Indira Gandhi Quiz

Indira Gandhi Quiz Questions

1) When was Indira Gandhi first sworn in as Prime Minister of India?
a) 27 May 1964
b) 12 September 1965
c) 24 January 1966
d) 19 March 1968

2) Whose daughter was Indira Gandhi?
a) Mohandas Gandhi
b) Vallabhbhai Patel
c) Motilal Nehru
d) Jawaharlal Nehru

3) What was Indira Gandhi’s portfolio when she was a minister in Union Cabinet?
a) Home
b) Information & Broadcasting
c) Finance
d) Industry

4) What was the value of American dollar before its devaluation on 6 June 1966?
a) Rs.10.26
b) Rs.9.50
c) Rs.6.86
d) Rs.4.76

Mohandas K. Gandhi and Indira Gandhi, future Prime Minister of India. Late 1930s. (Photo credit: Wikipedia)

5) Whom did Indira Gandhi support in Presidential election of 1969?
a) Sarvapalli Radhakrishnan
b) Varahagiri Venkata Giri
c) Neelam Sanjeeva Reddy
d) Zail Singh

6) Who impersonated Indira Gandhi while talking on telephone to a bank manager and later withdrew sixty lakh rupees from her account?
a) Rustum Sohrab Nagarwala
b) Mata Hari
c) Natwarlal
d) David Leeson

7) Which High Court in 1975 set aside her election to the Lok Sabha in 1971?
a) Delhi
b) Allahabad
c) Bombay
d) West Bengal

8) Which country came into existence after Indo-Pak War of 1971?
a) Nepal
b) Bhutan
c) Bangladesh
d) Burma

9) Who defeated Indira Gandhi at Rae Bareli in the Lok Sabha election of 1977?
a) Charan Singh
b) Raj Narain
c) Devi Lal
d) Ram Naresh Yadav

10) What took place in June 1984 that angered many Sikhs?
a) Operation Red Rose
b) Operation Black Thunder
c) Operation Blue Star
d) Operation Pawan Hans

Indira Gandhi Quiz Questions with Answers

Gandhi with Nehru and Indira. Late 1930s. (Photo credit: Wikipedia)

1) When was Indira Gandhi first sworn in as Prime Minister of India?
c) 24 January 1966

2) Whose daughter was Indira Gandhi?
d) Jawaharlal Nehru

3) What was Indira Gandhi’s portfolio when she was a minister in Union Cabinet?
b) Information & Broadcasting

4) What was the value of American dollar before its devaluation on 6 June 1966?
d) Rs.4.76

5) Whom did Indira Gandhi support in Presidential election of 1969?
b) Varahagiri Venkata Giri

6) Who impersonated Indira Gandhi while talking on telephone to a bank manager and later withdrew sixty lakh rupees from her account?
a) Rustum Sohrab Nagarwala

7) Which High Court in 1975 set aside her election to the Lok Sabha in 1971?
b) Allahabad

8) Which country came into existence after Indo-Pak War of 1971?
c) Bangladesh

9) Who defeated Indira Gandhi at Rae Bareli in the Lok Sabha election of 1977?
b) Raj Narain

10) What took place in June 1984 that angered many Sikhs?
c) Operation Blue Star

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