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INC Sessions and Presidents; Newspapers and Books of the Freedom Struggle – GK Quiz with Answers – Level 2

Pair Congress sessions with venues and presidents, and freedom-struggle newspapers, books and plays with the leaders and writers linked to them.

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50
Duration
30 min
Marks
50

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About this test

INC Sessions and Presidents GK Quiz Level 2: Freedom Struggle Press and Books

With this Level 2 GK quiz you can check whether you can match Indian National Congress sessions with their venues and presidents, and freedom-struggle newspapers and books with their associated figures and authors. Aptitude360 takes the questions from the first session at Bombay to Bose's presidencies, and every answer has an explanation.

What this Congress sessions and nationalist press quiz covers

  • Early Congress sessions and presidents, including the first session at Bombay and A.O. Hume's role
  • Landmark sessions: the Surat split, Lucknow, Nagpur, the Calcutta special session and the Karachi resolution
  • Women presidents such as Annie Besant, Sarojini Naidu and Nellie Sen Gupta
  • Subhas Chandra Bose at Haripura and Tripuri
  • Newspapers such as Kesari, Bande Mataram and New India, and Hindi papers of the period
  • Books and plays such as Hind Swaraj, Anandamath, Gulamgiri, Neel Darpan and Poverty and Un-British Rule in India

Concepts to revise on Congress sessions and freedom literature

  • Chronological order of Congress presidencies
  • Leaders who presided more than once, such as Dadabhai Naoroji
  • Sessions held under bans during civil disobedience
  • Newspaper, associated leader and city of publication pairs
  • The theme of each major book or play and its author's place in the movement

Revision methods for this modern history topic

  • Build a session table with venue, president and key resolution in separate columns
  • Group newspapers by language and by leader to handle pair-matching questions
  • Link each book to its author's wider ideas, such as Gandhi's critique of modern civilisation in Hind Swaraj

Who should take this Level 2 quiz

Students in Chandigarh and across India preparing for UPSC, state PSC, SSC and other exams with a modern history section, who already know the basics of the national movement, will benefit from it.

FAQs about INC Sessions and Presidents; Newspapers and Books of the Freedom Struggle – GK Quiz with Answers – Level 2

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.
Which Congress sessions did Subhas Chandra Bose preside over?
Subhas Chandra Bose presided over the Haripura session and was re-elected for the Tripuri session.
Why is the Karachi session of Congress famous?
The Karachi session is remembered for its resolution on Fundamental Rights and Economic Policy.
Who wrote Hind Swaraj?
Hind Swaraj was written by Mahatma Gandhi. In it he criticised modern Western civilisation and set out his idea of self-rule.

Test structure

How the paper is split, and how long each part runs. A section you have finished cannot be returned to.

SectionQuestionsTime
INC Sessions and Presidents; Newspapers and Books of the Freedom Struggle GK Level 25030 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

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