Jawaharlal Nehru - Quiz
Jawaharlal Nehru
  • 1. Who unilaterally declared India a belligerent on the side of Britain during World War II?
A) Muhammad Ali Jinnah
B) Viceroy Linlithgow
C) Mahatma Gandhi
D) Winston Churchill
  • 2. Which country was Nehru visiting when World War II began?
A) China
B) Britain
C) France
D) Pakistan
  • 3. What was the first condition the Congress party set for cooperating with the British?
A) Immediate monetary compensation
B) Assurance of full independence after the war
C) Immediate withdrawal of British troops
D) An alliance with China
  • 4. What did Nehru ask the British to allow regarding the Indian constitution?
A) Election of a constituent assembly
B) A review by the United Nations
C) A direct mandate from the King
D) Approval by the Muslim League
  • 5. To whom did Nehru write about the deadlock with the British regarding their demands?
A) Jinnah
B) Linlithgow
C) The British Parliament
D) Gandhi
  • 6. When did the Congress condemn the Viceroy's attitude and call for the resignation of provincial ministries?
A) 23 October 1939
B) 8 October 1940
C) 15 January 1941
D) March 1940
  • 7. Which leader did Nehru urge to join the protest against the Viceroy?
A) Jinnah
B) Rajaji
C) Gandhi
D) Linlithgow
  • 8. What was the significance of the resolution passed by Jinnah in March 1940?
A) It requested independence for the entire subcontinent
B) It declared Muslims a nation needing their own state
C) It supported the British war effort
D) It called for a unified India
  • 9. What does the name 'Pakistan' mean, according to the text?
A) Land of the Free
B) Nation of the Muslims
C) Land of the Pure
D) The Northern State
  • 10. What was the objective offered to India by the British government on 8 October 1940?
A) Colonial status
B) Immediate independence
C) A seat in the League of Nations
D) Dominion status
  • 11. How long was Nehru sentenced to imprisonment for his participation in the civil disobedience campaign?
A) Two years
B) Four years
C) Six months
D) One year
  • 12. Who did Gandhi name as his successor in his statement on 15 January 1941?
A) Rajaji
B) Muhammad Ali Jinnah
C) Viceroy Linlithgow
D) Jawaharlal Nehru
  • 13. How long did Nehru spend in jail before being released?
A) Six months
B) Four years
C) Two years
D) A little more than a year
  • 14. When was Nehru released from prison?
A) Immediately after the August Offer
B) The same day as the Lahore Resolution
C) The day the war began
D) Three days before the bombing of Pearl Harbor
  • 15. Who released Nehru and other prisoners early on 26 January 1931?
A) Mahatma Gandhi
B) The Home Secretary
C) Subash Chandra Bose
D) Lord Irwin
  • 16. When did Nehru's father pass away?
A) 12 January 1934
B) 28 February 1936
C) January 1938
D) 6 February 1931
  • 17. Why was Nehru arrested on 26 December 1931?
A) Attending his wife's funeral
B) Violating court orders
C) Leading a revolution
D) Resuming the presidency
  • 18. In what city was Nehru leading a 'no-rent' campaign in 1931?
A) Badenweiler
B) Allahabad
C) Lausanne
D) Alexandria
  • 19. On what date was the Home Secretary's memo sent regarding Nehru?
A) 11 October 1930
B) 12 January 1934
C) 30 August 1933
D) 22 December 1933
  • 20. What did the government describe Nehru as in the 1933 memo?
A) A loyal supporter of the Act
B) A minor political figure
C) A peaceful negotiator
D) The most dangerous element
  • 21. What condition did the government set for Nehru's early release in October 1934?
A) Joining the government
B) Leaving the country
C) Stopping the 'no-rent' campaign
D) Withdrawing from politics
  • 22. Where was Kamala Nehru receiving treatment in September 1935?
A) Lausanne, Switzerland
B) Badenweiler, Germany
C) Alexandria, Egypt
D) Allahabad, India
  • 23. When did Kamala Nehru pass away?
A) 6 February 1931
B) 26 January 1931
C) January 1938
D) 28 February 1936
  • 24. What did Nehru call the Government of India Act 1935, besides a charter of bondage?
A) A fair compromise
B) A temporary measure
C) An effective tool for governance
D) A machine with strong brakes but no engine
  • 25. Who succeeded Nehru as Congress president in 1938?
A) Mahatma Gandhi
B) Lord Irwin
C) The Home Secretary
D) Subash Chandra Bose
  • 26. Where did Nehru stop on his way to Europe in June 1938?
A) Lausanne, Switzerland
B) Alexandria, Egypt
C) Badenweiler, Germany
D) Allahabad, India
  • 27. What organization did Nehru become president of in February 1939?
A) All India States Peoples Conference
B) Congress Working Committee
C) The Muslim League
D) Planning Commission
  • 28. What was the purpose of the All India States Peoples Conference?
A) Leading popular agitations in princely states
B) Managing provincial elections
C) Negotiating with Lord Irwin
D) Drafting the 1935 Act
  • 29. When did Jawaharlal Nehru first meet Mahatma Gandhi?
A) 1916
B) 1923
C) 1919
D) 1920
  • 30. What event in 1919 influenced Motilal Nehru to join Gandhi's methods?
A) Jallianwala Bagh killings
B) The formation of the League against Imperialism
C) The Chauri Chaura incident
D) The Russian Revolution
  • 31. In what year was Motilal Nehru elected president of the Indian National Congress?
A) 1921
B) 1923
C) 1919
D) 1916
  • 32. What position did Nehru hold in the United Provinces during the 1920 non-cooperation movement?
A) Provincial Congress secretary
B) Mayor of Allahabad
C) General secretary of the Congress
D) President of the League against Imperialism
  • 33. How many times was Nehru detained between 1921 and 1945?
A) Six
B) Nine
C) Eight
D) Ten
  • 34. Why was Nehru imprisoned in Nabha in 1923?
A) Participating in the non-cooperation movement
B) Municipal politics in Allahabad
C) Anti-governmental activities in the United Provinces
D) To support Sikhs against corrupt Mahants
  • 35. What role did Nehru hold in Allahabad in 1923?
A) General secretary
B) Mayor
C) President
D) Provincial secretary
  • 36. What incident caused the non-cooperation movement to be halted in 1922?
A) The Brussels Congress
B) Jallianwala Bagh killings
C) Nabha imprisonment
D) Chauri Chaura incident
  • 37. Why did Nehru travel to Europe in 1926?
A) Treatment for his wife's tuberculosis
B) To study Marxism in the Soviet Union
C) To escape British imprisonment
D) To attend the Brussels Congress
  • 38. Where was the Congress of oppressed nationalities held?
A) Brussels
B) Allahabad
C) Moscow
D) Lucknow
  • 39. What organization was born at the Brussels meeting that Nehru joined?
A) Socialist Party
B) League against Imperialism
C) Indian National Congress
D) United Provinces Congress
  • 40. What economic philosophy did Nehru find appealing after visiting the Soviet Union?
A) Marxism
B) Constitutional reform
C) Imperialism
D) Capitalism
  • 41. Which college did Nehru attend in October 1907?
A) Allahabad University
B) Oxford University
C) Inner Temple
D) Trinity College, Cambridge
  • 42. In what field did Nehru earn an honours degree in 1910?
A) Law
B) Natural science
C) Economics
D) Political science
  • 43. Where did Nehru study law after moving to London in 1910?
A) Lincoln's Inn
B) Gray's Inn
C) Inner Temple
D) Middle Temple
  • 44. In what year was Nehru called to the Bar?
A) 1912
B) 1910
C) 1907
D) 1915
  • 45. What was the approximate monthly income of Nehru's father?
A) Exceeding 20,000 rupees
B) Exceeding 10,000 rupees
C) Exceeding 1,000 rupees
D) Exceeding 5,000 rupees
  • 46. In what committee did Nehru serve during the 1945–46 INA trials?
A) Indian National Congress Committee
B) Judicial Reform Committee
C) Home Rule League Committee
D) INA Defence Committee
  • 47. In which city did Nehru attend the annual Congress session in 1912?
A) Bombay
B) Allahabad
C) Patna
D) Delhi
  • 48. Who dominated the Congress party when Nehru attended the 1912 session?
A) Annie Besant
B) Gopal Krishna Gokhale
C) Bal Gangadhar Tilak
D) Mahatma Gandhi
  • 49. What was the name of Nehru's only daughter?
A) Kamala
B) Swaraj
C) Indira
D) Annie
  • 50. In what year was Nehru's daughter, Indira, born?
A) 1916
B) 1912
C) 1924
D) 1917
  • 51. Who led the nationalist movement alongside Bal Gangadhar Tilak in 1916?
A) Annie Besant
B) Motilal Nehru
C) Gopal Krishna Gokhale
D) Mahatma Gandhi
  • 52. In what month and year was Annie Besant arrested by the British government?
A) October 1916
B) September 1917
C) August 1912
D) June 1917
  • 53. When was Annie Besant released by the British government?
A) January 1918
B) August 1912
C) June 1917
D) September 1917
  • 54. Which of the following authors is mentioned as influencing Nehru's thinking?
A) Mark Twain
B) Bernard Shaw
C) Charles Dickens
D) Jane Austen
  • 55. What did the Congress radicals promote?
A) Moderate transition
B) Legal reform only
C) Swaraj, Swadesh, and boycott
D) Cooperation with British authorities
  • 56. When was Jawaharlal Nehru born?
A) 26 January 1950
B) 14 November 1889
C) 15 August 1947
D) 27 May 1964
  • 57. In international affairs, what did Nehru lead the establishment of?
A) Cold War Alliance
B) Commonwealth of Nations
C) Non-Aligned Movement
D) United Nations
  • 58. What is Nehru's birthday celebrated as in India?
A) Independence Day
B) Children's Day
C) Republic Day
D) Teacher's Day
  • 59. To which community did Nehru's parents belong?
A) South Indian Iyengars
B) Punjabi Khatris
C) Bengali Brahmins
D) Kashmiri Pandits
  • 60. How many times did Motilal Nehru serve as president of the Indian National Congress?
A) Twice
B) Four times
C) Once
D) Three times
  • 61. Who was the first female president of the United Nations General Assembly?
A) Vijaya Lakshmi
B) Swarup Rani
C) Krishna Hutheesing
D) Annie Besant
  • 62. What was the name of the mansion where Nehru grew up?
A) Nehru Palace
B) Allahabad House
C) Anand Bhavan
D) Kashmir Villa
  • 63. Who was Nehru's tutor interested in theosophy?
A) G. M. Trevelyan
B) Ferdinand T. Brooks
C) Motilal Nehru
D) Annie Besant
  • 64. At what age was Nehru initiated into the Theosophical Society?
A) Sixteen
B) Fifteen
C) Ten
D) Thirteen
  • 65. What was Nehru's nickname at Harrow school?
A) Joe
B) Jawahar
C) Neil
D) Harry
  • 66. Which author's books on Garibaldi influenced Nehru at Harrow?
A) Annie Besant
B) Ferdinand T. Brooks
C) Motilal Nehru
D) G. M. Trevelyan
  • 67. In the text, with which country did Nehru mentally mix India due to his reading on Garibaldi?
A) Britain
B) Italy
C) Ireland
D) Japan
  • 68. Where did the session where Nehru assumed the Congress presidency take place?
A) Lahore
B) Madras
C) Karachi
D) Delhi
  • 69. Which date was Congress asked to observe as Independence Day?
A) 31 December
B) 29 December
C) 26 January
D) 15 August
  • 70. How many members of central and provincial legislatures resigned in support of the resolution?
A) 172
B) 72
C) 272
D) 127
  • 71. Who chaired the Karachi session in 1931 where the 'Fundamental Rights and Economic Policy' resolution was ratified?
A) Subhas Chandra Bose
B) Jawaharlal Nehru
C) Mahatma Gandhi
D) Vallabhbhai Patel
  • 72. When did Gandhi explicitly designate Nehru as his political heir?
A) 1929
B) 1942
C) 1935
D) 1931
  • 73. What was the initial reaction of Nehru and most Congress leaders to Gandhi's salt satyagraha plan?
A) They were opposed
B) They were ambivalent
C) They were enthusiastic
D) They were indifferent
  • 74. What metaphor did Nehru use to describe the popular response to the salt protest?
A) A storm brewing in the desert
B) A river breaking its banks
C) A spring had been suddenly released
D) A wildfire spreading across the land
  • 75. What did Nehru consider the high-water mark of his association with Gandhi?
A) The salt satyagraha
B) The Dandi march preparations
C) The Non-Cooperation movement
D) The Quit India movement
  • 76. Which specific group did Nehru highlight as being transformed by the movement?
A) The British soldiers
B) The foreign diplomats
C) The village masses
D) The urban elite
  • 77. Which British official was dispatched to India to resolve the constitutional problem in 1942?
A) Lord Mountbatten
B) Sir Stafford Cripps
C) Clement Attlee
D) Winston Churchill
  • 78. What was the official position of Jinnah regarding the division of India during the Cripps mission?
A) Pakistan is our only demand
B) Demanding immediate independence
C) India must remain united
D) Britain should stay in India
  • 79. Where was the Quit India resolution passed by the Congress party?
A) Madras
B) Bombay
C) Calcutta
D) Delhi
  • 80. In which location were Nehru and other Congress committee members imprisoned starting in 1942?
A) Cellular Jail
B) Yerwada Jail
C) Red Fort
D) Ahmednagar Fort
  • 81. What catastrophic event occurred in 1943-44 that weakened the Muslim League's reputation?
A) Japanese invasion
B) Punjab riots
C) Bengal famine
D) Economic depression
  • 82. Where did Jinnah go in despair after his power and prestige began to wane in 1944?
A) Kashmir
B) Karachi
C) London
D) Lahore
  • 83. Why was Gandhi released from prison in May 1944?
A) End of the war
B) Negotiation agreement
C) Public pressure
D) Medical grounds
  • 84. Who was the British Prime Minister that dispatched Sir Stafford Cripps to India?
A) Anthony Eden
B) David Lloyd George
C) Neville Chamberlain
D) Winston Churchill
  • 85. Which mission arrived in India in 1946 to propose plans for the transfer of power?
A) Cabinet Mission
B) Cripps Mission
C) Simon Commission
D) Mountbatten Plan
  • 86. Who served as the Finance member in the interim government representing the Muslim League?
A) Muhammad Ali Jinnah
B) V. P. Menon
C) Liaquat Ali Khan
D) Vallabhbhai Patel
  • 87. Which amendment introduced by Nehru in 1963 required office seekers to swear to uphold the sovereignty and integrity of India?
A) First Amendment
B) Sixteenth Amendment
C) Fourteenth Amendment
D) Twenty-first Amendment
  • 88. In what year did Nehru become the Prime Minister of the Republic of India?
A) 1950
B) 1946
C) 1947
D) 1963
  • 89. On what date did Jawaharlal Nehru take office as the prime minister of India?
A) 30 August
B) 15 August
C) 15 January
D) 30 January
  • 90. In what location was Mahatma Gandhi shot in 1948?
A) The Parliament House
B) Birla House
C) Nehru's residence
D) A public stadium
  • 91. Who assassinated Mahatma Gandhi?
A) A member of the Muslim National Guards
B) An extremist from the Khaksars
C) A member of the RSS
D) Nathuram Godse
  • 92. How did Nehru announce Gandhi's death to the nation?
A) Through a televised speech
B) By a public letter
C) By radio
D) In a newspaper editorial
  • 93. Which paramilitary group was suppressed by Nehru and Patel after Gandhi's death?
A) Indian National Congress
B) The Socialist Party
C) The Communist Party
D) Rashtriya Swayamsevak Sangh
  • 94. How long did the Congress party control the public displays of grief after Gandhi's death?
A) One week
B) Three days
C) A two-week period
D) One month
  • 95. In which years were the first elections held under the new Indian constitution?
A) 1955-56
B) 1949-50
C) 1947-48
D) 1951-52
  • 96. Who served as Nehru's home minister starting in December 1954?
A) Govind Ballabh Pant
B) Justice Fazal Ali
C) Sardar Patel
D) Abul Kalam Azad
  • 97. What replaced the Part C and Part D state classifications?
A) Independent kingdoms
B) Colonial protectorates
C) Municipal districts
D) Union territory
  • 98. How many seats did the Indian National Congress win in the 1957 elections?
A) 494
B) 371
C) 300
D) 250
  • 99. Which of these states became a separate province during the integration process?
A) Rajasthan
B) Bengal
C) Punjab
D) Hyderabad
  • 100. On what basis did Nehru refuse to reorganise Indian states?
A) Economic wealth
B) Religious or ethnic lines
C) Geographic size
D) Linguistic lines
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