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Nehru–Gandhi family - Quiz
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  • 1. Who was the first prime minister of India?
A) Braj Kumar Nehru
B) Jawaharlal Nehru
C) Feroze Gandhi
D) Motilal Nehru
  • 2. Who was the first woman prime minister of India?
A) Rameshwari Nehru
B) Krishna Nehru Hutheesing
C) Indira Gandhi
D) Vijaya Lakshmi Pandit
  • 3. Which organization did Rameshwari Nehru co-found?
A) All India Congress Committee
B) All India Women's Conference
C) Indian Independence Movement
D) United Nations General Assembly
  • 4. Who was the wife of Jawaharlal Nehru?
A) Kamala Nehru
B) Rameshwari Nehru
C) Magdolna Nehru
D) Uma Nehru
  • 5. Which position did Vijaya Lakshmi Pandit hold at the United Nations?
A) High Commissioner
B) President of the General Assembly
C) Secretary General
D) Ambassador to the United States
  • 6. Who was the Finance Minister of the princely state of Jammu and Kashmir?
A) Braj Kumar Nehru
B) Motilal Nehru
C) Brijlal Nehru
D) Ratan Kumar Nehru
  • 7. Who was the husband of Indira Gandhi?
A) Brijlal Nehru
B) Shamlal Nehru
C) Ranjit Sitaram Pandit
D) Feroze Gandhi
  • 8. What was the nickname of Magdolna Nehru?
A) Fori
B) Indira
C) Uma
D) Krishna
  • 9. Who was the father of Jawaharlal Nehru?
A) Motilal Nehru
B) Shamlal Nehru
C) Brijlal Nehru
D) Nandlal Nehru
  • 10. What was Balwant Kumar Nehru's profession?
A) Engineer and corporate manager
B) Lawyer and freedom fighter
C) Diplomat and ambassador
D) Journalist and politician
  • 11. Who was the mother of Harsha and Ajit Hutheesing?
A) Indira Gandhi
B) Rameshwari Nehru
C) Krishna Nehru Hutheesing
D) Vijaya Lakshmi Pandit
  • 12. Shyam Kumari Khan served as a member of which house?
A) Rajya Sabha
B) All India Congress Committee
C) Lok Sabha
D) United Nations General Assembly
  • 13. Who served as the Indian ambassador to the United States?
A) Motilal Nehru
B) Feroze Gandhi
C) Ratan Kumar Nehru
D) Braj Kumar Nehru
  • 14. To whom was Vijaya Lakshmi Pandit married?
A) Shamlal Nehru
B) Feroze Gandhi
C) Abdul Jamil Khan
D) Ranjit Sitaram Pandit
  • 15. Who was the cousin of Jawaharlal Nehru and husband of Uma Nehru?
A) Nandlal Nehru
B) Brijlal Nehru
C) Mohanlal Nehru
D) Shamlal Nehru
  • 16. Nayantara Sahgal is the daughter of which person?
A) Krishna Nehru Hutheesing
B) Uma Nehru
C) Vijaya Lakshmi Pandit
D) Kamala Nehru
  • 17. In what year did Jawaharlal Nehru become president of the Congress?
A) 1936
B) 1921
C) 1929
D) 1964
  • 18. Who was the father of Ratan Kumar Nehru?
A) Motilal Nehru
B) Nandlal Nehru
C) Brijlal Nehru
D) Mohanlal Nehru
  • 19. Which political party has the Nehru–Gandhi family traditionally been involved with?
A) Communist Party of India
B) Bharatiya Janata Party
C) Aam Aadmi Party
D) Indian National Congress
  • 20. How many members of the Nehru-Gandhi family have served as Prime Minister of India according to the text?
A) Three
B) Five
C) Four
D) Two
  • 21. Is the Nehru–Gandhi family related to Mahatma Gandhi?
A) Yes
B) They are distant cousins
C) Only by marriage
D) No
  • 22. Who is the earliest recorded ancestor of the Nehru family mentioned in the text?
A) Gangadhar Nehru
B) Raj Kaul
C) Motilal Nehru
D) Mansa Ram Nehru
  • 23. In what year did Raj Kaul move from Kashmir to Delhi?
A) 1716 AD
B) 1827 AD
C) 1700 AD
D) 1857 AD
  • 24. What is the origin of the name 'Nehru'?
A) Nahar, meaning a canal
B) A Sanskrit word for leader
C) The name of a village
D) A royal title in Kashmir
  • 25. How many times did Motilal Nehru serve as the president of the Congress?
A) Once
B) Two
C) Four
D) Three
  • 26. According to The Guardian in 2007, for how many of the 60 years since independence had a member of the family been in charge of India?
A) 30
B) 50
C) 20
D) 40
  • 27. How many years after marrying Rajiv Gandhi did Sonia Gandhi take Indian citizenship?
A) 11 years
B) 20 years
C) 10 years
D) 15 years
  • 28. Which political party is Maneka Gandhi a prominent member of?
A) Bharatiya Janata Party
B) Aam Aadmi Party
C) Indian National Congress
D) Bahujan Samaj Party
  • 29. What was the cause of Sanjay Gandhi's death?
A) Heart attack
B) Illness
C) Car accident
D) Plane crash
  • 30. Vikram Nehru served as the Chief Economist for which organization?
A) World Bank
B) International Monetary Fund
C) Asian Development Bank
D) United Nations
  • 31. Who is the husband of Priyanka Gandhi?
A) Varun Gandhi
B) Arun Nehru
C) Robert Vadra
D) Rahul Gandhi
  • 32. Which constituency does Priyanka Gandhi represent in the Lok Sabha?
A) Wayanad
B) Rae Bareli
C) Amethi
D) Sultanpur
  • 33. Rahul Gandhi served as a member of Parliament from which constituency between 2004 and 2019?
A) Amethi
B) Wayanad
C) Pilibhit
D) Sultanpur
  • 34. Maneka Gandhi served as the Union Cabinet Minister for which department from 2014–2019?
A) Defense
B) Women & Child Development
C) External Affairs
D) Finance
  • 35. Sonia Gandhi served as the Chairperson of the United Progressive Alliance until which year?
A) 2022
B) 2023
C) 2019
D) 2017
  • 36. In which city was Vikram Nehru's chair in Southeast Asian Studies located?
A) New Delhi
B) London
C) Washington, D.C.
D) Rome
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