Q40. In which year was the Poona Sarvajanik Sabha founded?
[OSSC Excise Sub-Inspector Mains, 17 October 2024, Shift 2]
(A) 1868
(B) 1869
(C) 1870
(D) 1867
Answer: (C) 1870
Explanation: The Poona Sarvajanik Sabha was established in 1870 as a political platform for public grievances and reform. Ganesh Vasudeo Joshi and Mahadev Govind Ranade were prominent figures associated with it. It preceded the formation of the Indian National Congress.
Q39. Where in Bihar was the Indian National Congress session of 1912 held?
[SSC CGL Tier-I, 24 September 2024, Shift 2]
(A) Sasaram
(B) Gaya
(C) Bankipore
(D) Madhubani
Answer: (C) Bankipore
Explanation: The 1912 Congress annual session convened in Bankipore, a locality of Patna. Raghunath Narasinha Mudholkar presided. This was the first INC annual session held in Bihar and shows how Congress meetings increasingly rotated between regional centres.
Q38. Who founded the Indian Association?
[WBCS 2023 Mains History Paper III, held 18 August 2024]
(A) Aurobindo Ghosh
(B) Surendranath Banerjee
(C) Bipin Chandra Pal
(D) Surya Sen
Answer: (B) Surendranath Banerjee
Explanation: Surendranath Banerjee and Ananda Mohan Bose founded the Indian Association in 1876 in Calcutta. It helped organise political education, protests over civil-service issues and national-level political conferences before the expansion of the Indian National Congress.
Q37. Who, with Pherozeshah Mehta and K. T. Telang, founded the Bombay Presidency Association in 1885?
[SSC CHSL Tier-I, 9 July 2024, Shift 2]
(A) Badruddin Tyabji
(B) Behramji Malabari
(C) A. K. Fazlul Huq
(D) Zakir Husain
Answer: (A) Badruddin Tyabji
Explanation: Badruddin Tyabji, Pherozeshah Mehta and Kashinath Trimbak Telang organised the Bombay Presidency Association in 1885. Tyabji later presided over the Madras Congress session in 1887, becoming the organisation’s first Muslim president.
Q36. Which statements are correct: (1) A. O. Hume was first INC president; (2) Muslim League formed in 1906; (3) All India Kisan Sabha formed in 1936; (4) Ghadar Party was founded abroad?
[IB ACIO Grade-II, 17 January 2024, Shift 1]
(A) 1, 3 and 4
(B) 2, 3 and 4
(C) 1, 2 and 4
(D) 1, 2 and 3
Answer: (B) 2, 3 and 4
Explanation: Statement one is false because W. C. Bonnerjee, not A. O. Hume, was the first Congress president. The other statements identify the 1906 Muslim League, the 1936 Kisan Sabha and the overseas origins of the Ghadar movement.
Q35. In which city did the 1907 Congress split into Moderates and Extremists occur?
[MPPSC State Services Prelims, 17 December 2023]
(A) Bombay
(B) Surat
(C) Calcutta
(D) Nagpur
Answer: (B) Surat
Explanation: Congress divided at Surat in 1907 under the presidency of Rash Behari Ghosh. The episode was a culmination of differences about leadership and the response to colonial policies, particularly the use of boycotts compared with constitutional tactics.
Q34. Who established the Indian Association in 1876?
[Bihar Teacher TRE 2.0, 14 December 2023]
(A) W. C. Bonnerjee
(B) Sisir Kumar Ghosh
(C) Surendranath Banerjee
(D) None of these
Answer: (C) Surendranath Banerjee
Explanation: Surendranath Banerjee founded the Indian Association with Ananda Mohan Bose in Calcutta in 1876. It organised political awareness and common grievances across communities. Sisir Kumar Ghosh, by contrast, is associated with the earlier Indian League founded in 1875.
Q33. In which year was the Bombay Presidency Association started by Tyabji, Mehta and Telang?
[Delhi Police Constable, 2 December 2023, Shift 3]
(A) 1887
(B) 1885
(C) 1886
(D) 1888
Answer: (B) 1885
Explanation: The Bombay Presidency Association was founded in January 1885 by Badruddin Tyabji, Pherozeshah Mehta and K. T. Telang. Its political work reflected rising public protest against discriminatory colonial measures and coincided with the founding year of Congress.
Q32. Who founded the Indian League in 1875?
[SSC JE Civil, 10 October 2023, Shift 1]
(A) Ananda Mohan Bose
(B) Dadabhai Naoroji
(C) Surendranath Banerjee
(D) Sisir Kumar Ghosh
Answer: (D) Sisir Kumar Ghosh
Explanation: Sisir Kumar Ghosh, associated with the Amrita Bazar Patrika, founded the Indian League in 1875. It aimed to stimulate nationalism and political education. The later Indian Association of 1876 was established by Surendranath Banerjee and Ananda Mohan Bose.
Q31. At which year’s Madras session did Congress seek an all-parties constitution-drafting initiative?
[SSC MTS 2022 paper, 3 May 2023, Shift 3]
(A) 1922
(B) 1932
(C) 1927
(D) 1915
Answer: (C) 1927
Explanation: The 1927 Madras Congress session, presided over by Dr Mukhtar Ahmad Ansari, supported the preparation of a constitutional scheme through an all-parties process. This political initiative preceded the 1928 Nehru Report on constitutional arrangements.
