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PPQuiz_Indian Prime Ministers_26March2022

Total questions: 50

Worksheet time: 25mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

Pt. Jawaharlal Nehru wrote which of these books?

a)

Why am I a Hindu?

b)

My Experiments with Truth

c)

Discovery of India

d)

The Arctic Home in the Vedas

2.

Which Indian Prime Minister was the driver behind India's White Revolution?

a)

Gulzari Lal Nanda

b)

Lal Bahadur Shastri

c)

Indira Gandhi

d)

Rajeev Gandhi

3.

Which title did BBC bestow upon Indira Gandhi?

a)

The Iron Lady

b)

The Queen of Wars

c)

Woman of the Millennium

d)

The Kingmaker

4.

Who has been the oldest PM of India?

a)

Jawaharlal Nehru

b)

Morarji Desai

c)

Narendra Modi

d)

Dr. Manmohan Singh

5.

Chaudhary Charan Singh was associated with which of the following parties?

a)

Congress for Democracy

b)

Jan Sangh

c)

Congress (I)

d)

Bhartiya Lok Dal

6.

Identify this Indian Prime Minister

a)

P.V. Narsimha Rao

b)

Chandrashekhar

c)

Charan Singh

d)

IK Gujral

7.

Which popular slogan did Lal Bahadur Shastri give?

a)

Do or Die

b)

Simon Go Back

c)

Kashmiriyat. Jamhooriat. Insaaniyat

d)

Jai Jawan Jai Kisaan

8.

Who is the youngest PM to hold office?

a)

Indira Gandhi

b)

Morarji Desai

c)

Rajiv Gandhi

d)

V.P. Singh

9.

Which PM was referred to as the Father of Economic Reforms?

a)

Manmohan Singh

b)

A.B. Vajapayee

c)

P.V. Narsimha Rao

d)

V.P. Singh

10.

Under which PM did India conduct the nuclear tests in Pokhran in 1998?

a)

Narendra Modi

b)

I.K. Gujral

c)

A.B. Vajapayee

d)

Manmohan Singh

11.

Which P.M. kickstarted the development of the Delhi Metro Project?

a)

H.D. Deve Gowda

b)

Chandrashekhar

c)

I.K. Gujral

d)

Manmohan Singh

12.

Which of these PM's was bestowed with the Bangladesh Liberation War Honour?

a)

Manmohan Singh

b)

Narendra Modi

c)

Atal Bihari Vajpayee

d)

Inder Kumar Gujral

13.

Which PM is infamous for heading a government that lasted thirteen days?

a)

A.B. Vajapayee

b)

Indira Gandhi

c)

Rajiv Gandhi

d)

V.P. Singh

14.

Which PM was known for his crusade against corruption and heading a coalition government in 1989?

a)

Chandra Sekhar

b)

Vishwanath Pratap Singh

c)

Rajiv Gandhi

d)

Charan Singh

15.

Who was the first non-Congress PM of India?

a)

Indira Gandhi

b)

Morarji Desai

c)

Charan Singh

d)

Lal Bahadur Shastri

16.

Identify this 'acting' prime minister of India

a)

Lal Bahadur Shastri

b)

Chandrashekhar

c)

Gulzari Lal Nanda

d)

I.K. Gujral

17.

Which of these PMs was a prominent socialist leader and authored the book 'Meri Jail Diary' ?

a)

Jawaharlal Nehru

b)

Chandrashekhar

c)

Charan Singh

d)

Gulzari Lal Nanda

18.

Who is the founder of the Bhartiya Janta Party?

a)

Narendra Modi

b)

L.K. Advani

c)

Shyama Prasad Mookerjee

d)

A.B. Vajapayee

19.

In which constitutional article is the role and duties of the PM laid down?

a)

Article 54

b)

Article 78

c)

Article 324

d)

Article 260

20.

Which Indian PM has written the book 'Exam Warriors'?

a)

Narendra Modi

b)

Jawaharlal Nehru

c)

Chandrashekhar

d)

Narsimha Rao

21.

Which of these PMs has been a diplomat in the past?

a)

H.D. Deve Gowda

b)

I.K. Gujral

c)

P.V. Narsimha Rao

d)

Narendra Modi

22.

Which PM had also been a finance minister?

a)

VP Singh

b)

IK Gujral

c)

Manmohan Singh

d)

Chandrashekhar

23.

Which PM was responsible for the establishment of the Bhabha Atomic Research Centre?

a)

Lal Bahadur Shastri

b)

Jawaharlal Nehru

c)

Chaudhary Charan Singh

d)

Gulzari Lal Nanda

24.

Which of these PM's has not received the Bharat Ratna yet?

a)

Atal Bihari Vajpayee

b)

Lal Bahadur Shastri

c)

Morarji Desai

d)

VP Singh

25.

PM Modi has launched which mission to encourage the spirit of cleanliness among India?

a)

Namami Gange

b)

Swachh Bharat

c)

Sabka Saath, Sabka Vikas

d)

Skill India

26.

How many PMs India has had till now?

a)

15

b)

14

c)

13

d)

12

27.

Which PM led the war of liberation in Bangladesh in 1971?

a)

Indira Gandhi

b)

Rajiv Gandhi

c)

Morarji Desai

d)

Lal Bahadur Shastri

28.

Which PM is credited with passing the 62nd Constitutional Amendment in 1989?

a)

VP Singh

b)

IK Gujral

c)

Chandrashekhar

d)

P.V. Narsimha Rao

29.

Which PM is the only one to serve thrice?

a)

Jawaharlal Nehru

b)

Lal Bahadur Shastri

c)

Narendra Modi

d)

Atal Bihari Vajpayee

30.

Deve Gowda was the PM as well as an ex-CM of ................................

a)

Telangana

b)

Andhra Pradesh

c)

Karnataka

d)

Tamil Nadu

31.

.......................................... was also the Minister of Information and Broadcasting and Minister of External Affairs in different tenures

a)

H.D. Deve Gowda

b)

P.V. Narsimha Rao

c)

I.K. Gujral

d)

Jawaharlal Nehru

32.

Who has written the book Changing India?

a)

Narendra Modi

b)

A.B. Vajpayee

c)

Manmohan Singh

d)

I.K. Gujral

33.

Narendra Modi served as the CM of which state before he became the PM?

a)

Maharashtra

b)

Gujarat

c)

Rajasthan

d)

Uttar Pradesh

34.

Identify this well-known farmers' leader who later became the PM of India

a)

Chandrashekhar

b)

Gulzari Lal Nanda

c)

Lal Bahadur Shastri

d)

Chaudhary Charan Singh

35.

Which sporting event held in 1982 was the proof of Rajiv Gandhi's organizational skills?

a)

Asiads

b)

Commonwealth Games

c)

National Games

d)

Uber Cup

36.

VP Singh was the CM of which state before he took charge as the PM?

a)

Bihar

b)

Madhya Pradesh

c)

Chattisgarh

d)

Uttar Pradesh

37.

Which PM's government was named as a lame duck government?

a)

Charan Singh

b)

A.B. Vajpayee

c)

Chandrashekhar

d)

Gulzari Lal Nanda

38.

Lal Bahadur Shastri established which of these organizations?

a)

Bhabha Atomic Research Centre

b)

National Dairy Development Board

c)

National Planning Committee

d)

Indian National Congress

39.

'Tashkent Files' is a film made on the controversial death of an Indian PM. Who is it?

a)

Gulzari Lal Nanda

b)

Lal Bahadur Shastri

c)

Jawaharlal Nehru

d)

Indira Gandhi

40.

Which Indian PM's assassination led to the 1984 Anti-Sikh Riots?

a)

Rajiv Gandhi

b)

Lal Bahadur Shastri

c)

Pratap Singh Kairon

d)

Indira Gandhi

41.

Which international civilian award was Morarji Desai awarded?

a)

Nishan-E- Pakistan

b)

Freedom Medal

c)

National Flag Order

42.

Who was the leading face of the Debt Redemption Bill 1939?

a)

Charan Singh

b)

V.P. Singh

c)

A.B. Vajpayee

d)

Jawaharlal Nehru

43.

Which PM lost his life in a suicide bomb attack by LTTE members in a political rally?

a)

Rajiv Gandhi

b)

Morarji Desai

c)

Jawaharlal Nehru

d)

H.D. Deve Gowda

44.

P.V. Narasimha Rao served as the ................................. PM of India

a)

16th

b)

8th

c)

10th

d)

9th

45.

Which of these PM's served only for a single term?

a)

Gulzari Lal Nanda

b)

Manmohan Singh

c)

Indira Gandhi

d)

Lal Bahadur Shastri

46.

Which political alliance is Narendra Modi associated with?

a)

UPA

b)

LDF

c)

NDA

d)

Left Front

47.

Which PM was also the chairperson of the Bombay Housing Board?

a)

Jawaharlal Nehru

b)

Gulzari Lal Nanda

c)

Indira Gandhi

d)

Chandrashekhar

48.

Which famous statutory body did Jawaharlal Nehru set up?

a)

NHRC

b)

Election Commission

c)

Armed Forces Tribunal

d)

Central Vigilance Commission

49.

Manmohan Singh is the first ............................. PM of India

a)

Non Congress

b)

Independent

c)

Sikh

d)

Haryanvi

50.

If the president is the head of the state, the PM is the head of ........................ in India

a)

Community

b)

Society

c)

Government

d)

Lok Sabha