India Quiz 123: Lal Bahadur Shastri Quiz

India Quiz 123: Lal Bahadur Shastri Quiz (Personalities Quiz)

Here is a quiz on Lal Bahadur Shastri, the second Prime Minister of India. He was known as a man of great integrity.

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1. In which year Lal Bahadur Shastri was sworn in as Prime Minister of India?

1962
1954
1964
1965

2. What portfolio was first held by Lal Bahadur Shastri in Nehru's cabinet?

Education Minister
Railway Minister
Home Minister
Health Minister

3. Shastri was the first railway minister to resign from office. Which accident made Lal Bahadur Shastri resign as Railway Minister?

Ariyalur
Mahbubnagar
Lucknow
Amritsar

4. Shastri had served as the president of which society founded by Lala Lajpat Rai?

Indian Home Rule Society
Indian Independence League
Brahmo Samaj
Servants of the People Society

5. Which of the following popular slogans was given by Lal Bahadur Shastri?

Jai Jawan, Jai Kisan
Karo Ya Maro
Garibi Hatao
Roti, Kapda aur Makaan

6. Lal Bahadur Shastri died while he was outside India. Where did he die?

Moscow
Lahore
Tashkent
Tokyo

7. Lal Bahadur Shastri's birthday is the same as another prominent Indian leader. Who is he?

Jawaharlal Nehru
Mahatma Gandhi
B R Ambedkar
S Radhakrishnan

8. The title "Shastri" in his name was a bachelor's degree awarded by a prestigious institution. Which institution did he get it from?

Benarus Hindu University
Delhi University
Kashi Vidyapith
Banasthali Vidyapith

9. Lal Bahadur Shastri had served as the Police and Transport Minister of an Indian state. Which state?

Uttar Pradesh
Bihar
West Bengal
Haryana

10. Which one of the following is the memorial of Lal Bahadur Shastri?

Shakthi Sthal
Kisan Ghat
Vijay Ghat
Karma Bhumi

11. Where is the Lal Bahadur Shastri National Academy of Administration located?

Dehradun
Lucknow
Mughalsarai
Mussoorie

12. Where is the Lal Bahadur Shastri Airport?

Lucknow
Varanasi
Guwahati
Agra

13. Lal Bahadur Shastri was awarded Bharat Ratna posthumously

TRUE
FALSE

14. The Indian Cultural Centre in which country was renamed as the Lal Bahadur Shastri Centre for Indian Culture (LBSCIC) in March 2005?

Uzbekistan
Japan
Kazakhstan
Germany

15. Where is the "Lal Bahadur Shastri Sagar" dam located?

Tamil Nadu
Andhra Pradesh
Karnataka
Kerala

16. The Fateh Maidan is a football and cricket stadium that was renamed in 1967 in memory of Lal Bahadur Shastri. Where is it located?

New Delhi
Lucknow
Bengaluru
Hyderabad

17. Who directed the Indian thriller movie "the Tashkent Files" about the death of Lal bahadur Shastri?

Vivek Agnihotri
Neeraj Pandey
Ruchi Narain
Abhay Chopra

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Lal Bahadur Shastri brief biography

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