Moderates

National-Level (1–30)

The first phase of the Indian National Congress is known as:
a) Revolutionary Phase
b) Extremist Phase
c) Moderate Phase
d) Gandhian Phase
✅ c) Moderate Phase
Which of the following was NOT a Moderate leader?
a) Dadabhai Naoroji
b) Gopal Krishna Gokhale
c) Lala Lajpat Rai
d) W C Bonnerjee
✅ c) Lala Lajpat Rai
What was the political goal of the Moderates?
a) Complete independence
b) Armed revolution
c) Constitutional and administrative reforms
d) Religious revivalism
✅ c) Constitutional and administrative reforms
Who was called the "Grand Old Man of India"?
a) Gopal Krishna Gokhale
b) Bal Gangadhar Tilak
c) Dadabhai Naoroji
d) M G Ranade
✅ c) Dadabhai Naoroji
Who was the founder of the Indian National Congress?
a) W C Bonnerjee
b) A O Hume
c) Dadabhai Naoroji
d) Badruddin Tyabji
✅ b) A O Hume
Which Moderate leader is associated with the "Drain of Wealth" theory?
a) Gopal Krishna Gokhale
b) Dadabhai Naoroji
c) Surendranath Banerjee
d) M G Ranade
✅ b) Dadabhai Naoroji
The 1905 Partition of Bengal led to the:
a) Formation of INC
b) End of Extremists
c) Rise of Revolutionary Terrorism
d) End of Moderate Phase
✅ d) End of Moderate Phase
Which INC session was presided by Badruddin Tyabji?
a) Bombay 1885
b) Madras 1887
c) Calcutta 1906
d) Lahore 1929
✅ b) Madras 1887
Who started the Servants of India Society?
a) Bal Gangadhar Tilak
b) M G Ranade
c) Gopal Krishna Gokhale
d) Dadabhai Naoroji
✅ c) Gopal Krishna Gokhale
What was the main demand of the Moderates in their early resolutions?
a) Complete Swaraj
b) Indianisation of Civil Services
c) Separate electorates
d) Hindu-Muslim unity
✅ b) Indianisation of Civil Services
Which of the following was a key method used by Moderates?
a) Mass agitation
b) Armed rebellion
c) Petitions and resolutions
d) Guerrilla warfare
✅ c) Petitions and resolutions
In which INC session was the demand for Indianisation of civil services raised?
a) Lahore 1929
b) Calcutta 1906
c) Allahabad 1891
d) Madras 1887
✅ d) Madras 1887
The early Moderate leaders were primarily drawn from:
a) Peasants
b) Zamindars
c) Western-educated elite
d) Artisans
✅ c) Western-educated elite
Who wrote Poverty and Un-British Rule in India?
a) Mahatma Gandhi
b) R C Dutt
c) Dadabhai Naoroji
d) M G Ranade
✅ c) Dadabhai Naoroji
The INC demanded simultaneous civil service exams in India and England from:
a) 1885 onwards
b) 1890 onwards
c) 1905 onwards
d) 1920 onwards
✅ a) 1885 onwards
Which of the following leaders did NOT belong to the Moderate phase?
a) M G Ranade
b) G K Gokhale
c) Surendranath Banerjee
d) Bal Gangadhar Tilak
✅ d) Bal Gangadhar Tilak
The term “Economic Drain” was used by:
a) R C Dutt
b) M G Ranade
c) Gopal Krishna Gokhale
d) W C Bonnerjee
✅ a) R C Dutt
Which British official called Congress a “microscopic minority”?
a) Lord Curzon
b) Lord Ripon
c) Lord Dufferin
d) Lord Hardinge
✅ c) Lord Dufferin
Who was the first Indian elected to British Parliament?
a) Mahatma Gandhi
b) S N Sinha
c) Dadabhai Naoroji
d) Jawaharlal Nehru
✅ c) Dadabhai Naoroji
The Moderate phase ended with the:
a) Champaran Satyagraha
b) Partition of Bengal
c) Rowlatt Act
d) Dandi March
✅ b) Partition of Bengal
Which Moderate was known for economic nationalism?
a) M G Ranade
b) Surendranath Banerjee
c) Gopal Krishna Gokhale
d) Dadabhai Naoroji
✅ d) Dadabhai Naoroji
The term "Drain Theory" refers to:
a) Migration of Indians to Britain
b) Export of British goods
c) British economic exploitation of India
d) Indian investment in British banks
✅ c) British economic exploitation of India
Who wrote The Economic History of India?
a) M G Ranade
b) G K Gokhale
c) R C Dutt
d) W C Bonnerjee
✅ c) R C Dutt
Who was a Moderate economist and social reformer?
a) Tilak
b) Ranade
c) Bipin Chandra Pal
d) Bhagat Singh
✅ b) Ranade
The demand for Swaraj was first made by the Moderates in:
a) 1885
b) 1892
c) 1906
d) 1929
✅ c) 1906
What did the Moderates believe about British rule?
a) It should end through armed struggle
b) It was evil from the beginning
c) It had benefits, but now harmful
d) Indians should settle in England
✅ c) It had benefits, but now harmful
Which was NOT a demand of the Moderates?
a) Separate electorates
b) Expansion of Legislative Councils
c) Freedom of press
d) Reduction in military expenditure
✅ a) Separate electorates
The Gokhale-Tilak split was mainly about:
a) Religious policies
b) Council entry
c) Foreign policy
d) Economic reforms
✅ b) Council entry
Who founded Ripon College and was famous for oratory?
a) Surendranath Banerjee
b) Ranade
c) Naoroji
d) Tyabji
✅ a) Surendranath Banerjee
The Moderate attitude toward British rule was:
a) Anti-British and revolutionary
b) Cooperative but reformist
c) Pro-Partition
d) Neutral
✅ b) Cooperative but reformist

Bihar-Focused (31–50)

Which Bihar leader is linked to Moderate nationalism?
a) Rajendra Prasad
b) Syed Imdad Ali
c) S N Sinha
d) Anugrah Narayan Sinha
✅ c) S N Sinha
Who from Bihar became first Indian member of British Cabinet?
a) Rajendra Prasad
b) S N Sinha
c) Jagjivan Ram
d) J B Kripalani
✅ b) S N Sinha
Bihar leaders joined Congress prominently in:
a) Bombay 1885
b) Madras 1887
c) Allahabad 1891
d) Calcutta 1906
✅ b) Madras 1887
Bihar Moderates used which political strategy?
a) Armed struggle
b) Petitions and reforms
c) Parallel government
d) Communal division
✅ b) Petitions and reforms
Early support for Congress in Bihar came from:
a) Peasants
b) Lawyers and landlords
c) Tribals
d) Zamindars only
✅ b) Lawyers and landlords
Which publication supported Bihar’s Moderates?
a) Searchlight
b) Kesari
c) Harijan
d) Vande Mataram
✅ a) Searchlight
S N Sinha belonged to which social class?
a) Revolutionaries
b) Zamindars
c) Western-educated professionals
d) Industrialists
✅ c) Western-educated professionals
S N Sinha’s notable legal post was:
a) Chief Justice
b) Advocate-General of Bengal
c) Solicitor General
d) Governor of Patna
✅ b) Advocate-General of Bengal
Bihar Moderate politics declined after:
a) 1919
b) Champaran Satyagraha
c) Simon Commission
d) Poona Pact
✅ b) Champaran Satyagraha
Bihar Moderates were involved mainly in:
a) Satyagraha
b) Press and legal reforms
c) Peasant unions
d) Rail strikes
✅ b) Press and legal reforms
What was shared between Bihar and national Moderates?
a) Revolutionary violence
b) Loyalty to the Crown
c) Divide-and-rule
d) Armed rebellion
✅ b) Loyalty to the Crown
Bihar Moderate leaders were active mainly in:
a) Gaya
b) Patna
c) Arrah
d) Ranchi
✅ b) Patna
Which reform did Moderates welcome?
a) Rowlatt Act
b) Morley-Minto Reforms
c) Government of India Act 1935
d) Vernacular Press Act
✅ b) Morley-Minto Reforms
Bihar Moderates also supported:
a) Muslim League
b) INA
c) Home Rule League
d) Congress Socialist Party
✅ c) Home Rule League
Why did Bihar Moderates decline?
a) Muslim League rise
b) Press ban
c) Gandhi's mass movement
d) Hindu Mahasabha
✅ c) Gandhi's mass movement
First Indian made Lord in British Parliament:
a) Gokhale
b) S N Sinha
c) Motilal Nehru
d) Patel
✅ b) S N Sinha
INC session linked with S N Sinha’s national rise:
a) Lahore 1929
b) Calcutta 1906
c) Allahabad 1891
d) Delhi 1919
✅ c) Allahabad 1891
Key failure of Bihar Moderates:
a) No press
b) No links with zamindars
c) Weak caste base
d) No mass outreach
✅ d) No mass outreach
Who from Bihar joined 1st Round Table Conference?
a) Rajendra Prasad
b) Lord Sinha
c) Anugrah Sinha
d) S K Sinha
✅ b) Lord Sinha
The Bihar Moderate legacy helped in:
a) Muslim League rise
b) Azad Hind Fauj
c) Gandhian groundwork
d) Separate electorate
✅ c) Gandhian groundwork