Deck 6: Nehrus Letters to His Daughter: Lessons in Life and Leadership

Question 1

Indira was inspired by Joan of Arc who

A)Championed the cause of women empowerment.
B)Fought singularly against the aggressor
C)Inspired the French victory over the English
D)Challenged the English troops

Answer 1

Inspired the French victory over the English

Question 2

What did Nehru profess to dislike?

A)Talking and discussing
B)Sermonizing and doling out advice
C)Speaking and writing
D)Listening and understanding

Answer 2

Sermonizing and doling out advice

Question 3

Nehru declares that a letter is at best a ____.

A)Good method of communication
B)Meaningful method of communication
C)One-sided affair
D)Useless means of communication

Answer 3

One-sided affair

Question 4

What does history help even simple, ordinary people become?

A)Good citizens
B)Villains
C)Warriors
D)Heroes and heroines

Question 5

Jawaharlal Nehru declares that ordinary men are not usually ____.

A)Great
B)Humble
C)Truthful
D)Heroic

Question 6

What does Nehru say was unworthy of his daughter?

A)Fear
B)Lies
C)Doubt
D)Vices

Question 7

Nehru sends a letter to his daughter from Naini Prison on her _______ birthday.

A)fifteenth
B)twelfth
C)thirteenth
D)eleventh

Question 8

Nehru mentions that the core of Mahatma Gandhi's freedom movement is _____.

A)faithfulness
B)openness
C)secretive
D)privacy

Question 9

Hiuen Tsang, a Chinese traveller came to India in search of wisdom and -

A)knowledge
B)treasure
C)wealth
D)freedom

Question 10

Nehru thought that the best way to find out what is right and wrong, what should be done and what should not be done is by -

A)giving orders
B)ordering one to be silent
C)talking and discussing
D)meditation

Question 11

According to Nehru, a letter can hardly take the place of a talk, and says that it is ________ affair.

A)two-sided
B)one-sided
C)three-sided
D)four-sided

Question 12

Nehru wrote a letter to his daughter on her

A)10th birthday
B)13th birthday
C)16th birthday
D)18th birthday

Question 13

Nehru's letter to his daughter was dated

A)October 25, 1930
B)October 26, 1930
C)October27, 1930
D)October 28, 1930

Question 14

The 'very wise man' came from

A)South India
B)Karnasuvarna
C)China
D)Pataliputra

Question 15

Whose book contains the story of the 'very wise man'?

A)Nehru
B)the 'very wise man' himself
C)Bapuji
D)Hiuen Tsang

Question 16

Hieun Tsang braved many dangers on his way to India because

A)he travelled alone
B)he wanted to come to India at all cost
C)of his great thirst for knowledge
D)he wanted to become famous

Question 17

Nehru wants his daughter to

A)grow up a child of the light
B)grow up a graceful lady
C)be the Prime Minister of India
D)fight for India's freedom

Question 18

The 'great drama' that Nehru and his daughter take a part in, refers to

A)a play directed by Gandhiji
B)a theatre performance
C)the freedom movement
D)the great revolt

Question 19

Nehru tells his daughter that the desire to hide anything means that you are

A)afraid
B)secretive
C)timid
D)not confident

Question 20

Nehru asked his daughter Indira to apply a particular test whenever she was

A)Successful
B)Afraid
C)in doubt
D)happy

Question 21

Patna was formerly known as

A)Patiala
B)Poona
C)Chandigarh
D)Pataliputra

Question 22

To prevent his belly from bursting with too much knowledge, the wise man wore around his waist

A)a waistband
B)copper plates
C)a steel armour
D)a thick scarf

Question 23

In his letter to Indira, Jawaharlal Nehru wrote that ________________ men and women are not usually heroic.

A)Ordinary
B)Simple
C)Prosperous
D)Poor

Question 24

According to Jawaharlal Nehru, one cannot pose as a wise man and distribute good advice to others if he is

A)learned and wise
B)a great leader
C)afraid
D)limited in wisdom

Question 25

Nehru's birthday present for his daughter Indira Priyadarshini can only be of the

A)spiritual aspects
B)body and the soul
C)material world
D)air, mind and spirit