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Nehru–Gandhi family - Quiz
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  • 1. Who was the first prime minister of India?
A) Motilal Nehru
B) Jawaharlal Nehru
C) Feroze Gandhi
D) Braj Kumar Nehru
  • 2. Who was the first woman prime minister of India?
A) Rameshwari Nehru
B) Vijaya Lakshmi Pandit
C) Indira Gandhi
D) Krishna Nehru Hutheesing
  • 3. Which organization did Rameshwari Nehru co-found?
A) All India Women's Conference
B) Indian Independence Movement
C) United Nations General Assembly
D) All India Congress Committee
  • 4. Who was the wife of Jawaharlal Nehru?
A) Kamala Nehru
B) Uma Nehru
C) Rameshwari Nehru
D) Magdolna Nehru
  • 5. Which position did Vijaya Lakshmi Pandit hold at the United Nations?
A) Ambassador to the United States
B) Secretary General
C) High Commissioner
D) President of the General Assembly
  • 6. Who was the Finance Minister of the princely state of Jammu and Kashmir?
A) Brijlal Nehru
B) Motilal Nehru
C) Braj Kumar Nehru
D) Ratan Kumar Nehru
  • 7. Who was the husband of Indira Gandhi?
A) Brijlal Nehru
B) Ranjit Sitaram Pandit
C) Shamlal Nehru
D) Feroze Gandhi
  • 8. What was the nickname of Magdolna Nehru?
A) Uma
B) Krishna
C) Indira
D) Fori
  • 9. Who was the father of Jawaharlal Nehru?
A) Brijlal Nehru
B) Nandlal Nehru
C) Shamlal Nehru
D) Motilal Nehru
  • 10. What was Balwant Kumar Nehru's profession?
A) Diplomat and ambassador
B) Engineer and corporate manager
C) Lawyer and freedom fighter
D) Journalist and politician
  • 11. Who was the mother of Harsha and Ajit Hutheesing?
A) Krishna Nehru Hutheesing
B) Rameshwari Nehru
C) Indira Gandhi
D) Vijaya Lakshmi Pandit
  • 12. Shyam Kumari Khan served as a member of which house?
A) Lok Sabha
B) Rajya Sabha
C) All India Congress Committee
D) United Nations General Assembly
  • 13. Who served as the Indian ambassador to the United States?
A) Ratan Kumar Nehru
B) Feroze Gandhi
C) Motilal Nehru
D) Braj Kumar Nehru
  • 14. To whom was Vijaya Lakshmi Pandit married?
A) Feroze Gandhi
B) Ranjit Sitaram Pandit
C) Shamlal Nehru
D) Abdul Jamil Khan
  • 15. Who was the cousin of Jawaharlal Nehru and husband of Uma Nehru?
A) Shamlal Nehru
B) Brijlal Nehru
C) Mohanlal Nehru
D) Nandlal Nehru
  • 16. Nayantara Sahgal is the daughter of which person?
A) Vijaya Lakshmi Pandit
B) Kamala Nehru
C) Krishna Nehru Hutheesing
D) Uma Nehru
  • 17. In what year did Jawaharlal Nehru become president of the Congress?
A) 1964
B) 1929
C) 1936
D) 1921
  • 18. Who was the father of Ratan Kumar Nehru?
A) Nandlal Nehru
B) Brijlal Nehru
C) Motilal Nehru
D) Mohanlal Nehru
  • 19. Which political party has the Nehru–Gandhi family traditionally been involved with?
A) Indian National Congress
B) Communist Party of India
C) Aam Aadmi Party
D) Bharatiya Janata Party
  • 20. How many members of the Nehru-Gandhi family have served as Prime Minister of India according to the text?
A) Two
B) Four
C) Three
D) Five
  • 21. Is the Nehru–Gandhi family related to Mahatma Gandhi?
A) Only by marriage
B) No
C) They are distant cousins
D) Yes
  • 22. Who is the earliest recorded ancestor of the Nehru family mentioned in the text?
A) Raj Kaul
B) Gangadhar Nehru
C) Motilal Nehru
D) Mansa Ram Nehru
  • 23. In what year did Raj Kaul move from Kashmir to Delhi?
A) 1700 AD
B) 1857 AD
C) 1716 AD
D) 1827 AD
  • 24. What is the origin of the name 'Nehru'?
A) A royal title in Kashmir
B) Nahar, meaning a canal
C) A Sanskrit word for leader
D) The name of a village
  • 25. How many times did Motilal Nehru serve as the president of the Congress?
A) Once
B) Three
C) Four
D) Two
  • 26. According to The Guardian in 2007, for how many of the 60 years since independence had a member of the family been in charge of India?
A) 40
B) 30
C) 50
D) 20
  • 27. How many years after marrying Rajiv Gandhi did Sonia Gandhi take Indian citizenship?
A) 15 years
B) 11 years
C) 10 years
D) 20 years
  • 28. Which political party is Maneka Gandhi a prominent member of?
A) Indian National Congress
B) Bharatiya Janata Party
C) Aam Aadmi Party
D) Bahujan Samaj Party
  • 29. What was the cause of Sanjay Gandhi's death?
A) Illness
B) Plane crash
C) Heart attack
D) Car accident
  • 30. Vikram Nehru served as the Chief Economist for which organization?
A) United Nations
B) World Bank
C) Asian Development Bank
D) International Monetary Fund
  • 31. Who is the husband of Priyanka Gandhi?
A) Rahul Gandhi
B) Arun Nehru
C) Varun Gandhi
D) Robert Vadra
  • 32. Which constituency does Priyanka Gandhi represent in the Lok Sabha?
A) Amethi
B) Wayanad
C) Rae Bareli
D) Sultanpur
  • 33. Rahul Gandhi served as a member of Parliament from which constituency between 2004 and 2019?
A) Wayanad
B) Pilibhit
C) Sultanpur
D) Amethi
  • 34. Maneka Gandhi served as the Union Cabinet Minister for which department from 2014–2019?
A) External Affairs
B) Finance
C) Women & Child Development
D) Defense
  • 35. Sonia Gandhi served as the Chairperson of the United Progressive Alliance until which year?
A) 2017
B) 2022
C) 2023
D) 2019
  • 36. In which city was Vikram Nehru's chair in Southeast Asian Studies located?
A) New Delhi
B) Washington, D.C.
C) Rome
D) London
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