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Indian National Congress (Part-II)

📆 October 17, 2024

Total Questions: 39

31. The Haripura Session of Indian National Congress, 1938, was presided over by: [U.P.P.C.S. (Mains) (Spl) 2008]

Correct Answer: (d) Subhash Chandra Bose
Solution:Between February 19-21, 1938, the 51st session of Congress was held at Haripura in Gujarat, under the presidentship of Subhash Chandra Bose. National Planning Committee was constituted in this session and Jawaharlal Nehru was elected as President of the Committee. Rajendra Prasad was elected as President in 1934. Later on, Abdul Kalam Azad was elected as President of Congress in 1940-1946. While J.B. Kripalani was President of the Meerut Session which was held in 1946.

32. Who was elected as the President of the Indian National Congress for the year 1938? [M.P.P.C.S (Pre) 2014]

Correct Answer: (b) Subhash Chandra Bose
Solution:Between February 19-21, 1938, the 51st session of Congress was held at Haripura in Gujarat, under the presidentship of Subhash Chandra Bose. National Planning Committee was constituted in this session and Jawaharlal Nehru was elected as President of the Committee. Rajendra Prasad was elected as President in 1934. Later on, Abdul Kalam Azad was elected as President of Congress in 1940-1946. While J.B. Kripalani was President of the Meerut Session which was held in 1946.

33. Who among the following was the youngest person to become the President of the Indian National Congress? [M.P.P.C.S. (Pre) 2017]

Correct Answer: (b) Abul Kalam Azad
Solution:Maulana Abul Kalam Azad (1888-1958 AD) was made the President in the special session of the Indian National Congress held in Delhi in the year 1923. He was the youngest person to hold the post of President of the Indian National Congress for six consecutive years from 1940-46. This was the longest tenure before independence. Jawaharlal Nehru (1889-1964 AD) presided over the Lahore session of the Congress in the year 1929. Ananda Mohan Bose (1847-1906 AD) presided over the Madras session of the Congress in 1898, while Bhupendra Nath Bose (1859-1924 AD) presided over the Madras session of the Congress in 1914.

34. Match List-I with List-II and select the correct answer from the code below: [U.P.P.C.S. (Pre) 2012]

List I (President)List II (Session)
A. Dr. M.A. Ansari1. Haripura
B. Purushottam Das Tandon2. Kanpur
C. Sarojini Naidu3. Madras
D. Subhash Chandra Bose4. Nasik

Code:

OptionABCD
(a)1243
(b)3421
(c)3421
(d)4132
Correct Answer: (c)
Solution:Haripura Congress Session was presided over by Subhash Chandra Bose in 1938. Nasik session was presided over by Purushottam Das Tandon in 1950. The Madras session (1927) was presided over by Dr. M.A. Ansari, and Kanpur Session (1925) was presided over by Sarojini Naidu.

35. Who among the following was the President of the Indian National Congress continuously for six years? [U.P.PC.S. (Mains) 2014]

Correct Answer: (b) Abul Kalam Azad
Solution:Abul Kalam Azad was the president of Indian National Congress for six consecutive years from 1940-46 during the Quit India Movement. He also became the youngest person to serve as president in 1923 in Delhi special session. After Independence, the longest-serving president of INC is Sonia Gandhi 1998 to 2017 and 2019 to 2022.

36. President of Indian National Congress at the time of Independence was: [Uttarakhand P.C.S. (Pre) 2010 (Mains) 2006]

Correct Answer: (c) J.B. Kriplani
Solution:J.B. Kripalani was the President of Indian National Congress at the time of Independence. Elected in November 1946 at Meerut Session, Acharya Jivatram Bhagwandas Kripalani was a Gandhian Socialist, environmentalist, mystic, and freedom fighter, noted for his incorruptibility and determination. Kripalani was prominently involved over a decade in top Congress party affairs, organizing the Salt Satyagraha and the Quit India Movement.

37. Who was the President of the Indian National Congress at the time of partition of India? [65th B.P.S.C. (Pre) 2019]

Correct Answer: (a) J.B. Kripalani
Solution:J.B. Kripalani was the President of Indian National Congress at the time of Independence. Elected in November 1946 at Meerut Session, Acharya Jivatram Bhagwandas Kripalani was a Gandhian Socialist, environmentalist, mystic, and freedom fighter, noted for his incorruptibility and determination. Kripalani was prominently involved over a decade in top Congress party affairs, organizing the Salt Satyagraha and the Quit India Movement.

38. On which occasion was ‘Jana-Gana Mana,’ first sung? [U.P.P.C.S. (GIC) 2010]

Correct Answer: (c) 1911 Session of INC
Solution:"Jana Gana Mana" is the national anthem of India. Originally written in Bengali, it is the first of five stanzas of a Brahmo hymn composed and scored by Nobel laureate Rabindranath Tagore. It was first sung during the Calcutta Session of the Indian National Congress on 27 December, 1911. "Jana Gana Mana" was officially adopted by the Constituent Assembly as the Indian National Anthem on 24 January, 1950.

39. The last session of Indian National Congress attended by Bal Gangadhar Tilak was: [U.P.P.C.S.(Pre) 2014]

Correct Answer: (d) Amritsar Session, 1919
Solution:The last session of Indian National Congress attended by Bal Gangadhar Tilak was the Amritsar Session, 1919. He had mellowed sufficiently to oppose Gandhi's policy of boycotting elections to legislative councils established as part of the reforms from the Montagu-Chelmsford Report to Parliament in 1918. Instead, Tilak advised delegates to follow his policy of "responsive cooperation" in carrying out reforms. He passed away on 1st August, 1920.
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