Questions on Jawaharlal Nehru With Answers

1. In which year Jawaharlal Nehru was elected Congress president for the first time?

Ans: 1929

2. The autobiography of Jawaharlal Nehru:

Ans: An Autobiography

3. Who was the Congress president when Jawaharlal Nehru was appointed as the chairman of the National Planning Committee constituted by INC?

Ans: Subhas Chandra Bose

4. Who was selected as the second person to observe individual satyagraha in 1940:

Ans: Jawaharlal Nehru

5.  Who declared Jawaharlal Nehru was his political heir:

Ans: Mahathma Gandhi

6. In which year Jawaharlal Nehru appeared for the INA trial as defence counsel:

Ans: 1945

7. Who introduced the first no-confidence motion against Jawaharlal Nehru govt?

Ans: JB Kripalani

8. Where is Nehru Centre?

Ans: Mumbai

9. Jawaharlal Nehru Port is situated at:

Ans: Mumbai

10. Who performed the role of Jawaharlal Nehru in the film 'Gandhi'?

Ans: Roshan Seth

11. Jawaharlal Nehru was the prime minister of India when national emergency was declared for the first time in India. It was in:

Ans: 1962

12. The birth day of Jawaharlal Nehru is observed as:

Ans: Children's day

13. To whom Jawaharlal Nehru dedicated his autobiography?

Ans: Kamala Nehru

14. Which part of the Constitution was prepared by Jawaharlal Nehru?

Ans: Preamble

15. Who moved Objective Resolution in the Constituent Assembly?

Ans: Jawaharlal Nehru

16. The famous speech delivered by Jawaharlal Nehru during the moments of transfer of power in 1947, is known as:

(a) I have a dream                  (b) Tryst with destiny

(c) History will absolve me    (d) None of these

Ans: b

17. 'Light has gone out... darkness everywhere" during which occassion these words formed a part of the speech of Jawaharlal Nehru?

Ans: The demise of Mahathma Gandhi

18. The first person to appear on coins in independent India:

Ans: Jawaharlal Nehru

19. Jawaharlal Nehru was called  

(a) Rashtrakavi             (b) Rashtraguru

(c) Architect of India    (d) Father of Nation

Ans: c

20. Jawaharlal Nehru called _____ temples of modern India.

(a) Dams                       (b) Atomic reactors

(c) Medical colleges      (d) Universities

Ans: a