Previous year MCQs

Modern Indian History UPPSC 1999 GS-I
Question

Who presided over the Benares Session of the Indian National Congress in 1905?

Answer & Solution

Answer: (Detailed Solution Below)

Option C: Gopal Krishna Gokhale

Detailed Solution:

The correct answer is “Gopal Krishna Gokhale”.
Held under the presidentship of Gopal Krishna Gokhale, Indian National Congress session of 1905 is known for the adoption of Swadeshi resolution.

In 1906, the Indian National Congress annual session was held at Calcutta. It was presided over by Dadabhai Naoroji. In this session, the resolutions for 'Swaraj', promotion of Swadeshi and boycott of foreign goods were passed.

Similar Questions:

Consider the following statements with reference to the Justice Party:

1. The Justice Party opposed Congress by calling it a Brahmin dominated organisation.
2. It claimed the same communal representation for non-Brabmins as the Morley-Minto reforms had given to Muslims.

Which of the above statements is/are correct?
  1. A) Both 1 and 2
  2. B) Neither 1 nor 2
  3. C) Only 1
  4. D) Only 2
Consider the following events and arrange them in chronological order:

1. East India Association
2. National Indian Association
3. Indian Society
4. Indian Association

Select the correct answer from the codes given below:
  1. A) 1,2,4,3
  2. B) 1,3,2,4
  3. C) 2,1,4,3
  4. D) 1,2,3,4
Match list-I with list-II and select the correct answer using the code given below:
List-I (Newspaper) - List-II (Editors)

A. Hindu - 1. Dadabhai Naoroji
B. Sudharak - 2. G.K. Gokhale
C. Voice of India - 3. G. Subramaniya lyer
D. Bengalee - 4. S.N. Banerjee

Code:
A B C D
  1. A) 1 2 3 4
  2. B) 1 3 2 4
  3. C) 2 3 1 4
  4. D) 3 2 1 4
Which one of the following is not true about the Cripps Mission?
  1. A) Dominion status since the war ended.
  2. B) Constitution framed by the Constituent Assembly acceptable.
  3. C) The formation of new Executive Council with equal representation for both Hindus & Muslims.
  4. D) Any province could remain outside the Indian Union.
The name of D. K. Karve of Western India Figures in the context of which of the following?
  1. A) Sati Pratha
  2. B) Infanticide
  3. C) Women Education
  4. D) None of these
The concept of ecosystem was propounded by:
  1. A) A.G.Tansley
  2. B) C.C. Park
  3. C) A.H. Strahler
  4. D) E.P Odum
Who among the following was offered Membership of the Royal Asiatic Society of Paris ?
  1. A) Dadabhai Naoroji
  2. B) Michael Madhusudan Dutta
  3. C) Raja Rammohan Roy
  4. D) Vivekanand
Match List – I with List – II and select the correct answer from the code given below the lists.
List -I (Associated works/ Posts) List-II (Persons)

A. D. K. Karve - 1. Establishment of Girls School in Calcutta
B. J. E. D. Bethune - 2. Secretary, Widow Re- marriage Association
C. Ishwar Chandra Vidyasagar - 3. Starting a crusade against child marriage
D. B. M. Malabari - 4. Principal of Sanskrit College in Calcutta

Code:
. A B C D
  1. A) 1 2 4 3
  2. B) 2 1 4 3
  3. C) 2 1 3 4
  4. D) 1 2 3 4
Who among the following issued the "Communal Award"?
  1. A) Ramsay Mac Donald
  2. B) Stanley Baldwin
  3. C) Neville Chamberlain
  4. D) Winston Churchill
Assertion (A): Dandi March was performed by Gandhi Ji
Reason( R): He wanted to right over the salt to poor people of India
  1. A) Both A and R are correct, and R is correct explanation of A
  2. B) A and R both are correct, but R is not the correct explanation of A
  3. C) A is true, R is not
  4. D) R is true but not A
Given below are two statements, one is labelled as Assertion (A) and the other as Reason (R).

Assertion (A): In 1946, the Muslim League withdrew its acceptance of the Cabinet Mission Plan.
Reason (R): The Muslim League joined the interim government formed in 1946.

Select the correct answer from the codes given below:
  1. A) Both (A) and (R) are true and (R) is the correct explanation of (A)
  2. B) Both (A) and (R) are true, but (R) is not the correct explanation of (A)
  3. C) (A) is true, but (R) is false
  4. D) (A) is false, but (R) is true
Which one of the following pair is not correctly matched?
  1. A) Kota–Chambal
  2. B) Bhubaneshwar–Mahanadi
  3. C) Jabalpur–Narmada
  4. D) Surat–Tapti