Nehru Quiz 1 - MCQ on Jawaharlal Nehru

Nehru Quiz

Jawaharlal Nehru, the first Prime Minister of India, was a great leader who, along with Mahatma Gandhi, played a significant role in India's struggle for independence. A visionary leader, he is known as the "Architect of Modern India". Here are a series of MCQ on Jawaharlal Nehru. 

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1. Which one of the following was a pen name used by Jawaharlal Nehru?

Chachaji
Bhanu Simha
Chanakya
Birbal

2. This book is written by India's first Prime Minister Jawaharlal Nehru during his imprisonment in 1942-1946 at Ahmednagar. Can you name it?

Discovery of India
Glimpses of World History
Letters From: A Father To His Daughter
Words Of Freedom: Ideas Of A Nation

3. By what name the Samadhi of Pandit Jawaharlal Nehru called

Shakti Sthal
Vijay Ghat
Vir-Bhumi
Shanti Van

4. "Bharat Ek Khoj" was a historical drama telecasted on Doordarshan and based on the book The Discovery of India by Jawaharlal Nehru. Who was the director?

Anurag Kashyap
Deepa Mehta
Basu Chatterjee
Shyam Benegal

5. Name the personality to appear on the first Indian commemorative coin which was issued in 1964.

Mahatma Gandhi
Jawaharlal Nehru
Subash Chandra Bose
Bhagat Singh

6. This jail, built by the British in 1871, housed many freedom fighters especially between 1930–42, including Mahatma Gandhi, Jawaharlal Nehru, Netaji Subhas Bose and Bal Gangadhar Tilak. In 1924, Veer Savarkar was also kept in this jail.

Cellular Jail
Yerwada Jail
Alipore Jail
Lahore Central Jail

7. TIFRAC (Tata Institute of Fundamental Research Automatic Calculator) was the first computer developed in India, at the Tata Institute of Fundamental Research in Mumbai. Do you know who suggested the name TIFRAC?

Prasanta Chandra Mahalanobis
Jawaharlal Nehru
Dr. APJ Abdul Kalam
Sathyendra Nath Bose

8. Which dam was described as "New Temple of Resurgent India" by Jawaharlal Nehru"?

Bhakra Dam
Nagarjunsagar Dam
Tehri Dam
Lakhya Dam

9. "The light has gone out of our lives...".Who said this on Gandhi's death?

Pandit Jawaharlal Nehru
Subhash Chandra Bose
S Radhakrishnan
Rabindranath Tagore

10. Who is known as the architect of India's foreign policy?

John Mathai
Jawaharlal Nehru
K P Keshava Menon
Sardar Patel

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