Glimpses of World History is a collection of letters written by Jawaharlal Nehru to
- A.Mahatma Gandhi
- B.His father Motilal Nehru
- C.His daughter Indira
- D.Maulana Abul Kalam Azad
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Explanation
The correct answer is C, his daughter Indira. Nehru wrote the letters from prison, telling her the story of the world from ancient times onwards, and they were later collected as Glimpses of World History. The shorter and earlier set written to her as a child was published as Letters from a Father to His Daughter.
Option A, Mahatma Gandhi, exchanged a great deal of correspondence with Nehru, but that correspondence is published separately and is not this book. Option B, Motilal Nehru, was his father and a leader of the Swaraj Party, and letters run the other way in that relationship. Option D, Maulana Abul Kalam Azad, wrote his own book, India Wins Freedom. In the exam, connect the word letters with Indira and the word discovery with Ahmednagar Fort, and the Nehru questions are settled.
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