Questions
1. On your birthday you have been in the habit of receiving presents and good wishes.
Whose birthday is Jawaharlal Nehru refering in the above sentence ?
A. Indira Gandhi –
B. Babuji
C. Nehru
D. None
2. My presents cannot be very material or solid. They can be of the mind and spirit.
Why Nehru can’t able to send material present to Indira ?
A. He dislike material things
B. He is in prison
C. He don’t want to sent any present to Indira
D. Indira like non material things
3. You know sweetheart, how I dislike sermonising and doling out good advice.
Who dislike sermonising in the above line ?
A. Nehru
B. Indira
C. Bapuji
D. All the above
4. Good-bye, little one, and may you grow up into a __________ in India’s service.
A. Good Administrator
B. Freedom Fighter
C. Brave Soldier
D. Patriotic Person
5. You will grow up a child of the light, unafraid and serene and unruffled, whatever may happen.
The synonym of unruffled is ?
A. Not nervous or worried
B. Calm or peaceful
C. Not Parallel or in sequence
D. All the above
6. Which things makes ” Un worthy of you ” according to Nehru ?
A. Fear
B. Hiding something
C. Both A and B
D. None
7. One little test I shall ask you to apply whenever you are in doubt.
What test Nehru wanted Indira to apply whenever she is in doubt ?
A. Do a long thinking before taking a decision
B. Always think after taking a decision
C. If you want to achieve your goals, prepare in secret
D. Not to do anything in secret
8. Men and women, and even little children, come out of their little shells and become India’s soldiers of freedom.
Here little shells denotes ?
A. Prison
B. Temple
C. House
D. Narrow mind
9. Do you remember how fascinated you were when you first read the story and how your ambition was to be something like her?
To Whom Nehru compare Indira with in the above lines ?
A. Anne Besant
B. Sarojini Naidu
C. Joan of Arc
10. When did Jawaharlal Nehru began writing letters to his young daughter, Indira ?
A. 1926
B. 1928
C. 1932
D. 1933
11. Where was Indira staying , when Jawaharlal Nehru Started writing letter to Indira ?
A. Mussoorie
B. Nainital
C. Kolkata
D. Madras
12. When Indira was about to turn ___________ in 1930, Nehru started sending her more detailed letters .
A. 14
B. 11
C. 13
D. 15
13. The letters of Jawaharlal Nehru to Indira Mostly contains ?
A. His understanding about Indira
B. His understanding about the world
C. His understanding about India
D. About Jail and sacrifice for Nation
14. The letters written by Nehru from the various prisons in British India to his daughter Indira, were published in ?
A. 1943
B. 1942
C. 1946
D. 1930
15. Why Nehru wrote letters to Indira even while he was in prison ?
A. He want Indira to understand the status of prison
B. He want to teach Indira about freedom struggle
C. He wanted to make sure that his child is not devoid of her father’s teachings.
D. None of them
16. Over the next _______ years, Nehru continuously wrote to his daughter from prison and his words are still inspiring ?
A. 1
B. 2
C. 3
D. 4
17. Who wrote the book named ” Glimpses of World History” ?
A. Mahatma Gandhi
B. Indira Gandhi
C. Jawaharlal Nehru
D. Subash Chandra Bose
18. “Glimpses of World History”. It is a collection ________ letters on world history ?
A. 196
B. 200
C. 185
D. 201
19. For which Prision, Jawaharlal Nehru Wrote Letter his daughter Indira ?
A. Andaman
B. Central Prison Kolkata
C. Ahmedabad
D. Naini
20. Do you remember how fascinated you were when you first read the story of __________ ?
A. Mahatma Gandhi
B. Leo Tolstoy
C. Joan of Arc
D. Adam Smith
21. Great leaders have something in them which inspires a whole people and makes them do great deeds. According to Jawaharlal Nehru , when did great leaders born ?
A. When they do for great cause
B. When they love themselves
C. When they fight for the discrimination
D. When they love their parents
22. Bapuji is in prison, but the magic of his message has stolen the hearts of India’s millions ? Here who is mentioned as Bapuji?
A. Jawaharlal Nehru
B. Mahatma Gandhi
C. Dadabhai Naoroji
D. Motilal Nehru
23. In India today we are making history, and you and I are fortunate to see this happening before our eyes and to take some part ourselves in this great drama. Why India is making a History ?
A. As leaders are released from prison
B. Indian is fighting for freedom
C. Constitution of India was formulated
D. As world war is over
24. What cannot be stopped even by the high walls of prisons?
A. Fighting for freedom
B. Letter writing
C. Mind and Spirit
D. Addressing with people
25. I have always thought that the best way to find out what is right and what is not right, what should be done and what should not be done, is not by giving a sermon. Why did Nehru dislike sermonizing ?
A. He knows which is right and which is wrong
B. He thought only talking and discussing is the best way to find what is right or wrong
C. The right and wrong cannot be decided by him
D. Indira can decide her right and wrong without father’s advice
26. What do ordinary men and women usually think of according to Jawaharlal Nehru ?
A . Their small income
B. Their life only
C. Bread and Butter
D. Their happiness only
27. You and I are fortunate to see this happening before our eyes and to take some part ourselves in this ” great drama “ . The great drama mentioned here is ?
A. Freedom fighting
B. Letter writing
C. Addressing people by Jawaharlal Nehru
D. Problems of India
28. Why are the freedom fighters under Bapuji not afraid of anything ?
A. As they are always fearless
B. They are always safe
C. They are protected by laws
D. As their is no room for secrecy
29. Mention the topics that Nehru did not mention in his letters to Indira ?
A. History
B. Geography
C. Trade
D. Share Market
30. Under whose leadership , India’s freedom movement is headed ?
A. Jawaharlal Nehru
B. Motilal Nehru
C. Subhash Chandra Bose
D. Mahatma Gandhi
31. If you do so, my dear, you will grow up a child of the light, unafraid and serene and unruffled, whatever may happen.
The meaning of Serene is ?
A. Holy
B. Secret
C. Calm
D. Scared
32. Jawaharlal Nehru served as prime minister of india from ?
A. 1947 – 1962
B. 1952 – 1964
C. 1947 – 1964
D. 1950 – 1962
33. Who used to call Jawaharlal Nehru as “Uncle Nehru ” ?
A. Indians
B. Children’s
C. Teachers
D. Poor people
34. He is considered to be the architect of the modern Indian nation-state: a sovereign, socialist, secular, and democratic republic.
A. Jawaharlal
Nehru
B. Mahatma Gandhi
C. B R Ambedkar
D. Sardar Vallabhbhai Patel
35. Jawaharlal Nehru was born on ?
A. November 14
B. September 14
C. October 14
D. December 25
36. The time period of Jawaharlal Nehru is ?
A. 1889 – 1964
B. 1890 – 1964
C. 1869 – 1964
D. 1870 – 1964