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Who presided over the 1908 Madras session?
A. Rash Behari Ghosh
B. Madan Mohan Malaviya
C. William Wedderburn
D. S.P. Sinha
Correct Answer: A
Rash Behari Ghosh presided over the Moderate-dominated Congress in Madras.
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Which issue was omitted from the watered-down programme at the 1908 Madras session?
A. Boycott
B. Legislative reform
C. Public services
D. Military expenditure
Correct Answer: A
The Moderate-led session diluted Swadeshi and national education and omitted the boycott resolution.
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Who were the leading Moderate figures during the Surat conflict?
A. Gokhale and Surendranath Banerjea
B. Tilak and Bipin Chandra Pal
C. Bose and Nehru
D. Azad and Ansari
Correct Answer: A
Gokhale and Surendranath Banerjea represented the cautious constitutional approach.
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What was one immediate organizational result of the Surat Split?
A. Congress temporarily came under Moderate control
B. Congress merged with the Muslim League
C. Congress ceased to exist permanently
D. Extremists controlled the 1908 session
Correct Answer: A
After the split, Moderates dominated the official Congress organization for several years.
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Who was the president-elect associated with the Surat session of 1907?
A. Rash Behari Ghosh
B. Lala Lajpat Rai
C. Bal Gangadhar Tilak
D. Gopal Krishna Gokhale
Correct Answer: A
Rash Behari Ghosh was the Moderate choice for president at Surat.
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At which Congress session did the formal split between Moderates and Extremists occur?
A. Calcutta, 1906
B. Surat, 1907
C. Madras, 1908
D. Lucknow, 1916
Correct Answer: B
The Congress split amid disorder at its Surat session in December 1907.
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Which disagreement surfaced at the Benares session of 1905?
A. Whether to boycott the visit of the Prince of Wales
B. Whether to accept the Cabinet Mission
C. Whether to join the Interim Government
D. Whether to accept Partition in 1947
Correct Answer: A
Tilak and Lajpat Rai favored boycott of the royal visit, while Moderates opposed the step.
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Which four-part programme is associated with the Calcutta session of 1906?
A. Swaraj, Swadeshi, Boycott and National Education
B. Satyagraha, Khilafat, Hijrat and Jihad
C. Elections, ministries, federation and partition
D. Land reform, socialism, planning and nationalization
Correct Answer: A
The session endorsed the main themes of assertive nationalism: Swaraj, Swadeshi, Boycott and National Education.
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What goal was prominently proclaimed by Dadabhai Naoroji at the 1906 Calcutta session?
A. Swaraj
B. Separate electorates
C. Dominion of Burma
D. A federal Pakistan
Correct Answer: A
The 1906 session gave major prominence to Swaraj or self-government.
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Who presided over the historic Calcutta session of 1906?
A. Dadabhai Naoroji
B. Gopal Krishna Gokhale
C. Rash Behari Ghosh
D. Pherozeshah Mehta
Correct Answer: A
Dadabhai Naoroji presided and declared Swaraj the chief remedy for India's problems.
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Besides swadeshi and boycott, which programme was promoted by assertive nationalists?
A. National education
B. Separate communal armies
C. Abolition of vernacular schools
D. Permanent settlement
Correct Answer: A
National education sought institutions less dependent on colonial control.
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Which policy formed the economic core of the Swadeshi Movement?
A. Buying British manufactured goods
B. Using indigenous goods and boycotting foreign goods
C. Ending Indian industry
D. Increasing imports from Britain
Correct Answer: B
Swadeshi encouraged local production and consumption while boycott targeted foreign, especially British, goods.
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Which slogan is most closely associated with Bal Gangadhar Tilak?
A. Swaraj is my birthright and I shall have it
B. Do or Die
C. Jai Hind
D. Inquilab Zindabad
Correct Answer: A
Tilak's famous slogan expressed the Extremist demand for self-rule.
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Which trio is popularly known as 'Lal-Bal-Pal'?
A. Lala Lajpat Rai, Bal Gangadhar Tilak and Bipin Chandra Pal
B. Lal Bahadur Shastri, B.G. Kher and P.C. Ray
C. Lajpat Rai, Badruddin Tyabji and Pherozeshah Mehta
D. Lala Hardayal, Bose and Patel
Correct Answer: A
Lal-Bal-Pal symbolized assertive nationalism in Punjab, Maharashtra and Bengal.
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Which two broad groups increasingly competed within the Congress in the early twentieth century?
A. Liberals and Communists
B. Moderates and Extremists
C. Princes and peasants
D. Unionists and Socialists
Correct Answer: B
The Congress divided between Moderates favoring gradual constitutional reform and Extremists seeking more assertive mass action.
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Who presided over the 1905 Benares session of the Congress?
A. Gopal Krishna Gokhale
B. Bal Gangadhar Tilak
C. Dadabhai Naoroji
D. Lala Lajpat Rai
Correct Answer: A
Gopal Krishna Gokhale presided over the Benares session amid growing opposition to Bengal's partition.
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Which event most directly intensified the Swadeshi Movement and Congress radicalization after 1905?
A. Partition of Bengal
B. Annexation of Sindh
C. Delhi Durbar of 1877
D. Formation of the Simon Commission
Correct Answer: A
Lord Curzon's partition of Bengal in 1905 triggered widespread protest, boycott and swadeshi campaigns.
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What objective was formally stated in the Congress constitution adopted around the 1899 session?
A. Immediate socialist revolution
B. Promotion by constitutional means of the interests and well-being of the people
C. Creation of separate nations
D. Establishment of a hereditary monarchy
Correct Answer: B
The constitution emphasized constitutional methods for advancing the interests and well-being of the people of the Indian Empire.
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Who presided over the 1899 Lucknow session?
A. R.C. Dutt
B. N.G. Chandavarkar
C. Henry Cotton
D. Gopal Krishna Gokhale
Correct Answer: A
Romesh Chunder Dutt presided over the fifteenth Congress session at Lucknow.
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Which issues received special attention at the 1896 Congress session?
A. Famine, plague and poverty
B. Naval expansion
C. Partition of Punjab
D. Separate Muslim statehood
Correct Answer: A
The year was marked by plague and famine, prompting resolutions on poverty and relief.