Modern History › Early Nationalism & Indian National Congress (1885-1915) – UPSC Prelims PYQs

Consider the following statements : Statement–I : 7th August is declared as the National Handloom Day. Statement–II : It was in 1905 that the Swadeshi Movement was launched on the same day.

Which one of the following is correct in respect of the above statements?

With reference to the book “Desher Katha” written by Sakharam Ganesh Deuskar during the freedom struggle, consider the following statements :

1. It warned against the Colonial State’s hypnotic conquest of the mind.
2. It inspired the performance of swadeshi street plays and folk songs.
3. The use of ‘desh’ by Deuskar was in the specific context of the region of Bengal.

Which of the statements given above are correct ?

With reference to Swadeshi Movement, consider the following statements :

1. It contributed to the revival of the indigenous artisan crafts and industries.
2. The National Council of Education was established as a part of Swadeshi Movement.

Which of the statements given above is/are correct?

At one of the places in India, if you stand on the seashore and watch the sea, you will find that the sea water recedes from the shore line a few kilometres and comes back to the shore, twice a day, and you can actually walk on the sea floor when the water recedes. This unique phenomenon is seen at

Consider the following pairs :

1. Radhakanta Deb — First President of the British Indian Association
2. Gazulu Lakshminarasu Chetty — Founder of the Madras Mahajana Sabha
3. Surendranath Banerjee — Founder of the Indian Association

Which of the above pairs is/are correctly matched ?

The 'Swadeshi' and 'Boycott' were adopted as methods of struggle for the first time during the

What was the main reason for the split in the Indian National Congress at Surat in 1907?

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 statements given above is/are correct?

Which one of the following movements has contributed to a split in the Indian National Congress resulting in the emergence of 'moderates' and 'extremists'?

The Partition of Bengal made by Lord Curzon in 1905 lasted until

Annie Besant was

1. Responsible for starting the Home Rule Movement
2. The founder of the Theosophical Society
3. Once the President of the Indian National Congress

Select the correct statement/statements using the codes given below.

What was the purpose with which Sir William Wedderburn and W. S. Caine had set up the Indian Parliamentary Committee in 1893?

Four resolutions were passed at the famous Calcutta session of Indian National Congress in 1906. The question of either retention OR of rejection of these four resolutions became the cause of a split in Congress at the next Congress session held in Surat in 1907.

Which one of the following was not one of those resolutions?

What was the immediate cause for the launch of the Swadeshi movement?

In the context of the Indian freedom struggle, 16th October 1905 is well known for which one of the following reasons?

Who among the following rejected the title of Knighthood and refused to accept a position in the Council of the Secretary of State for India?

Who among the following gave a systematic critique of the moderate politics of the Indian National Congress in a series of articles entitled New Lamps for Old?

Where was the First Session of the Indian National Congress held in December 1885?

The song ‘Amar Sonar Bangla’, written during the Swadeshi Movement of India, inspired the Liberation Struggle of Bangladesh and was adopted as the National Anthem of Bangladesh. Who wrote this song?

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 these statements given above is/are correct?

Which one of the following submitted in 1875 a petition to the House of Commons demanding India’s direct representation in the British Parliament?

The President of the Indian National Congress at the time of the partition of India was

With reference to the period of extremist nationalist movement in India with its spirit of Swadeshi, which one of the following statements is correct?

A London branch of the All-India Muslim League was established in 1908 under the presidency of

Consider the following statements about the Indian National Congress: I. Sarojini Naidu was the first woman to be the President of the Congress. II. C. R. Das was in prison when he functioned as the President of the Congress. III. The first Britisher to become the President of the Congress was Alan Octavian Hume. IV. Alfred Webb was the President of the Congress in 1894.

Which of these statements are correct?

Assertion (A): The basic weakness of the early nationalist movement lay in its narrow social base.

Reason (R): It fought for the narrow interests of the social groups which joined it.

The Congress policy of pray and petition ultimately came to an end under the guidance of

Assertion (A): Partition of Bengal in 1905 brought to an end the Moderates’ role in the Indian freedom movement.

Reason (R): The Surat session of Indian National Congress separated the Extremists from the Moderates.

What is the correct sequence of the following events? I. Tilak’s Home Rule League II. Kamagatamaru Incident III. Mahatma Gandhi’s arrival in India

Select the correct answer using the codes given below:

The Indian Muslims, in general, were not attracted to the Extremist movement because of the

Which one of the following defines extremist ideology during the early phase of Indian freedom movement?

Of the four forms of political protests mentioned below, which one is derived from the name of the person who used it as a political weapon for the first time?