Question

Which of the following books is not written by Jawaharlal Nehru?
A) Glimpses of World History
B) Discovery of India
C) An Autobiography
D) The Story of my Experiments with truth

Answer 1

Hint: This book is an autobiography written by the Father of our Nation. It was written from 1925 to 1929 and it includes his life story from his childhood to the year 1921. This book was not published as a book but as a series of short excerpts from the newspapers and magazines.

Complete answer:
Jawaharlal Nehru was a nationalist and he actively protested against the unfair governance of the British. The British managed to imprison him nine times and Nehru had to spend eight and a half years in prison. During this time, he wrote several books. Let us find out the book which he hasn’t written.

Now let us look into the given options:
Option A) Glimpses of World History – This book is actually a collection or a compilation of the letters that Jawaharlal Nehru wrote to his daughter while he was in prison. They were written from 1930-1933 and in three different prisons, i.e. Naini, Bareilly and Dehradun. Thus, this option is incorrect.
Option B) Discovery of India – This book was also written by Jawaharlal Nehru. He wrote this while he was imprisoned from 1942-1945 at the Ahmednagar Fort. This book tells us about India’s journey through different periods of time, i.e. from the Ancient or the Vedic Age up to the last few years of the British Rule in India. Thus, this option is also incorrect.
Option C) An Autobiography – This book is also known as ‘Towards Freedom’ and was written by Jawaharlal Nehru. This book is his autobiography and he wrote this when he was in prison from June 1934 to February 1935 and was published in 1936. Later, a few years before independence he added five more chapters to the books and republished a new edition. Thus, this option is wrong.
Option D) The story of my experiments with truth – This book is an autobiography of The Father of Our Nation, Mahatma Gandhi. He wrote about his life from his childhood up to 1921. He started writing his book in 1925 and completed it in February 1929. Therefore, this is the correct option.

Thus, the correct answer is Option (D) The Story of my Experiments with the truth.

Note: ‘The story of my experiments with truth’ was originally written in Gujarati and it was later translated to English by Mahadev Desai. Gandhi wrote about his childhood, his relationship with his wife and parents, his experiences at school, his journey to London and South Africa, his experience with racial discrimination etc. It was designated as one of the 100 most spiritual books of the twentieth century.