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ICSE Class 8 Early Indian Nationalism and the Congress — practice questions

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To which graduates did A.O. Hume address his 1883 open letter?Read the answer and worked solution →Why was the first session of Congress moved from Poona to Bombay in 1885?Read the answer and worked solution →At which college in Bombay was the first Congress session held in 1885?Read the answer and worked solution →Who was appointed as the first president of the Indian National Congress?Read the answer and worked solution →How many delegates attended the first session of the Congress in 1885?Read the answer and worked solution →Which Viceroy approved Hume's plan for the first Congress meeting in 1885?Read the answer and worked solution →Who became the first Indian Member of the British House of Commons in 1892?Read the answer and worked solution →In which year was a British branch of the Congress established in London?Read the answer and worked solution →Which theory did early nationalists introduce to expose colonial drain?Read the answer and worked solution →Which leader formed part of the Assertive Nationalist trio 'Lal Bal Pal'?Read the answer and worked solution →Which Marathi weekly newspaper was started by Bal Gangadhar Tilak in 1881?Read the answer and worked solution →Which public festival did Tilak inaugurate to mobilise people in the west?Read the answer and worked solution →At which 1907 session did the Congress formally split into two factions?Read the answer and worked solution →On which date did the Partition of Bengal take effect in 1905?Read the answer and worked solution →Who urged Bengalis to tie rakhis to symbolize unity against partition?Read the answer and worked solution →In which newspaper did Surendranath Banerjee write against separation?Read the answer and worked solution →Which protest society was founded by Banerjee, Palit, and A. M. Bose?Read the answer and worked solution →Who presided over the 1906 Calcutta Congress to preserve party unity?Read the answer and worked solution →Which British monarch announced the annulment of Bengal partition in 1911?Read the answer and worked solution →To which city was the capital of British India shifted in 1911?Read the answer and worked solution →On which date in 1905 was the Swadeshi movement formally proclaimed?Read the answer and worked solution →Who founded the Swadeshi Shipping Company in Tuticorin in October 1906?Read the answer and worked solution →Which landmark book was authored by Dadabhai Naoroji in 1901?Read the answer and worked solution →Which Rabindranath Tagore novel had the Swadeshi movement as its backdrop?Read the answer and worked solution →

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To which graduates did A.O. Hume address his 1883 open letter?

  1. University of Madras
  2. University of Bombay
  3. University of Calcutta
  4. University of Punjab
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Correct answer: C. University of Calcutta

Hume addressed his historic 1883 open letter to graduates of the University of Calcutta.

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Why was the first session of Congress moved from Poona to Bombay in 1885?

  1. Cholera outbreak
  2. Police restriction
  3. Transport strike
  4. Heavy monsoon flood
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Correct answer: A. Cholera outbreak

The initial 1885 session was shifted to Bombay because of a cholera outbreak in Poona.

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At which college in Bombay was the first Congress session held in 1885?

  1. Elphinstone College
  2. Wilson College
  3. St Xavier College
  4. Gokuldas Tejpal
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Correct answer: D. Gokuldas Tejpal

The inaugural session took place at Gokuldas Tejpal Sanskrit College in Bombay.

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