Question 1

True or false: Nehru's father, Motilal Nehru, was also a President of the Indian National Congress.

Accepted Answer

True. Motilal Nehru served as Congress President twice (1919 and 1928), leading the party during the non-cooperation era.

Question 2

True or false: Nehru served as India's first Prime Minister for a total of 17 consecutive years.

Accepted Answer

True. He held office from August 15, 1947, until his death on May 27, 1964—exactly 16 years, 9 months, and 12 days.

Question 3

True or false: Nehru's daughter Indira Gandhi was not related to Mahatma Gandhi by blood or marriage.

Accepted Answer

True. Indira was Nehru's only child; 'Gandhi' came from her husband Feroze Gandhi, who was a Parsi and unrelated to Mahatma.

Question 4

True or false: Nehru wrote his famous book 'The Discovery of India' entirely while in prison.

Accepted Answer

True. He wrote most of it during his imprisonment in Ahmednagar Fort in 1942-1945, though not the entire first draft from memory.

Question 5

True or false: Nehru was the first person to hoist the Indian national flag at the Red Fort on Independence Day.

Accepted Answer

False. That honor belongs to Prime Minister Jawaharlal Nehru, but the first flag hoisting at Red Fort was on August 16, 1947, not August 15.

Question 6

True or false: Nehru was the chief architect of India's 'Green Revolution' in the 1960s.

Accepted Answer

False. The Green Revolution peaked under his daughter Indira Gandhi; Nehru focused on heavy industry and dams, not agricultural modernization.

Question 7

True or false: Nehru was a trained pilot and flew solo across India in the 1930s.

Accepted Answer

False. Nehru loved flying but never earned a pilot's license; he flew as a passenger, not a pilot. This is a common myth.

Question 8

True or false: Nehru was initially a supporter of the British Empire and only turned against it after the Jallianwala Bagh massacre.

Accepted Answer

False. Nehru was already a committed nationalist by 1919; the massacre deepened his resolve, but he never supported British rule.

Jawaharlal Nehru Trivia Questions