Pack) (2026) · CSS
Correct Answer: 1924 (Belgaum Session)
Mahatma Gandhi became Congress president in 1924, presiding over the Belgaum session.
From: Indian National Congress Facts — Practice One-Liner Set (Sir Adnan Booklet, CSS MPT Pack) (2026) · CSS
Correct Answer: Mahatma Gandhi
Mahatma Gandhi launched the Non-Cooperation Movement in 1920 under the Congress, after the Jallianwala Bagh massacre and the Khilafat issue.
From: Indian National Congress Facts — Practice One-Liner Set (Sir Adnan Booklet, CSS MPT Pack) (2026) · CSS
Correct Answer: Lahore Session, 1929
The Lahore session of December 1929, presided over by Jawaharlal Nehru, demanded Purna Swaraj (complete independence).
From: Indian National Congress Facts — Practice One-Liner Set (Sir Adnan Booklet, CSS MPT Pack) (2026) · CSS
Correct Answer: Jawaharlal Nehru
Jawaharlal Nehru presided over the Lahore session of 1929, which passed the Purna Swaraj resolution.
From: Indian National Congress Facts — Practice One-Liner Set (Sir Adnan Booklet, CSS MPT Pack) (2026) · CSS
Correct Answer: Jawaharlal Nehru
On 31 December 1929, at the close of the Lahore session, Jawaharlal Nehru hoisted the tricolour flag on the bank of the Ravi.
From: Indian National Congress Facts — Practice One-Liner Set (Sir Adnan Booklet, CSS MPT Pack) (2026) · CSS
Correct Answer: Independence Day
The Congress observed 26 January 1930 as Independence Day, following the Lahore session's Purna Swaraj declaration.
From: Indian National Congress Facts — Practice One-Liner Set (Sir Adnan Booklet, CSS MPT Pack) (2026) · CSS
Correct Answer: Maulana Abul Kalam Azad
Maulana Abul Kalam Azad was Congress president from 1940 to 1946, covering the Quit India Movement of 1942.
From: Indian National Congress Facts — Practice One-Liner Set (Sir Adnan Booklet, CSS MPT Pack) (2026) · CSS
Correct Answer: Mahatma Gandhi
Mahatma Gandhi gave the 'Quit India' call in 1942, launching the movement that demanded an end to British rule.
From: Indian National Congress Facts — Practice One-Liner Set (Sir Adnan Booklet, CSS MPT Pack) (2026) · CSS
Correct Answer: Bombay, 1942 (Gowalia Tank Maidan)
The Quit India Resolution was passed at Bombay in August 1942, at Gowalia Tank Maidan, where Gandhi gave his 'Do or Die' speech.
From: Indian National Congress Facts — Practice One-Liner Set (Sir Adnan Booklet, CSS MPT Pack) (2026) · CSS
Correct Answer: Sardar Vallabhbhai Patel
Sardar Vallabhbhai Patel, the Congress leader who integrated the princely states, is called the 'Iron Man of India'.
From: Indian National Congress Facts — Practice One-Liner Set (Sir Adnan Booklet, CSS MPT Pack) (2026) · CSS
Correct Answer: Khan Abdul Ghaffar Khan
Khan Abdul Ghaffar Khan, the Pashtun Congress leader of the North-West Frontier Province, was known as the 'Frontier Gandhi'.
From: Indian National Congress Facts — Practice One-Liner Set (Sir Adnan Booklet, CSS MPT Pack) (2026) · CSS
Correct Answer: Quit India Movement (1942)
The Quit India Movement, launched in August 1942, is also known as the August Movement.
From: Indian National Congress Facts — Practice One-Liner Set (Sir Adnan Booklet, CSS MPT Pack) (2026) · CSS
Correct Answer: Sardar Vallabhbhai Patel
Sardar Vallabhbhai Patel presided over the Karachi session of 1931, which endorsed the Gandhi-Irwin Pact.
From: Indian National Congress Facts — Practice One-Liner Set (Sir Adnan Booklet, CSS MPT Pack) (2026) · CSS
Correct Answer: Motilal Nehru
Motilal Nehru was Congress president in 1928, the year the Simon Commission arrived in India and was boycotted by the Congress.
From: Indian National Congress Facts — Practice One-Liner Set (Sir Adnan Booklet, CSS MPT Pack) (2026) · CSS
Correct Answer: Motilal Nehru
The Nehru Report of 1928, the Congress's constitutional proposals answering the Simon Commission, was drafted by a committee chaired by Motilal Nehru.
From: Indian National Congress Facts — Practice One-Liner Set (Sir Adnan Booklet, CSS MPT Pack) (2026) · CSS
Correct Answer: Maulana Abul Kalam Azad
Maulana Abul Kalam Azad was Congress president in 1946, when the Cabinet Mission Plan for India's transfer of power was presented.
From: Indian National Congress Facts — Practice One-Liner Set (Sir Adnan Booklet, CSS MPT Pack) (2026) · CSS
Correct Answer: Jawaharlal Nehru
Jawaharlal Nehru became India's first prime minister on 15 August 1947.
From: Indian National Congress Facts — Practice One-Liner Set (Sir Adnan Booklet, CSS MPT Pack) (2026) · CSS
Correct Answer: J. B. Kripalani (1946–1947)
J. B. Kripalani was Congress president from November 1946 into 1947, the last president before partition; Rajendra Prasad succeeded him in December 1947.
From: Indian National Congress Facts — Practice One-Liner Set (Sir Adnan Booklet, CSS MPT Pack) (2026) · CSS
Correct Answer: 1939
The Congress provincial ministries resigned in late 1939, after the viceroy committed India to the Second World War without consulting Indian leaders.
From: Indian National Congress Facts — Practice One-Liner Set (Sir Adnan Booklet, CSS MPT Pack) (2026) · CSS
Correct Answer: Due to India's forced participation in WWII
The ministries resigned in protest at India being dragged into the Second World War by the viceroy's declaration, without Indian consent.
From: Indian National Congress Facts — Practice One-Liner Set (Sir Adnan Booklet, CSS MPT Pack) (2026) · CSS
Correct Answer: Ambika Charan Majumdar
Ambika Charan Majumdar presided over the Lucknow session of 1916, at which the Congress and the Muslim League concluded the Lucknow Pact.
From: Indian National Congress Facts — Practice One-Liner Set (Sir Adnan Booklet, CSS MPT Pack) (2026) · CSS
Correct Answer: All India Muslim League
The Lucknow Pact of 1916 was an agreement between the Indian National Congress and the All India Muslim League on constitutional reform and separate electorates.
From: Indian National Congress Facts — Practice One-Liner Set (Sir Adnan Booklet, CSS MPT Pack) (2026) · CSS
Correct Answer: Annie Besant
Annie Besant became Congress president in December 1917; she had launched her Home Rule League the previous year, in 1916.
From: Indian National Congress Facts — Practice One-Liner Set (Sir Adnan Booklet, CSS MPT Pack) (2026) · CSS
Correct Answer: Mahatma Gandhi
Mahatma Gandhi gave the 'Do or Die' call in his Quit India speech at Bombay on 8 August 1942.
From: Indian National Congress Facts — Practice One-Liner Set (Sir Adnan Booklet, CSS MPT Pack) (2026) · CSS
Correct Answer: Jawaharlal Nehru
Jawaharlal Nehru was Congress president in 1930, the year of Gandhi's Dandi (Salt) March.
From: Indian National Congress Facts — Practice One-Liner Set (Sir Adnan Booklet, CSS MPT Pack) (2026) · CSS
Correct Answer: 1931
The Gandhi-Irwin Pact was signed on 5 March 1931, ending the Civil Disobedience Movement and securing Gandhi's place at the Second Round Table Conference.
From: Indian National Congress Facts — Practice One-Liner Set (Sir Adnan Booklet, CSS MPT Pack) (2026) · CSS
Correct Answer: Mahatma Gandhi
Mahatma Gandhi attended the Second Round Table Conference in London in 1931 as the Congress's sole representative.
From: Indian National Congress Facts — Practice One-Liner Set (Sir Adnan Booklet, CSS MPT Pack) (2026) · CSS
Correct Answer: Karachi Session 1931
The Karachi session of 1931, presided over by Sardar Vallabhbhai Patel, endorsed the Gandhi-Irwin Pact.
From: Indian National Congress Facts — Practice One-Liner Set (Sir Adnan Booklet, CSS MPT Pack) (2026) · CSS
Correct Answer: Subhas Chandra Bose
Subhas Chandra Bose was elected Congress president at Haripura in 1938, re-elected at Tripuri in 1939, and resigned the same year after differences with Gandhi.
From: Indian National Congress Facts — Practice One-Liner Set (Sir Adnan Booklet, CSS MPT Pack) (2026) · CSS
Correct Answer: Subhas Chandra Bose
After resigning from the Congress presidency in 1939, Subhas Chandra Bose founded the Forward Bloc.
From: Indian National Congress Facts — Practice One-Liner Set (Sir Adnan Booklet, CSS MPT Pack) (2026) · CSS
Correct Answer: 1947 (Mountbatten Plan)
The Congress accepted partition in June 1947 under the Mountbatten Plan, which provided for the division of British India into India and Pakistan.
From: Indian National Congress Facts — Practice One-Liner Set (Sir Adnan Booklet, CSS MPT Pack) (2026) · CSS
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