EXERCISE-FOUNDATION OF INC

1A. Fill in the blanks
i. ____ was one of the founders of the Indian National Congress. (Alan Octavain Hume, Lord Ripon, Lord Dufferin) 
ii. The first session of the Indian National Congress was held at ______. (Delhi, Calcutta, Mumbai) 
iii. The four fold programme of the Congress was announced from the Congress platform by ______. (Justice Ranade, Dadabhai Nawrojee, Hon. Gokhale) 
1B. 
Match the followings 
a:
i. Foundation of Indian National Congress Surendranath Banerjee.
(March 2001)
ii. President of the first session of the 
Congress A. O Hume
iii. The Economic Drain W. C Bannerjee. 
Dadabhai Nawrojee
2. Write the answer of the following in 2-3 sentences. 
i. What were the objectives of the Indian National Congress at the outset? (March 96, 99)
ii. What were the demands of the Moderates? (Oct. 98)
iii. Which policies were adopted by the British to dissipate the increasing strength of the Indian National Congress? (Oct. 97)
3. Give Reasons in two-three sentences.
i. The British government also supported the foundation of the Indian National Congress. (March 98, 00)
ii. The role of Hume was beneficial to the Indian leaders. (Oct. 96, 99)
iii. The government imposed restrictions on the Congress. 
iv. The Indian leaders accepted the leadership of Sir Allen Hume in the foundation of the Indian National Congress. (Oct. 99)
v. The Indian Nationalism and Indian national Congress were the results of the British rule.
vi. Lord Ripon is called a liberal Governor General. 
vii. It became difficult for Justice Ranade to take active part in the functioning of Indian National Congress. 
viii. A few years after the establishment of Indian National Congress, the British Government imposed restrictions on it. (March 2001)
ix. The policies of the British Government were responsible for the poverty in India. 
x. The British government policy of sympathy toward Indian National Congress came to an end. 
4. Write answer of the following in 5-6 sentences.
i. Explain Dadabhai Nawrojee’s Economic Drain theory.
ii. What were the demands of Congress during the Moderate period?
iii. What was the contribution of moderates to India’s freedom struggle?
iv. Trace the policies the Indian National Congress and the Congress leadership during the period between 1885-1905. 
v. Explain the background of the foundation of the Indian National Congress
Or
Methods of functioning of the Indian National Congress during the moderate Phase.
Question : 5 Write the answer of following in 20 lines
i. Describe the stages of Indian National Congress with the help of following points. (March 98)
1) Background of the Indian National Congress.
2) Foundation.
3) Policy of the British.
ii. Describe the importance of the moderate politics with the help of the following points. 
1) The base for freedom struggle.
2) The seeds of constitutional politics.
3) Criticism of government politics.

Other Important Examination Question
1A. Fill in the blanks
i. The middle class started a constitutional agitation after founding an all Indian political association called _______. (National Conference, Indian National Congress, All Party National Conference.)
ii. The London Indian Association, East India Association, National Indian Association and Indian Society were founded in ______. (London, Kolkatta, Mumbai). 
iii. Swaraj, Swadeshi, National Education and Boycott was the new programme adopted by Congress in ______. (1906, 1907, 1909)
1B. 
Match the followings 
i. Surat Split (March 00, 01) 1907
ii. Dababhai as president of Congress 1906
iii. Moderate period 1885 – 1905
iv. Extremist Period 1905 - 1920
1C
Writing the following events in the ascending order sequence. 
i. Moderate period
ii. Extremist period
iii. Gandhian period 
2. Write the answer of the following in 2-3 sentences. 
i. What was the main feature of Moderate Politics? 
ii. Write any two main contribution of Dadabhai Nawrojee to the Nationalist movement of India. 
iii. What was the message of Dadabhai Nawrojee for the agitation for National movement? 
3. Give Reasons in two-three sentences.
i. Attitude of the British government changed towards the Moderates. 
ii. There was rise of sense of unity among the Indians in the later part of the 19th century. 
iii. The British government supported the foundation of Indian National Congress in its beginning. 
4. Write answer of the following in 5-6 sentences.
i. What were the objectives of the Indian National Congress? 
ii. What were the demands of Moderates? 
iii. What were the major achievements of the Moderates? 
Question : 5 Write the answer of following in 20 lines
1. Why did the attitude of the British Government changed towards the Congress during the Moderate period?