Congress Sessions

The first session of the Indian National Congress was held in:
a) Delhi
b) Bombay
c) Calcutta
d) Pune
✅ b) Bombay
👉 (BPSC 2016) Held in December 1885 under W C Bonnerjee.
Who presided over the Lahore Session of 1929?
a) Mahatma Gandhi
b) Jawaharlal Nehru
c) Motilal Nehru
d) Sardar Patel
✅ b) Jawaharlal Nehru
👉 (BPSC 2017) Purna Swaraj was declared here.
Which INC session passed the resolution of Fundamental Rights and Economic Policy?
a) Calcutta 1928
b) Karachi 1931
c) Lahore 1929
d) Lucknow 1916
✅ b) Karachi 1931
👉 (BPSC 2018) Presided by Sardar Patel.
Who presided over the Gaya Session of the Congress in 1922?
a) Rajendra Prasad
b) C R Das
c) Motilal Nehru
d) Maulana Azad
✅ b) C R Das
👉 (BPSC 2014) He later founded Swaraj Party.
The Swaraj Party was formed after which session?
a) Patna 1933
b) Gaya 1922
c) Kanpur 1925
d) Madras 1927
✅ b) Gaya 1922
👉 (BPSC 2013) Due to conflict on council entry.
In which session did Mahatma Gandhi preside over the Congress?
a) Belgaum 1924
b) Lucknow 1916
c) Karachi 1931
d) Ahmedabad 1921
✅ a) Belgaum 1924
👉 (BPSC 2015) Only session Gandhi presided.
Who presided over the Patna Session of Congress in 1933?
a) Abul Kalam Azad
b) Rajendra Prasad
c) M A Ansari
d) Motilal Nehru
✅ c) M A Ansari
👉 (BPSC 2015) Focus on Harijan welfare and reforms.
The Lucknow Pact was signed in the Congress session of:
a) 1919
b) 1920
c) 1916
d) 1909
✅ c) 1916
👉 (UPPSC 2012) Agreement between Congress and Muslim League.
In which session was the resolution for Complete Independence passed?
a) Bombay 1920
b) Madras 1927
c) Lahore 1929
d) Calcutta 1928
✅ c) Lahore 1929
👉 (UPSC 2021) 26 January declared Independence Day.
Who presided over the Surat Session in 1907 where the Congress split?
a) Dadabhai Naoroji
b) Gopal Krishna Gokhale
c) Rash Behari Ghosh
d) C R Das
✅ c) Rash Behari Ghosh
👉 (BPSC 2012) Moderates vs Extremists.
The first Muslim President of the INC was:
a) M A Ansari
b) Badruddin Tyabji
c) Abul Kalam Azad
d) M A Jinnah
✅ b) Badruddin Tyabji
👉 (UPPSC 2010) Presided in 1887 (Madras).
Who was President at the 1906 Calcutta session?
a) Dadabhai Naoroji
b) Motilal Nehru
c) Tilak
d) Gokhale
✅ a) Dadabhai Naoroji
👉 (BPSC 2011) "Swaraj" was first adopted.
Nehru Report was discussed in which INC session?
a) Lucknow 1916
b) Madras 1927
c) Calcutta 1928
d) Lahore 1929
✅ c) Calcutta 1928
👉 (UPPSC 2013) Recommended Dominion Status.
In which session did the INC first officially oppose the Simon Commission?
a) Madras 1927
b) Lahore 1929
c) Calcutta 1928
d) Lucknow 1931
✅ a) Madras 1927
👉 (BPSC 2017) Led to widespread protests.
Who presided over the Tripuri Session of 1939?
a) Jawaharlal Nehru
b) Rajendra Prasad
c) Subhash Chandra Bose
d) Pattabhi Sitaramayya
✅ c) Subhash Chandra Bose
👉 (UPPSC 2015) He later resigned.
The Congress split in 1969 happened at which session?
a) Bangalore
b) Calcutta
c) Nagpur
d) Bombay
✅ d) Bombay
👉 (UPSC) Indira Gandhi vs Syndicate.
Which INC session was directly connected to Gandhi-Irwin Pact?
a) Calcutta 1928
b) Delhi 1930
c) Karachi 1931
d) Lucknow 1916
✅ c) Karachi 1931
👉 (BPSC) Reaffirmed CDM goals and rights.
In which session did Subhash Bose defeat Gandhi’s nominee?
a) Madras 1927
b) Tripuri 1939
c) Haripura 1938
d) Lucknow 1936
✅ b) Tripuri 1939
👉 (UPPSC 2015) Gandhi supported Pattabhi Sitaramayya.
Gandhi gave the call for Quit India in:
a) Calcutta 1939
b) Bombay 1942
c) Delhi 1940
d) Lucknow 1936
✅ b) Bombay 1942
👉 (BPSC 2020) Launched from Gowalia Tank Maidan.
Where was the session held in which Nehru was elected INC President for the first time?
a) Lucknow
b) Lahore
c) Calcutta
d) Madras
✅ b) Lahore
👉 (BPSC 2018) He replaced Motilal Nehru.
Who was the President of INC during 1919 (Jallianwala year)?
a) Motilal Nehru
b) Madan Mohan Malaviya
c) Annie Besant
d) Hasan Imam
✅ d) Hasan Imam
👉 (State PCS) Moderate leader from Bihar.
The 1937 Haripura session was presided by:
a) Gandhi
b) Rajendra Prasad
c) Subhash Chandra Bose
d) Jawaharlal Nehru
✅ c) Subhash Chandra Bose
👉 First time Bose was elected INC President.
In which session did Gandhi propose Khadi as national cloth?
a) Belgaum 1924
b) Nagpur 1920
c) Karachi 1931
d) Calcutta 1928
✅ b) Nagpur 1920
👉 (UPSC) Emphasized Swadeshi and boycott.
Who was the INC President in 1920 Calcutta session?
a) Lala Lajpat Rai
b) C R Das
c) B C Pal
d) Lala Lajpat Rai
✅ d) Lala Lajpat Rai
👉 (State PCS) Gandhi’s NCM got approval.
The INC session at Kanpur in 1925 was presided by:
a) Sarojini Naidu
b) M A Ansari
c) Motilal Nehru
d) Dr. Rajendra Prasad
✅ a) Sarojini Naidu
👉 First Indian woman President.
In which session was "Poorna Swaraj" declared as the goal?
a) Madras 1927
b) Calcutta 1928
c) Lahore 1929
d) Bombay 1930
✅ c) Lahore 1929
👉 Reaffirmed in Karachi 1931.
The idea of Basic Education (Nai Talim) was accepted by INC in:
a) Haripura 1938
b) Wardha 1937
c) Belgaum 1924
d) Karachi 1931
✅ b) Wardha 1937
👉 (BPSC) Gandhi's model of education.
In which session did the Congress adopt the tricolour flag for the first time?
a) Calcutta 1928
b) Lahore 1929
c) Belgaum 1924
d) Madras 1927
✅ b) Lahore 1929
👉 To symbolize unity and swaraj.
Who presided over the INC session at Calcutta in 1928?
a) Motilal Nehru
b) Gandhi
c) Patel
d) Rajendra Prasad
✅ a) Motilal Nehru
👉 Presented Nehru Report draft.
What was the main resolution of the 1931 Karachi session?
a) Quit India
b) Fundamental Rights
c) Poona Pact
d) Hindu Code Bill
✅ b) Fundamental Rights
👉 (UPSC) Emphasized economic and social justice.

Indian National Congress Sessions – MCQs 31–50 (BPSC Focus)

The 1924 Belgaum session of Congress was important because:
a) Gandhi presided it
b) Swaraj Party formed
c) Poona Pact signed
d) Nehru elected President
✅ a) Gandhi presided it
👉 This was the only INC session presided by Mahatma Gandhi.
Which session saw the emergence of the Socialist wing in Congress?
a) Karachi 1931
b) Faizpur 1936
c) Lahore 1929
d) Bombay 1930
✅ b) Faizpur 1936
👉 First rural venue; Nehru presided; focus on peasants.
In which session was "Purna Swaraj" for the first time demanded formally?
a) Lahore 1929
b) Karachi 1931
c) Calcutta 1928
d) Tripuri 1939
✅ a) Lahore 1929
👉 Nehru presided; January 26 declared Independence Day.
The Congress Socialist Party was formed in:
a) Bombay 1934
b) Patna 1933
c) Faizpur 1936
d) Lucknow 1936
✅ a) Bombay 1934
👉 Founded by J P Narayan, Acharya Narendra Dev.
Who presided over the 1938 Haripura session of INC?
a) Subhash Chandra Bose
b) Jawaharlal Nehru
c) Pattabhi Sitaramayya
d) Gandhi
✅ a) Subhash Chandra Bose
👉 Gave industrial push in Congress policy.
The 1939 Tripuri session was marked by:
a) Split with Gandhi
b) Lahore Resolution
c) End of Civil Disobedience
d) Quit India resolution
✅ a) Split with Gandhi
👉 Bose won presidency but had to resign.
In which INC session did Rajendra Prasad play a prominent role against council entry?
a) Gaya 1922
b) Kanpur 1925
c) Belgaum 1924
d) Tripuri 1939
✅ a) Gaya 1922
👉 He opposed C R Das’s resolution on council entry.
Which INC session adopted the resolution to observe January 26 as Independence Day?
a) Madras 1927
b) Lahore 1929
c) Karachi 1931
d) Calcutta 1928
✅ b) Lahore 1929
👉 Formal declaration of Purna Swaraj.
The first rural venue of INC session was:
a) Faizpur 1936
b) Gaya 1922
c) Patna 1933
d) Haripura 1938
✅ a) Faizpur 1936
👉 Reflected Gandhi’s emphasis on villages.
Who among the following was INC President at the time of the 1935 Government of India Act?
a) Nehru
b) Subhash Bose
c) Rajendra Prasad
d) Bhulabhai Desai
✅ a) Nehru
👉 Nehru presided over 1936 session at Lucknow.
Which session adopted the resolution rejecting the Cripps Proposal?
a) Ramgarh 1940
b) Bombay 1942
c) Calcutta 1941
d) Tripuri 1939
✅ a) Ramgarh 1940
👉 Presided by Maulana Azad.
The last session of INC before Independence was held in:
a) Delhi 1946
b) Calcutta 1947
c) Meerut 1946
d) Bombay 1946
✅ b) Calcutta 1947
👉 J B Kripalani was the President.
In which session was the boycott of British goods strongly emphasized?
a) Nagpur 1920
b) Lahore 1929
c) Calcutta 1928
d) Karachi 1931
✅ a) Nagpur 1920
👉 Non-Cooperation movement formalized.
What was the venue of the 1946 INC session?
a) Lucknow
b) Calcutta
c) Delhi
d) Patna
✅ b) Calcutta
👉 J B Kripalani presided just before Independence.
Who presided over the Calcutta session of INC in 1920 before Gandhi launched NCM?
a) Lala Lajpat Rai
b) C R Das
c) Subhash Bose
d) Annie Besant
✅ a) Lala Lajpat Rai
👉 Support for Gandhi’s NCM was approved here.
Who was elected President of INC twice in 1938 and 1939?
a) Subhash Chandra Bose
b) Nehru
c) Gandhi
d) Patel
✅ a) Subhash Chandra Bose
👉 He defeated Gandhi-backed candidate in 1939.
Who was INC President at the time of Quit India Movement?
a) Gandhi
b) J B Kripalani
c) Rajendra Prasad
d) Nehru
✅ b) J B Kripalani
👉 He was President during 1942 session.
What was the major outcome of the Kanpur Session 1925?
a) Emphasis on Harijan cause
b) First woman president
c) Gandhi-Irwin Pact
d) Launch of CDM
✅ b) First woman president
👉 Sarojini Naidu presided the session.
The INC session of 1917 was presided by the first woman—who was she?
a) Sarojini Naidu
b) Annie Besant
c) Aruna Asaf Ali
d) Sucheta Kriplani
✅ b) Annie Besant
👉 First female President of INC, 1917 (Calcutta).
What was the major resolution of the Faizpur Session, 1936?
a) Formation of Socialist Party
b) Focus on peasant issues
c) Khilafat support
d) Separate electorate support
✅ b) Focus on peasant issues
👉 Reflected shift to agrarian concerns under Nehru.

Indian National Congress Sessions in Bihar 50 MCQs (BPSC Focus)

Where was the Indian National Congress session held in 1922?
a) Patna
b) Gaya
c) Ranchi
d) Motihari
✅ b) Gaya
Who presided over the Gaya Session of 1922?
a) Mahatma Gandhi
b) Motilal Nehru
c) C R Das
d) Rajendra Prasad
✅ c) C R Das
What key issue was debated at the Gaya Session?
a) Simon Commission boycott
b) Separate electorates
c) Entry into Legislative Councils
d) Formation of INC
✅ c) Entry into Legislative Councils
Which new political group emerged from the Gaya Session?
a) Congress Socialist Party
b) Forward Bloc
c) Swaraj Party
d) Muslim League
✅ c) Swaraj Party
Who strongly opposed council entry at the Gaya session?
a) Motilal Nehru
b) Rajendra Prasad
c) Lala Lajpat Rai
d) Annie Besant
✅ b) Rajendra Prasad
Why did Gandhi not support the Swaraj Party idea?
a) Believed in complete independence
b) Believed in boycott of all British institutions
c) Supported violent revolution
d) Wanted dominion status first
✅ b) Believed in boycott of all British institutions
When was the Congress session held in Patna?
a) 1920
b) 1922
c) 1933
d) 1939
✅ c) 1933
Who was the President of the INC during the 1933 Patna Session?
a) Rajendra Prasad
b) M A Ansari
c) Nehru
d) Sardar Patel
✅ b) M A Ansari
What was the main social issue discussed at Patna in 1933?
a) Communal representation
b) Harijan upliftment
c) Temple entry
d) Women’s rights
✅ b) Harijan upliftment
What was Gandhi’s condition during the 1933 Patna Session?
a) President of INC
b) Leading the session
c) In prison
d) On fast
✅ c) In prison
The Swaraj Party was primarily founded to:
a) Demand complete independence
b) Enter councils and oppose British from inside
c) Support Swadeshi
d) Launch Quit India
✅ b) Enter councils and oppose British from inside
Who were the main leaders of the Swaraj Party?
a) Nehru and Bose
b) Gandhi and Tilak
c) C R Das and Motilal Nehru
d) Patel and Gokhale
✅ c) C R Das and Motilal Nehru
In which session did Congress first split on the issue of council entry?
a) Nagpur 1920
b) Patna 1933
c) Gaya 1922
d) Lucknow 1916
✅ c) Gaya 1922
Which Bihar-based leader later became the first President of India?
a) Rajendra Prasad
b) Anugrah Narayan Sinha
c) M A Ansari
d) Jayaprakash Narayan
✅ a) Rajendra Prasad
The Patna Session of 1933 was a follow-up to which historic agreement?
a) Poona Pact
b) Gandhi-Irwin Pact
c) Lucknow Pact
d) Delhi Pact
✅ a) Poona Pact
The primary reason for holding Congress sessions in Bihar was:
a) Local support
b) Anti-British stronghold
c) Growing regional leadership
d) Gandhi's Bihar roots
✅ c) Growing regional leadership
Which movement was active during the Patna 1933 session?
a) Non-Cooperation
b) Civil Disobedience
c) Quit India
d) Khilafat
✅ b) Civil Disobedience
Gaya Session is significant in Bihar’s political history because:
a) It introduced socialism
b) It split the Congress
c) It demanded Purna Swaraj
d) It gave reservation to Dalits
✅ b) It split the Congress
Which of the following is true about the Gaya session?
a) Gandhi presided over it
b) Bose formed Forward Bloc there
c) Swaraj Party was born from its resolution
d) Patna was the venue
✅ c) Swaraj Party was born from its resolution
M A Ansari was a leader from:
a) Bengal
b) Uttar Pradesh
c) Bihar
d) Delhi
✅ d) Delhi
What role did Rajendra Prasad play at Patna session?
a) President
b) Chairperson of Social Committee
c) Organizer and speaker
d) In jail
✅ c) Organizer and speaker
Which INC session is associated with Dalit upliftment in Bihar?
a) Gaya 1922
b) Patna 1933
c) Champaran 1917
d) Bhagalpur 1931
✅ b) Patna 1933
The Poona Pact dealt with:
a) Independence
b) Muslim League demands
c) Harijan electorates
d) Women’s suffrage
✅ c) Harijan electorates
What publication supported Swaraj Party’s views?
a) Young India
b) Hind Swaraj
c) The Independent
d) Harijan
✅ c) The Independent
What ideology did Swaraj Party oppose?
a) Socialism
b) Non-violence
c) Boycott of legislature
d) Gandhi's fast
✅ c) Boycott of legislature
Gandhi's ideology clashed with C R Das on:
a) Education
b) Foreign policy
c) Economic policy
d) Council entry
✅ d) Council entry
Who was a prominent speaker from Bihar during the Patna 1933 session?
a) Jayaprakash Narayan
b) Rajendra Prasad
c) S N Sinha
d) Ram Subhag Singh
✅ b) Rajendra Prasad
Which INC session followed after Patna 1933?
a) Faizpur 1936
b) Tripuri 1939
c) Bombay 1934
d) Lucknow 1936
✅ c) Bombay 1934
Which Bihar session took place right after Gandhi's jail term began in 1933?
a) Gaya
b) Motihari
c) Patna
d) Arrah
✅ c) Patna
Which INC leader resigned after Gaya session failed to adopt his resolution?
a) Gandhi
b) C R Das
c) Rajendra Prasad
d) Motilal Nehru
✅ b) C R Das

...## Congress Sessions in Bihar – MCQs 31–50 (BPSC NCERT + Predicted)

What was the reaction of the Gandhi group to the formation of Swaraj Party?
a) Complete support
b) Violent resistance
c) Reluctant acceptance
d) Neutrality
✅ c) Reluctant acceptance
👉 Gandhi disagreed but allowed constitutional opposition within INC.
Which document was adopted shortly before the Patna Session (1933)?
a) Nehru Report
b) Poona Pact
c) August Offer
d) Simon Report
✅ b) Poona Pact
👉 Signed in 1932 between Gandhi and Ambedkar; basis for Harijan focus.
Which of the following movements was directly affected by the Gaya Session outcome?
a) Khilafat
b) Civil Disobedience
c) Non-Cooperation
d) Quit India
✅ c) Non-Cooperation
👉 Gaya session followed its withdrawal; led to formation of Swarajists.
The Gaya Session led to which kind of split within Congress?
a) Regional
b) Communal
c) Ideological
d) Electoral
✅ c) Ideological
👉 Moderates (Swarajists) vs Gandhians on council participation.
What was one of the key objectives of Swaraj Party formed in 1923?
a) Separate nation
b) Peasant revolution
c) Enter councils and wreck government from within
d) Support British reforms
✅ c) Enter councils and wreck government from within
👉 Strategy of “Council entry obstructionism.”
In 1933, INC sessions like Patna began focusing more on:
a) Civil liberties
b) Upliftment of oppressed castes
c) Industrialization
d) Military training
✅ b) Upliftment of oppressed castes
👉 Gandhi launched Harijan campaign post-Poona Pact.
Who served as INC President between Gaya and Patna sessions?
a) Motilal Nehru
b) Abul Kalam Azad
c) Vallabhbhai Patel
d) Jawaharlal Nehru
✅ d) Jawaharlal Nehru
👉 Lahore 1929 & Karachi 1931 were in this interval.
Which Bihar city hosted an INC session during CDM era?
a) Gaya
b) Patna
c) Ranchi
d) Purnea
✅ b) Patna
👉 1933 session during second phase of Civil Disobedience.
What was Rajendra Prasad’s political role at Gaya session?
a) President
b) Neutral observer
c) Spokesperson for Gandhi faction
d) Council resolution supporter
✅ c) Spokesperson for Gandhi faction
👉 Advocated for boycott line.
Which local paper supported Swaraj Party after Gaya?
a) The Hindu
b) Leader
c) Searchlight (Patna)
d) Young India
✅ c) Searchlight (Patna)
👉 Prominent pro-nationalist press from Bihar.
The outcome of the Gaya session caused what in Congress?
a) Loss of credibility
b) Mass resignations
c) Emergence of dual strategy within party
d) Collapse of INC
✅ c) Emergence of dual strategy within party
👉 Council-entry Swarajists vs No-entry Gandhians.
In the Patna session, Dalit rights were discussed under the theme of:
a) Minority protection
b) Harijan upliftment
c) Anti-reservation
d) Universal franchise
✅ b) Harijan upliftment
👉 Inspired by Gandhi’s Harijan Sevak Sangh.
Who among these did not attend the Patna 1933 session due to imprisonment?
a) Gandhi
b) Nehru
c) Rajendra Prasad
d) M A Ansari
✅ a) Gandhi
👉 He was in jail during the session.
Which Congress leader from Bihar later became President of the Indian National Congress?
a) Jayaprakash Narayan
b) Rajendra Prasad
c) Anugrah Narayan Sinha
d) S N Sinha
✅ b) Rajendra Prasad
👉 He also became the first President of independent India.
INC's Bihar sessions helped strengthen the movement in which key region?
a) Bombay Presidency
b) Awadh
c) Bihar-Orissa
d) Telangana
✅ c) Bihar-Orissa
👉 Local nationalism was institutionalized.
What did Gandhi expect from the Patna session in 1933?
a) Civil Disobedience revival
b) Khilafat revival
c) Social reform direction
d) Quit India declaration
✅ c) Social reform direction
👉 Gandhi had turned focus to anti-untouchability post-1932.
Which was the only INC session Gandhi presided?
a) Patna 1933
b) Faizpur 1936
c) Gaya 1922
d) Belgaum 1924
✅ d) Belgaum 1924
👉 All Bihar sessions had other presidents.
Which theme was absent in Gaya and Patna sessions?
a) Swaraj
b) Dalit welfare
c) Temple entry
d) Partition of India
✅ d) Partition of India
👉 It became prominent only post-1940.
How did Swaraj Party perform in elections post-Gaya session?
a) Boycotted
b) Lost badly
c) Formed opposition in councils
d) Gained British support
✅ c) Formed opposition in councils
👉 They obstructed colonial lawmaking within assemblies.
Which resolution was central to the 1933 Patna session?
a) Purna Swaraj
b) Temple entry
c) Harijan welfare and social justice
d) Quit India
✅ c) Harijan welfare and social justice
👉 Patna session pivoted to Gandhi's social reform agenda.