1. The interim government which was formed on August 1946 was headed by (KARNATAKA SET 2016 PAPER II)

2. About the office of the President, who said, "The Constitution wants to create neither a real executive nor a mere figurehead, but a head that neither reigns nor governs : it wants to create a great  figurehead.......... (GUJARAT SET 2013 PAPER III)

3. Who authored the book Nehru's India: A History in Seven Myths? (GUJARAT SET 2023)

4. Which of the following pairs of Political Thinkers and Quote on Nationalism is wrongly matched? (GUJARAT SET 2023)

5. Who drafted the resolution on 'Fundamental Rights and Duties' for the Karachi Congress 1931 in which it was said that 'The State shall observe neutrality in regards to all religions'? (JNU MA 2021)

Choose the correct answer from the options given below:

6. Match List with List II (DU MA 2020)

7. Nehru is considered a secular thinker:- (DU MA 2018)

8. Who was the Chairman of Union Constitution Committee of the Constituent Assembly of India? (CUET PG 2021)

9. Who gave the stateirient given below in context of Indian foreign policy? "The pursuit of peace, not through alignment with any major group or power but through an independent approach to such controversial or disputed issues, the liberation of subjected peoples, the maintenance of freedom, both national and individual, the elimination of racial discrimination and the elimination of diseases and ignorance which affect the greater part of the world's population." (Madhya Pradesh SET 2022)

10. The first effective attempt by the nationalists for drafting the Constitution of independent India may be traced to the (Bihar PGT 2023)

11. Who among the following was conscious of the limitations of both capitalism and communism and wanted to avoid their demerits in the model of development he envisaged? (TELANGANA SET 2022)

12. Which part of the Indian Constitution was described as 'a manifesto of aims and aspirations' by Jawaharlal Nehru? (JAMMU & KASHMIR SET October 2023)

13. Identify the political leader with his philosophy: (PUMDET 2019) 

14. Nehru Report did not include: (RAJASTHAN SET 2013 PART 1)

15. The 1963 Kamraj Plan was initiated by Nehru : (GUJARAT SET 2017 AUG PAPER II)

16. Consider the following statements regarding Jawaharlal Nehru : (Rajasthan SET 2020)

(i) Jawaharlal Nehru made a distinction between 'Scientific method and 'Scientific approach'.

(ii) According to him 'Scientific method' is reason based efforts and 'Scientific approach' is way of life.

17. Who said, Phule's thought represented the "fulfilment of the renaissance desire for social transformation along revolutionary lines"?  (PUMDET 2019) 

18. What, according to author, is common between Nehru, Gandhi and Ambedkar? (University of Hyderabad MA 2018)

19. Nehru's celebration of the 2500th anniversary of the Buddha made no impact on China because:  (University of Hyderabad M.Phil. 2019)

20. What was the effect of Nehru's intervention on Hindu lobbyists' attempt to impose Hindi  by invoking the Irish expetiente?  (University of Hyderabad MA 2020)

21. One of the following was not a pioneer of the Non-Alignment Movement (NAM): (University of Hyderabad MA 2016)

22. Who chaired the ‘States Committee’ in the Constituent Assembly of India? (KERALA SET 2020 FEBRUARY)

23. The ‘Union Powers committee’ in the constituent Assembly of India was chaired by: (KERALA SET 2019 FEBRUARY)

24. The philosophical postulates of the Constitution of India are based on (KERALA SET 2013 DECEMBER)

25. Who presented the objectives resolution in the Constituent Assembly of India ? (MAHARASHTRA SET 2020 PAPER II)

26. Who stated “These has been for too much emphasis on rights and for too little on obligations were undertaken, rights would naturally flow from them"? (NET June 2024 Paper II)

27. Who are regarded as the ‘founding fathers’ of the non-aligned movement? (MAHARASHTRA SET 2019 PAPER II)

28. The Lahore Session of the Congress which adopted a resolution of complete independence for India was presided over by: (MAHARASHTRA SET 2018 PAPER III)

29. A planned approach to development in India is considered to be the contribution of. (MAHARASHTRA SET 2017 PAPER III)

30. Who moved the objectives resolution in the Constituent Assembly? (WEST BENGAL SET JANUARY 2023)

31. Nehru wrote Whither India? in support of (WEST BENGAL SET 2020)

32. Given below are two statements: (NET March 2023 Shift I)

Statement (I): Nehru favoured a socialistic pattern of society.

Statement (II): Nehru's commitment to civil liberties prevented him from accepting the idea of 'dictatorship of the proletariat'.

In the light of the above statements, choose the correct answer from the options given below:

33. Who said that "National Programme cannot be fixed according to ideology and if people want it, let them elect astrologers to govern the country. And if they believe in astrology out of ignorance let us combat it.:" (NET 2023 JUNE Shift I)

34. Who called Nehru, Patel, Prasad and Azad as an oligarchy within constituent Assembly? (NET June 2023 Shift I)

35. Which former Prime Minister of India made a distinction between 'scientific method’ and 'scientific approach’? (JMI M.A. 2021-2022)

36. Glimpses of World History is a book written by? (JMI M.A. 2021-2022)

37. The 1963 Kamraj Plan was initiated by Nehru (NET June 2013 Paper II)

38. In whose description Maulana Azad, Jawaharlal Nehru, Vallabhbhai Patel and Rajendra Prasad formed 'an oligarchy within the (Constituent) Assembly'? (NET December 2015 Paper II)

39. J. L. Nehru is associated with: (BHU MA 2014)

40. J. L. Nehru supported which one of the following models of economy? (BHU MA 2015)

41. Jawaharlal Nehru was closely associated with which ideology? (BHU MA 2018)

42. J. L. Nehru supported which one of the following models of economy? (BHU MA 2019)

43. The book 'Discovery of India was authored by: (BHU MA 2019)

44. Given below are two statements. One is labelled as Assertion (A) and the other is labelled as Reason (R). (NET December 2008)

Assertion (A): Nehru said that it is crime against man and God to submit to anybody's rule.

Reason (R): Individuals are not born equal.

Choose the correct answer from the following:

45. Find out the correct statements: (NET DECEMBER 2023)

A. On 1st April 1950, India was the first non-socialist bloc country to establish diplomatic relations with China.

B. Prime Minister Nehru never visited China during his premiership.

C. A phase of improvement in bilateral relations began in 1988.

D. Rajiv Gandhi as the Prime Minister of India visited China in 1993.

46. Which of the following Committees of the Constituent Assembly was chaired by Jawaharlal Nehru? (NET December 2013 Paper III)

47. Which of the following cases reflect on the elements of the basic structure of the Indian Constitution? Choose correct answer from the code given below: (NET November 2017 Paper II)

(A) Indira Nehru Gandhi V. Raj Narain

(B) Kesavanand Bharti V. State of Kerala

(C) P. Gupta V. Union of India

(D) Minerva Mills V. Union of India

Code:

48. Put the following events in their chronological order and select the correct answer from the code given below: (NET November 2017 Paper II)

Poona Pact, Third Round Table Conference, Swaraj Party, Communal Award, Nehru Report.

Code:

49. Given below are two statements: (NET June 2020 Paper II)

Statement I: Every constitution has a philosophy of its own.

Statement II: For the philosophy underlying Indian Constitution. we must look back into the historic Objective Resolution moved by Pandit Nehru.

In the light of the above statements. Choose the correct answer from the options given below:

50. Who among the following is the author of the critical scholarly memoir. "Envoy to Nehru"? (NET 2023 JUNE Shift II)

51. Which among the following statements is true about rise of alternative perspectives on Indian foreign policy? (NET 2023 JUNE Shift II)

A. In the mid-1960s, the Swatantra party presented a classical conservative perspective on foreign policy.

B. It was led by I.K. Gujral.

C. The supporters were drawn from former bureaucrats, business community and members of princely families.

D. They united in their opposition to Nehru's Fabian economics.

E. They believed in the forces of the market and private enterprises.

Choose the most appropriate answer from the questions given below:

52. Which one of the following is not a work of Jawaharlal Nehru? (BHU MA 2016)

53. Which of the following scholars observes various forms of Nehruvianisms · militant Nehruvianism', 'classical Nehruvionism' and 'post-cold war Nehruvianism'. (NET 2023 JUNE Shift I)

54. Consider the following statements (University of Hyderabad Ph.D 2021)

I. In the 1984 General Election to the lok Sabha, the Indian National Congress led by Rajiv Gandhi secured more votes and seats than the party won under the leadership of Jawaharlal Nehru and Indira Gandhi

II. In the 2014 General Election, the Bharatiya Janata Party secured a majority of seats in the lok Sabha on its own

III. The first coalition government in India to complete the full 5-year term was the BJp-led National Democratic Alliance government from 1999-2004

IV. A regional political party once recognized as a state party can under no circumstances become a national party'

Which of the statements given above are correct?

55. Given below are two statements, one labeled as Assertion (A) and the other labeled as Reason (R). Select the correct answer from the codes given below: (GUJARAT SET 2022)

Assertion (A): According to Nehruvian idea, post-independence India faces biggest development challenge of transforming one of the oldest, most complex, continuous civilization into a modern nation-state.

Reason (R): One of the important measures of India's march towards political modernization is high level of institutional development and democratic polity.

Codes:

56. Which of the following is not a principle advocated by Nehru's political thought? (GUJARAT SET 2021 DEC)

57. Who made the following statement in the Constituent Assembly in connection with the Amendment Procedure of the Constitution of India? (NET December 2013 Paper III)

'That while we want this Constitution to be solid and as permanent as a structure we can make it, nevertheless there is no permanence in Constitutions. If you make anything rigid and permanent, you stop the Nation's growth, the growth of a living, vital organic people'.

58. Who among the following wrote, "In the context of society today, the caste system and much that goes with it are wholly incompatible, reactionary, restrictive, and barriers to progress."? (NET July 2016 Paper III)

59. Match the following lists of thinkers and their respective political parties: (MAHARASHTRA SET 2021 PAPER II)

60. Which of the following statements are incorrect ? Choose your answer from the codes given below: (MAHARASHTRA SET 2021 PAPER II)

(a) Sri Aurobindo was a liberal thinker

(b) M. N. Roy enunciated Radical Humanism

(c) Jawaharlal Nehru was a crusader against imperialism

(d) J. P. Narayan promoted Marxist revolution

Codes:

61. Who among the following was associated with the Swaraj Party? (KERALA SET 2013 DECEMBER)

62. In which session of the Indian National Congress, Jawaharlal Nehru announced his  conviction that ‘the only solution of the World’s problems and of India’s problems lies in  Socialism? (KERALA SET 2017 FEBRUARY)

63. Which of the following thinkers is conceptualised by Partha Chatterjee in his work Nationalist Thought and the Colonial World: A Derivative Discourse? as "the moment of arrival"? (GUJARAT SET 2022)

64. Who made the following statement in the Constituent Assembly in connection with the Amendment Procedure of the Constitution of India "while we want this constitution to be solid and as permanent a structure we can make it; nevertheless there is no permanence in constitutions."? (GUJARAT SET 2019 DEC)

65. Who among the following was associated with the "Resolution on Fundamental Rights and Economic Policy," proposed in 1931? (GUJARAT SET 2019 DEC)

66. Match the books (List-1) with their authors (List-II) by identifying the correct code: (WEST BENGAL SET 2022)

67. Who was the President of Congress when it adopted the 'Poorna Swaraj' resolution? (WB SET 2015 Paper III)

68. Match List - I with List - II and select the correct answer from the codes given below: (NET December 2007)

69. Match List -I with List - II and select the correct answer from the codes given below: (NET December 2007)

70. Match List-I and List-Il and select the correct answer from the codes given below: (JAMMU & KASHMIR SET October 2023)