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Founding of the INC and the Moderates – GK Quiz with Answers – Level 3

Detailed questions on the Ilbert Bill row, the Bombay session at Gokuldas Tejpal Sanskrit College, early Congress presidents, Moderate demands and Naoroji's drain argument.

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About this test

Founding of the INC and Moderates Level 3 GK Quiz on Early Congress Sessions

Use this Level 3 quiz to check how firmly you can place the founding of the Indian National Congress and the Moderate phase in sequence and context. It focuses on statement-based, match-the-list and chronology questions on early sessions, leaders and demands. Aptitude360 gives a written solution with every question.

What this Level 3 early Congress set tests

  • Grievances before the Congress: the Vernacular Press Act, the Arms Act and the Ilbert Bill row
  • Associations formed after the mid-nineteenth century and the English-educated professionals who led them
  • The founding session at Gokuldas Tejpal Sanskrit College, Bombay
  • The second session at Calcutta under Dadabhai Naoroji and the third at Madras under Badruddin Tyabji
  • Roles of A.O. Hume, W.C. Bonnerjee, S. Subramania Iyer and Romesh Chandra Dutt
  • Moderate demands and methods, including the drain of wealth argument

Concepts that need sharp recall

  • Matching each early session with its correct venue and president
  • Telling true Moderate demands apart from distractors, such as examinations held only in London
  • Meaning of sarvajanik and the inclusive idea of the nation it reflects
  • Why the Moderates believed petitions and newspapers could persuade the British

How to prepare for tougher history statements

  • Revise session years, venues and presidents together so you can distinguish similar statements
  • Memorise the order of the repressive laws, the Ilbert Bill row and the founding as a single timeline
  • Revise leaders by region, since Bombay and Calcutta supplied most early Congress figures

Who this quiz suits

General Awareness aspirants who have finished basic reading on the early Congress and want a closer test of detail and chronology.

FAQs about Founding of the INC and the Moderates – GK Quiz with Answers – Level 3

Where was the first session of the Indian National Congress held?
The first session was held at Gokuldas Tejpal Sanskrit College in Bombay in December 1885, with W.C. Bonnerjee presiding.
Who presided over the second and third sessions of the Congress?
Dadabhai Naoroji presided over the second session at Calcutta in 1886. Badruddin Tyabji presided over the third session at Madras in 1887.
What is the drain of wealth theory?
The drain of wealth theory, put forward by Dadabhai Naoroji, argued that British rule was steadily taking India's wealth to Britain and impoverishing the country. He explained it in his book Poverty and Un-British Rule in India.
What role did A.O. Hume play in founding the Congress?
A.O. Hume was a retired British official who helped bring together educated Indians from different regions to form the Indian National Congress.

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SectionQuestionsTime
Founding of the INC and the Moderates GK Level 35035 min

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Total marks
50 across 50 questions.
Negative marking
A wrong answer costs marks. Leaving a question unanswered costs nothing.
Attempts
100 in total. An attempt is spent the moment you begin one.

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