Question

The Discovery of India is a book by __________.
1. Jawahar Lal Nehru
2. Mahatma Gandhi
3. Sardar Vallabhai Patel
4. Dr.B.R Ambedkar

Answer 1

Hint:The Discovery of India’, book is about history of India. This book is written during the imprisonment of the writer at Ahmednagar fort for participating in the Quit India Movement (1942-1946). This book is four years of confinement and solitude in prison and his way of paying homage to his country and its culture.

Complete answer:
In the book, Nehru has started from ancient history, he has written parts of Vedas, Upanishads and books on ancient times to the British raj. This is the finest writing on Indian history. This book has a history of India, its culture and philosophy. Bharat Ek Khoj television series was based on this book which was released in 1988.
Jawahar Lal Nehru has used the term Unity in diversity to describe India and has said that India has always been united in spite of differences in religion, culture and region and he also said that the Indian unity is not imposed from outside but it is practiced by people willingly and acknowledged by variety and even encouraged.
Jawahar Lal Nehru became the nation’s first prime minister in 1947.He was an influential leader in the Indian Independence movement and he was a political heir of Mahatma Gandhi. He established a parliamentary government. He was a key leader of the Indian National Congress and he served India until his death in 1964.
The book is written by Jawahar Lal Nehru.
Thus, the option 1. Jawahar Lal Nehru is correct.

Note:According to Jawahar Lal Nehru some of his colleagues in prison were good at reading manuscripts and making a number of valuable suggestions. He took the advantage of their suggestions which helped him in writing the book. He gave special mention to four of his fellow prisoners.