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