Multiple Choice Questions (MCQs) with answers on “The Role of Assam in the Indian National Congress”
- Who was the first prominent leader from Assam to join the Indian National Congress (INC)?
- a) Gopinath Bordoloi
- b) Syed Mohammad Saadulla
- c) Chandra Kumar Agarwala
- d) Bishnuram Medhi
Answer: c) Chandra Kumar Agarwala
- Which Assamese leader played a crucial role in the formation of the Assam Pradesh Congress Committee (APCC) in 1921?
- a) Gopinath Bordoloi
- b) Syed Mohammad Saadulla
- c) Bishnuram Medhi
- d) Kanaklata Barua
Answer: a) Gopinath Bordoloi
- In which year did Assam become a part of the Indian National Congress as a full-fledged unit?
- a) 1920
- b) 1921
- c) 1930
- d) 1942
Answer: b) 1921
- Who was the President of the Assam Pradesh Congress Committee (APCC) during the 1930s?
- a) Gopinath Bordoloi
- b) Chandra Kumar Agarwala
- c) Bishnuram Medhi
- d) Syed Mohammad Saadulla
Answer: b) Chandra Kumar Agarwala
- Which Assamese leader was a member of the All India Congress Committee (AICC) and actively participated in the Quit India Movement?
- a) Gopinath Bordoloi
- b) Syed Mohammad Saadulla
- c) Chandra Kumar Agarwala
- d) Bishnuram Medhi
Answer: a) Gopinath Bordoloi
- Which prominent Assamese leader was known for his advocacy of the integration of Assam with the Indian National Congress in the early 20th century?
- a) Gopinath Bordoloi
- b) Chandra Kumar Agarwala
- c) Syed Mohammad Saadulla
- d) Biswanath Chakraborty
Answer: a) Gopinath Bordoloi
- Which Congress leader from Assam served as the Chief Minister of Assam after independence and was a key figure in the Indian National Congress?
- a) Gopinath Bordoloi
- b) Syed Mohammad Saadulla
- c) Bishnuram Medhi
- d) Kamakhya Prasad Tassa
Answer: a) Gopinath Bordoloi
- Who was the Assamese Congress leader who represented Assam in the Constituent Assembly of India?
- a) Gopinath Bordoloi
- b) Chandra Kumar Agarwala
- c) Syed Mohammad Saadulla
- d) Bishnuram Medhi
Answer: a) Gopinath Bordoloi
- In which decade did the Assam Pradesh Congress Committee (APCC) first gain significant political traction?
- a) 1910s
- b) 1920s
- c) 1930s
- d) 1940s
Answer: b) 1920s
- Which Assamese Congress leader was known for his role in the 1942 Quit India Movement and subsequent imprisonment?
- a) Gopinath Bordoloi
- b) Chandra Kumar Agarwala
- c) Syed Mohammad Saadulla
- d) Bishnuram Medhi
Answer: a) Gopinath Bordoloi
- Who was the Congress leader from Assam who played a significant role in the Assamese language and literature movement in the 20th century?
- a) Chandra Kumar Agarwala
- b) Gopinath Bordoloi
- c) Bishnuram Medhi
- d) Syed Mohammad Saadulla
Answer: b) Gopinath Bordoloi
- Which Assamese leader served as the President of the Assam Pradesh Congress Committee (APCC) during the partition of India in 1947?
- a) Syed Mohammad Saadulla
- b) Gopinath Bordoloi
- c) Bishnuram Medhi
- d) Chandra Kumar Agarwala
Answer: b) Gopinath Bordoloi
- Who was the Chief Minister of Assam who played a key role in the Assam Accord negotiations in the 1980s?
- a) Golap Borbora
- b) Golap Borbora
- c) Golap Borbora
- d) Golap Borbora
Answer: a) Golap Borbora
- Which Assamese leader was known for his strong stance on Assamese identity and played a crucial role in the Indian National Congress in the early 20th century?
- a) Gopinath Bordoloi
- b) Chandra Kumar Agarwala
- c) Syed Mohammad Saadulla
- d) Bishnuram Medhi
Answer: a) Gopinath Bordoloi
- Which Assam-based Congress leader became the first Indian to be elected as a member of the British Parliament?
- a) Gopinath Bordoloi
- b) Syed Mohammad Saadulla
- c) Bishnuram Medhi
- d) Chandra Kumar Agarwala
Answer: b) Syed Mohammad Saadulla
- Which Assamese Congress leader was known for his contributions to the Assam Cooperative Movement?
- a) Bishnuram Medhi
- b) Gopinath Bordoloi
- c) Chandra Kumar Agarwala
- d) Syed Mohammad Saadulla
Answer: a) Bishnuram Medhi
- In which year did Assam see the formation of the Assam Pradesh Congress Committee (APCC) as a major political force?
- a) 1931
- b) 1942
- c) 1952
- d) 1962
Answer: a) 1931
- Which leader from Assam was known for his participation in the anti-colonial struggle and later became a member of the Indian National Congress Working Committee?
- a) Gopinath Bordoloi
- b) Syed Mohammad Saadulla
- c) Chandra Kumar Agarwala
- d) Bishnuram Medhi
Answer: a) Gopinath Bordoloi
- Who was the first Assamese to serve as a Member of the Indian National Congress Central Working Committee?
- a) Gopinath Bordoloi
- b) Chandra Kumar Agarwala
- c) Syed Mohammad Saadulla
- d) Bishnuram Medhi
Answer: b) Chandra Kumar Agarwala
- Which Assamese leader was known for his support of the Congress Socialist Party, a faction within the Indian National Congress?
- a) Bishnuram Medhi
- b) Gopinath Bordoloi
- c) Syed Mohammad Saadulla
- d) Chandra Kumar Agarwala
Answer: a) Bishnuram Medhi
- Which Assam-based Congress leader was instrumental in the post-independence reorganization of Assam’s administrative structure?
- a) Gopinath Bordoloi
- b) Syed Mohammad Saadulla
- c) Bishnuram Medhi
- d) Chandra Kumar Agarwala
Answer: a) Gopinath Bordoloi
- Which leader from Assam was involved in drafting the early policies of the Indian National Congress related to the Northeast region?
- a) Chandra Kumar Agarwala
- b) Syed Mohammad Saadulla
- c) Bishnuram Medhi
- d) Gopinath Bordoloi
Answer: d) Gopinath Bordoloi
- Which Assamese leader’s leadership was crucial in the formation of the Assam Legislative Assembly under the Indian National Congress?
- a) Gopinath Bordoloi
- b) Chandra Kumar Agarwala
- c) Syed Mohammad Saadulla
- d) Bishnuram Medhi
Answer: a) Gopinath Bordoloi
- Which film made by Assamese director Bhabendra Nath Saikia reflects the political struggles and social issues in Assam during the Congress era?
- a) “Dr. Bezbaruah”
- b) “Aparoopa”
- c) “Kothanodi”
- d) “Halodhia Choraye Baodhan Khai”
Answer: b) “Aparoopa”
- Which Assamese Congress leader was known for his efforts to integrate various ethnic groups into the broader Congress movement?
- a) Syed Mohammad Saadulla
- b) Gopinath Bordoloi
- c) Bishnuram Medhi
- d) Chandra Kumar Agarwala
Answer: a) Syed Mohammad Saadulla
- Which Assamese leader was the first to take up the role of a Congress delegate in the All India Congress Committee’s sessions?
- a) Bishnuram Medhi
- b) Chandra Kumar Agarwala
- c) Syed Mohammad Saadulla
- d) Gopinath Bordoloi
Answer: b) Chandra Kumar Agarwala
- Which Congress leader from Assam was actively involved in the Indian freedom struggle and later became an influential figure in Assam’s post-independence politics?
- a) Gopinath Bordoloi
- b) Bishnuram Medhi
- c) Chandra Kumar Agarwala
- d) Syed Mohammad Saadulla
Answer: a) Gopinath Bordoloi
- Which Assamese Congress leader served as the Union Minister for Food and Agriculture in post-independence India?
- a) Gopinath Bordoloi
- b) Syed Mohammad Saadulla
- c) Bishnuram Medhi
- d) Chandra Kumar Agarwala
Answer: a) Gopinath Bordoloi
- Which Assamese leader was a key figure in the integration of the princely states in the Northeast into the Indian Union?
- a) Syed Mohammad Saadulla
- b) Gopinath Bordoloi
- c) Chandra Kumar Agarwala
- d) Bishnuram Medhi
Answer: b) Gopinath Bordoloi
- Who was the Assamese Congress leader known for his role in advancing agricultural reforms in Assam?
- a) Bishnuram Medhi
- b) Syed Mohammad Saadulla
- c) Gopinath Bordoloi
- d) Chandra Kumar Agarwala
Answer: c) Gopinath Bordoloi
