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INC Sessions and Presidents; Newspapers and Books of the Freedom Struggle – GK Quiz with Answers – Level 1

Basic questions on Congress sessions and their presidents, plus nationalist newspapers like Kesari and books such as Hind Swaraj, Gulamgiri and Neel Darpan.

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25 min
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About this test

INC Sessions, Presidents and Freedom Struggle Newspapers GK Practice Quiz

This Level 1 Modern Indian History GK quiz checks whether you can match Indian National Congress sessions with their venues and presidents, and link freedom struggle newspapers and books to their editors and authors. It builds quick, reliable recall of the basic facts. Every question on Aptitude360 comes with a written explanation.

Topics covered in this INC sessions and freedom press quiz

  • Venue and president of the first Congress session and the early sessions that followed
  • Presidents of landmark sessions such as Lucknow, Lahore, Haripura, Tripuri and Ramgarh
  • Resolutions linked to sessions, including non-cooperation at the Calcutta special session and fundamental rights at Karachi
  • The Surat split and the Tilak Swaraj Fund
  • Newspapers such as Kesari, The Hindu, Amrita Bazar Patrika, Bande Mataram, New India and Indian Opinion
  • Books and plays such as Hind Swaraj, Gulamgiri, Anandamath, Neel Darpan and Poverty and Un-British Rule in India

Key concepts to revise for Congress sessions and nationalist literature

  • Leaders who presided more than once, such as Dadabhai Naoroji and Subhas Chandra Bose
  • Women presidents of the Congress, starting with Annie Besant and Sarojini Naidu
  • The language and city each major nationalist paper was published in
  • Author and theme of each key book, for example Phule's critique of caste in Gulamgiri

Revision tips for INC presidents and freedom struggle press

  • Make a single table of session, venue, president and main resolution, and read it in date order
  • Pair every newspaper with its editor and language, since options often swap these
  • Remember books by their central idea, which helps with theme-based questions

Who should take this Level 1 GK quiz

This quiz suits beginners preparing General Awareness for SSC, banking, railway and state exams who want to firm up the basic facts of modern Indian history.

FAQs about INC Sessions and Presidents; Newspapers and Books of the Freedom Struggle – GK Quiz with Answers – Level 1

Who was the first president of the Indian National Congress?
W.C. Bonnerjee presided over the first session of the Indian National Congress, held at Bombay in December 1885.
Who was the first woman president of the Indian National Congress?
Annie Besant was the first woman president, at the Calcutta session of 1917. Sarojini Naidu became the first Indian woman president at the Kanpur session of 1925.
Who wrote Poverty and Un-British Rule in India?
Dadabhai Naoroji wrote it. The book sets out his drain theory, which argued that British rule was draining India's wealth to Britain.
In which language was Kesari published?
Kesari, edited by Bal Gangadhar Tilak, was published in Marathi. Tilak also ran the English weekly Mahratta.

Test structure

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SectionQuestionsTime
INC Sessions and Presidents; Newspapers and Books of the Freedom Struggle GK Level 15025 min

Marking & rules

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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Score and accuracy

Marks, percentage, right, wrong and skipped, and the time you took.

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The same figures for each section, so a weak one cannot hide in an average.

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Every question with your answer, the right one, the working, and the video where there is one.

Where you stand

Your score against the spread of everyone else who has sat this test.

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