GK Quiz Question and Answer on Rajiv Gandhi

Born in the powerful Nehru – Gandhi family, Rajiv Gandhi was the 6^th prime minister of India. He took the office prime minister after the assassination of his mother Smt. Indira Gandhi. Shri. Rajiv Gandhi is known for its development work especially in the field of science and technology.

GK questions in various competitive exams are asked from the life of Shri. Rajiv Gandhi. In this article, we are providing some of the important questions related to Rajiv Gandhi which are often asked in various exams like SSC CGL, CHSL, UPSC, etc.

Important GK Questions on Rajiv Gandhi

1. What is the full name of Rajiv Gandhi?

Answer: Rajiv Ratna Gandhi

2. When was Rajiv Gandhi born?

Answer: 20th August 1944

3. What was the profession of Rajiv Gandhi before entering Politics

Answer: Pilot

4. Who swore in Rajiv Gandhi as the prime minister of India?

Answer: Zail Singh

5. What is the birth anniversary of Rajiv Gandhi is obesrved as?

Answer: Sadbhavna Diwas

6. In which year did Rajiv Gandhi became the Prime minister of India?

Answer: 1984

7. From which constituency did Rajiv Gandhi represent in Loksabha?

Answer: Amethi

8. Rajiv Gandhi was assassinated in which year?

Answer: 1991

9. In which college did Rajiv Gandhi Study in Landon?

Answer: Imperial College Landon.

10. Who was the 7th Prime Minister of India?

Answer: Rajiv Gandhi

11. Who was the maternal Grandfather of Rajiv Gandhi?

Answer: Jawaharlal Nehru

12. What was the place of Rajiv Gandhi birth?

Answer: Bombay (now mumbai)

13. Who was the father of Rajiv Gandhi?

Answer: Feroz Gandhi

14. Where did Rajiv Gandhi Died?

Answer: Sriperumbudur, Tamil Nadu

15. In which year did Rajiv Gandhi married to Sonia Gandhi?

Answer: 1968

16. Who started Jawahar Navodya Vidyalaya system in India?

Answer: Rajiv Gandhi

17. In which year did Rajiv Gandhi was awarded Bharat Ratna?

Answer: 1991

18. Rajiv Gandhi was the youngest Prime minister ever,What was his age when he took charge as PM?

Answer: 40 years

19. Who was the person behind the assassination of Rajiv Gandhi?

Answer: Thenmozhi Rajaratnam

20. After which incident Rajiv Gandhi became the Prime Minister Of India?

Answer: Assassination of Indira Gandhi

21. Where was Rajiv Gandhi cremated after his assassination?

Answer: Veer Bhumi

22. What is the name of Rajiv Gandhi’s wife?

Answer: Sonia Gandhi

23. When did Rajiv Gandhi Died?

Answer: 21st May 1991

24. Which bollywood actor was the bestfriend of Rajiv Gandhi?

Answer: Amitabh Bachchan

25. When did Rajiv Gandhi become the prime minister of India?

Answer: 31st October 1984

26. Which school in Dehradun was attended by Rajiv Gandhi?

Answer: Doon School

27. To which country Rajiv Gandhi sent Indian Peace Keeping Force?

Answer: Sri Lanka

28. Rajiv Gandhi was an active amateur radio operator. What was his callsign?

Answer: VU2RG

29. On 29th July’15, the Supreme Court confirmed its decision of commuting the death sentence to life imprisonment of three persons convicted of killing former Prime Minister _________

Answer: Rajiv Gandhi

30. The Birth Anniversary of Rajiv Gandhi was observed on ______.

Answer: 20th August

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31. To mark the anniversary of which leader was ‘Sadbhavna Diwas’ observed by the Meghalaya along with the rest of the country?

Answer: Rajeev Gandhi

32. Which magazine during 1984 Lok Sabha elections predicted Congress will win 366 seats and it may even win 400 seats?

Answer: India Today

33. Where was Rajiv Gandhi born?

Answer: Mumbai

34. Which popular employment scheme was started by Rajiv Gandhi to give jobs to the youth?

Answer: Jawahar Rozgar Yojana

35. Who introduced the age of voting right as 18?

Answer: Rajiv Gandhi

36. Who was the prime minister of India when MTNL started?

Answer: Rajiv Gandhi

37. In which year that Indo-Sri Lanka Peace Accord was signed by Rajiv Gandhi and the Sri Lankan President J. R. Jayewardene?

Answer: 29^th July, 1987.

38. How many number of lok sabha seats congress won under Rajiv Gandhi in 1984?

Answer: 404 seats

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39. Why was Rajiv Gandhi nicknamed as Mr. Clean?

Answer: Due to his fight against corruption

40. In which the Rajiv Gandhi government signed the Mizoram peace accord establishing peace in the region?

Answer: 1987