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Jawaharlal Nehru

Jawaharlal Nehru is a History concept from the MPSC syllabus, tested in 3 past MPSC questions (2013, 2014, 2016). Below are those real questions with their correct answers and explanations, plus the concepts worth being comfortable with first.

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3
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3 · 2013–2016
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What you need to know first

Indian National Congress leadersPost-independence institutionsBasic knowledge of Nehru's literary works

Real questions that test this

फैजपूर येथील काँग्रेस अधिवेशनाबाबत खालीलपैकी कोणते विधान सत्य नाही ? Which one of the following statements about the Faizpur Session of Congress is not true ?

a)ते काँग्रेसचे ग्रामीण भागातील पहिले अधिवेशन होते. / It was the first Session of Congress held in the rural area.
b)त्या अधिवेशनाला सुमारे 40,000 शेतकरी उपस्थित होते. / It was attended by about 40,000 peasants.
c)त्या अधिवेशनाच्या आयोजनात धनाजी नाना चौधरी आणि साने गुरुजी यांनी महत्त्वाची भूमिका पार पाडली. / Dhanajinana Choudhari and Sane Guruji played an important role in organizing this session.
d)शंकरराव देव हे त्या अधिवेशनाचे अध्यक्ष होते. / Shankarrao Deo presided over this session.✓ Correct

The Faizpur Session (1936) was presided over by Jawaharlal Nehru, not Shankarrao Deo, making statement 4 incorrect.

जवाहरलाल नेहरूंबाबत पुढीलपैकी कोणती विधाने बरोबर आहेत ? Which of the following statements about Jawaharlal Nehru are true ?

(a)ते स्वातंत्र्यापूर्वी व स्वातंत्र्यानंतर नियोजन आयोगाचे प्रमुख होते. / He chaired the Planning Commission before and after independence.

(b)त्यांनी अनेकदा भारतीय विज्ञान परिषदेचे अध्यक्षपद भूषवले. / He presided over many sessions of Indian Science Congress.

(c)नेहरू रिपोर्ट लिहून त्यांनी भारतासाठी आदर्श राजपद्चतीचा आराखडा मांडला. / Authoring the Nehru report, he drew an ideal outline for Indian government.

(d)"मला पाश्चात्य जगात उपन्यासारखे वाटते, पण मायदशातही कधी कधी परक्यासारखे वाटते". असे त्यांचे मत होते. / "I feel like an exile in the West, but sometimes I feel I am an outsider even in my own country." He felt.

1)(a), (b), (d)✓ Correct
2)(a), (b), (c)
3)(a), (c), (d)
4)(b), (c), (d)

Jawaharlal Nehru chaired the Planning Commission, presided over sessions of the Indian Science Congress, and expressed feelings of alienation in both Western and Indian contexts. Statement (c) is wrong because Motilal Nehru authored the Nehru Report, not Jawaharlal.

कोणाचे सुप्रसिद्ध आत्मचरित्र पुढील विधानाने सुरू होते ? "विशेषतः भारतात, सुखवस्तू कुटुंबाचे एकुलते एक चिरंजीव बिघडण्याची शक्यता अधिक असते." Whose famous autobiography begins with the statement "An only son of prosperous parents is apt to be spoilt, especially so in India"?

1)जवाहरलाल नेहरू / Jawaharlal Nehru✓ Correct
2)मोहनदास करमचंद गांधी / Mohandas Karamchand Gandhi
3)नसीरूद्दीन शहा / Naseeruddin Shah
4)जे.आर.डी. टाटा / J.R.D. Tata

Jawaharlal Nehru's autobiography 'Toward Freedom' famously begins with the statement: 'An only son of prosperous parents is apt to be spoilt, especially so in India.'

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