The Indian National Congress () (INC, often called Congress) is a broad-based political party in India. Founded in 1885, it was the first modern nationalist movement to emerge in the British Empire in Asia and Africa. From the late 19th-century, and especially after 1920, under the leadership of Mahatma Gandhi, Congress became the principal leader of the Indian independence movement, with over 15 million members and over 70 million participants. The Congress led India to independence from Great Britain, and powerfully influenced other anti-colonial nationalist movements in the British Empire. 

The Congress is a secular party whose social liberal platform is generally considered on the centre-left of Indian politics. The Congress' social policy is based upon the Gandhian principle of Sarvodaya—the lifting up of all sections of society—which involves the improvement of the lives of economically underprivileged and socially marginalised people. The party primarily endorses social liberalism — seeking to balance individual liberty and social justice, and secularism — asserting the right to be free from religious rule and teachings. 

After India's independence in 1947, the Congress formed the government at center in most instances, and many regional state governments. Congress became India's dominant political party; , in the 15 general elections since independence, it has won an outright majority on six occasions and has led the ruling coalition a further four times, heading the central government for 49 years. There have been seven Congress Prime Ministers, the first being Jawaharlal Nehru (1947–64), and the most recent Manmohan Singh (2004–14). Although it did not fare well in the last general elections in India in 2014, it remains one of two major, nationwide, political parties in India, along with the right-wing, Hindu nationalist, Bhartiya Janata Party (BJP). In the 2014 general election, the Congress had its poorest post-independence general election performance, winning only 44 seats of the 543-member Lok Sabha. QUESTIONS:

Q1:
1. What is INC short for?
2. What does INC mean?
3. What is INC an acronym for?
Q2:
1. Was the Indian National Congress ever independent?
2. Did the Indian National Congress ever act independently?
3. Was the INC once an independent body?
Q3:
1. Who did the Indian National Congress become independent from?
2. From whom did the Indian National Congress declare their independence?
3. Who did the INC help India become independent from?
Q4:
1. Who was the INC's leader?
2. Who led the Indian National Congress?
3. Who was in charge of INC?
Q5:
1. What occurred in 1947?
2. What took place in 1947?
3. What happened to India in 1947?
Q6:
1. How many prime ministers did the INC have?
2. What was the number of INC prime ministers?
3. How many prime ministers were there of the Indian National Congress?
Q7:
1. Who was the first INC prime minister?
2. Who was the first prime minister of the Indian National Congress?
3. What was the name of the INC's first prime minister?
Q8:
1. Who was the most recent prime minister of the INC?
2. Who was the Indian National Congress's most recent prime minister?
3. What was the name of the most recent prime minister of the INC?
Q9:
1. What was the reason that INC performed slowly in elections?
2. Why didn't the INC have a speedy performance in elections?
3. What slowed down the Indian National Congress's performance in elections?
Q10:
1. What is the number of politlca parties in India?
2. How many political parties has India got?
3. How many political parties exist within India?
Q11:
1. What are the political parties in India?
2. What political parties exist in India?
3. What are the names of India's political parties?
