Daily Quiz | On life and times of former PM Rajiv Gandhi

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1. Born into the famous Nehru family, which famous school did attend in India and to which prestigious colleges did he go but without completing a degree?

Answer : Doon School, Trinity College (Cambridge) and Imperial College (London).

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2. What was his profession when he decided to join mainstream politics?

Answer : A pilot with Air India.

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3. From which constituency did he contest the Lok Sabha polls in 1981 and how is the constituency connected to his family?

Answer : Amethi in UP. His brother Sanjay and subsequently his widow Sonia and son Rahul have all won from it.

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4. What record did Rajiv set when he took over as the PM on the assasination of Indira Gandhi in October 1984?

Answer : Youngest Indian to hold the office.

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5. During his regime, Operations codenamed ‘Flowers are Blooming’ and ‘Cactus’ were undertaken to thwart coups in which two countries?

Answer : Seychelles and Maldives.

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6. What did the 61st Amendment to Constitution introduced under Rajiv Gandhi’s leadership in 1988 bring about?

Answer : Lowering of the voting age from 21 to 18.

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7. In which place in Tamil Nadu was Rajiv Gandhi assassinated on May 21, 1991

Answer :  Sriperumbudur.

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8. What is the ‘Sadhbhavana Diwas’ observed on August 20?

Answer : Observed annually to promote national integration and communal harmony.

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