Round 1

1. When was Lal Bahadur Shastri born?

- A) October 2, 1902
- B) October 2, 1904
- C) October 2, 1906
- D) October 2, 1910
Answer: B) October 2, 1904

2. Which Prime Minister preceded Lal Bahadur Shastri?

- A) Indira Gandhi
- B) Lalit Narayan Mishra
- C) Jawaharlal Nehru
- D) Rajiv Gandhi
Answer: C) Jawaharlal Nehru

3. Which slogan is Lal Bahadur Shastri famous for during the IndoPak war?
- A) "Jai Hind"
- B) "Jai Jawan Jai Kisan"
- C) "Vande Mataram"
- D) "Satyamev Jayate"
Answer: B) "Jai Jawan Jai Kisan"

4. In which year did Lal Bahadur Shastri become the Prime Minister of India?
A) 1962
B) 1964
C) 1966
D) 1968
Answer: B) 1964

5. What position did Shastri hold before becoming the Prime Minister?
- A) Minister of External Affairs
- B) Home Minister
- C) Minister of Defense
 - D) Finance Minister
Answer: B) Home Minister

6. Which movement did Shastri participate in during his early political career?
- A) Civil Disobedience Movement
- B) Quit India Movement
- C) NonCooperation Movement
- D) Champaran Movement
Answer: C) NonCooperation Movement

7. Which Indian institute is named after Lal Bahadur Shastri?

- A) Indian Institute of Technology
- B) Lal Bahadur Shastri National Academy of Administration
- C) Jawaharlal Nehru University
- D) All India Institute of Medical Sciences
Answer: B) Lal Bahadur Shastri National Academy of Administration

8. What was the title of the war Lal Bahadur Shastri successfully led India through during his
time as Prime Minister?
A) IndoPak War of 1947
B) IndoChina War of 1962
C) IndoPak War of 1965
D) Kargil War of 1999
Answer: C) IndoPak War of 1965

9. Lal Bahadur Shastri was born in which state of India?

A) Uttar Pradesh
B) Bihar
C) Gujarat
D) Maharashtra
Answer: A) Uttar Pradesh

10. What was Lal Bahadur Shastri's involvement in the Salt Satyagraha of 1930?
- A) He led a march in Uttar Pradesh
- B) He was imprisoned for participating
- C) He opposed the movement initially
- D) He was involved in international outreach during the event
Answer: B) He was imprisoned for participating

11. What was Gandhi's birth year?

Answer: `int birthYear = 1869;`

12. In which year did Gandhi return to India from South

Africa?Answer: `int returnYear = 1915;
13. Which of the following was a key principle of Gandhi's philosophy? (Use a boolean value)
Answer: `bool nonViolence = true;

14. Which of the following was a key principle of Gandhi's philosophy? (Use a boolean value)
Answer: `bool nonViolence = true;

15. Which philosophy did Gandhi advocate for economic

independence?
Answer: `String philosophy = "Swadeshi";

16. Which book did Gandhi write during his imprisonment?

Answer: `String book = "Hind Swaraj";

17. Which year did Gandhi launch the NonCooperation Movement?

Answer: `int nonCooperationYear = 1920;

18. Gandhi's strategy of mass protests in India is known as?

Answer: `String strategy = "Satyagraha";

19. Which British law was Gandhi protesting during the Dandi March?
Answer: `String law = "Salt Act";

20. What was the name of the book where Gandhi described his philosophy and life
principles?
Answer: `String book = "The Story of My Experiments with Truth";
 Round 2

1. Lal Bahadur Shastri promoted the use of what in India to strengthen food security during his
tenure?
A) Modern machinery
B) Organic farming
C) Fertilizers and highyield seeds
D) Cooperative farming
Answer: C) Fertilizers and highyield seeds

2. Lal Bahadur Shastri was born in which state of India?

E) Uttar Pradesh
F) Bihar
G) Gujarat
H) Maharashtra
Answer: A) Uttar Pradesh

3. Which political party did Lal Bahadur Shastri belong to?

A) Bharatiya Janata Party
B) Congress
C) Indian National Congress
D) Communist Party of India
Answer: C) Indian National Congress

4. Age difference between Mahatma Gandhi and Lal Bahadur Shastri?

A) 38
B) 35
C) 42
D) 44
Answer: B) 35

5. Shastri's education included which prestigious institution?

A) Banaras Hindu University
B) Oxford University
C) Harvard University
D) Allahabad University
Answer: A) Banaras Hindu University

6. Lal Bahadur Shastri was deeply influenced by which freedom fighter?

A) Subhas Chandra Bose
B) Mahatma Gandhi
C) Bhagat Singh
D) Bal Gangadhar Tilak
Answer: B) Mahatma Gandhi

7. Which book by C.P. Srivastava gives a detailed account of the life of Lal Bahadur Shastri?
- A) "Lal Bahadur Shastri: The Gentle Hero"
- B) "Lal Bahadur Shastri: A Life of Truth"
- C) "Lal Bahadur Shastri: The Man Who Touched India"
- D) "Lal Bahadur Shastri: A Life of Simplicity and Integrity"
Answer: A) "Lal Bahadur Shastri: The Gentle Hero"

8. Shastri's simple lifestyle is epitomized by his decision to take out a loan to purchase which of
the following?
- A) A car
- B) A house
- C) Farm equipment
- D) School fees for his children
Answer: A) A car

9. Which jail did Gandhi spend time in during the Quit India Movement?
Answer: `String jail = "Aga Khan Palace"; // assigning a string value`

10. What was Gandhi's father's name?

Answer: `String fatherName = "Karamchand Gandhi"; // assigning a string value`

11. In which country did Gandhi develop his philosophy of

nonviolence?Answer: `String country = "South Africa"; // assigning a
string value`

12.Gandhi's philosophy of nonviolence is known as?

Answer: `String philosophy = "Ahimsa"; // assigning a string value`

13. Which act was protested by Gandhi during the Rowlatt Satyagraha?
Answer: `String act = "Rowlatt Act"; // assigning a string value`

14. Where did Gandhi organize the first largescale hunger strike?
Answer: `String location = "Ahmedabad"; // assigning a string value`

15. Which leader worked closely with Gandhi in the Indian National Congress?
Answer: `String leader = "Jawaharlal Nehru"; // assigning a string value`

16. Which year did Gandhi organize the Kheda Satyagraha?

Answer: `int khedaYear = 1918; // using an integer data type`

17. Which international award did Gandhi famously never receive despite being nominated
multiple times?
Answer: `String award = "Nobel Peace Prize"; // assigning a string
value
18. Gandhi’s famous speech “Do or Die” was made during which movement?
Answer: `String movement = "Quit India Movement"; // assigning a string value`

19. What was the name of the commission Gandhi opposed in 1928?
Answer: `String commission = "Simon Commission"; // assigning a string value`

20. What does the term ‘Shastri’ mean, which was given to him as a title?
- A) Leader
- B) Scholar
- C) Warrior
- D) Philosopher
Answer: B) Scholar
 Round 3

1. What was the name of the spiritual principle Gandhi preached that emphasized the oneness
of humanity?
Answer: `String principle = "Sarvodaya"; // assigning a string value`

2. Which act allowed the British government to suppress revolutionary activities in India, against
which Gandhi fought?
Answer: `String act = "Defence of India Act"; // assigning a string value`

3. What was the name of the newspaper Gandhi edited in South Africa?
Answer: `String newspaper = "Indian Opinion"; // assigning a string
value`

4. Which form of tax was central to the conflict that led to the Kheda Satyagraha?
Answer: `String tax = "Land revenue tax"; // assigning a string value`

5. Which year did Gandhi lead the boycott of British goods as part of the Swadeshi Movement?
Answer: `int year = 1920; // using an integer data type`

6. Which famous fasting protest did Gandhi undertake against the treatment of Dalits?
Answer: `String protest = "Pune Pact fast"; // assigning a string value`

7. Which principle did Gandhi adopt from the Bible that greatly influenced his philosophy?
Answer: `String principle = "Love your enemies"; // assigning a string value`

8. Which Viceroy was responsible for India's partition?

Answer: `String viceroy = "Lord Mountbatten"; // assigning a string value`

9. Which British general ordered the Jallianwala Bagh massacre?

Answer: `String general = "General Dyer"; // assigning a string
value`

10. In which language did Gandhi first write "Hind Swaraj"?

Answer: `String language = "Gujarati"; // assigning a string value`

11. Which of Gandhi's works inspired Martin Luther King Jr.?

Answer: `String work = "Satyagraha"; // assigning a string
value`

12. Which school did Gandhi attend in London?

Answer: `String school = "Inner Temple"; // assigning a string value`
13. What strategy did Shastri implement to prevent communal riots during his tenure?
A) Strict military intervention
B) Strengthening local police forces
C) Dialogue with religious leaders
D) Proactive curfew imposition
Answer: C) Dialogue with religious leaders

14. Which notable socialist figure was a close political ally of Lal Bahadur Shastri during his
early career?
A) Ram Manohar Lohia
B) Jayaprakash Narayan
C) Acharya Narendra Dev
D) Subhas Chandra Bose
Answer: C) Acharya Narendra Dev

15. Lal Bahadur Shastri advocated for the adoption of which agricultural technique to boost
India's food production during his tenure?
A) Use of chemical fertilizers
B) Introduction of genetically modified crops
C) Drip irrigation technology
D) Cooperative farming methods
Answer: A) Use of chemical fertilizers

16. What challenge did Shastri face in dealing with India’s food crisis in the 1960s?
A) Complete dependency on food imports from the United States
B) Massive droughts and flooding across major agricultural states
C) Political instability in agricultural sectors
D) Peasant revolts in Punjab and Haryana
Answer: B) Massive droughts and flooding across major agricultural states

17. Which of the following statements best describes Lal Bahadur Shastri's political approach
during his tenure as Prime Minister?
A) Aggressive foreign policy and expansionist mindset
B) Nonalignment, with focus on domestic and agricultural reforms
C) ProWestern alignment with a focus on defense
D) Total reliance on industrialization with minimal concern for agriculture
Answer: B) Nonalignment, with focus on domestic and agricultural reforms

18. Lal Bahadur Shastri was known for his humble and simple lifestyle. What significant action
did he take during food scarcity to lead by example?
A)Skipped meals once a week
 B)Donated his entire salary
C)Opened free kitchens
D)Encouraged rationing
Answer: A) Skipped meals once a week

19. Shastri worked for which prominent political leader in Uttar Pradesh during the freedom
movement?
A)Motilal Nehru
B)Govind Ballabh Pant
C)Vallabhbhai Patel
D)Rajendra Prasad
Answer: B) Govind Ballabh Pant

20. Which river did Lal Bahadur Shastri famously swim across as a child to attend school?
A)Ganges
B)Yamuna
C)Gomti
D)Krishna
Answer: A) Ganges

21. Which book is commonly associated with the life of Lal Bahadur Shastri?
A)Lal Bahadur Shastri: A Life of Truth
B)Lal Bahadur Shastri: The Man of Peace
C)My Experiments with Truth
D)Freedom at Midnight
Answer: B) Lal Bahadur Shastri: The Man of Peace

22. Which prominent figure succeeded Lal Bahadur Shastri as Prime Minister of India?
A)Indira Gandhi
B)Morarji Desai
C)Gulzarilal Nanda
D)Charan Singh
Answer: A) Indira Gandhi

23. Shastri was imprisoned for his involvement in which of the following movements?
A)Salt March
B)Quit India Movement
C)NonCooperation Movement
D)Civil Disobedience Movement
Answer: B) Quit India Movement

24. During which major event in India's history did Shastri play a key leadership role?
A) Green Revolution
B) NonCooperation Movement
C) Civil Disobedience Movement
 D) Emergency
Answer: A) Green Revolution

25. How did Shastri’s tenure as Prime Minister end?

A) Resignation
B) Assassination
C) He passed away while still in office
D) Loss in elections
Answer: C) He passed away while still in office