Children’s Day, celebrated every year on 14 November, is a special occasion dedicated to the growth, education, and happiness of children. To make the celebration more engaging in schools, here are the best 25+ quiz questions with answers covering History, General Knowledge, Nehru’s life, and Children’s Day facts.
Children’s Day Quiz – Easy Level (For Classes 3–5)
1. When is Children’s Day celebrated in India?
Answer: 14 November
2. Whose birth anniversary is celebrated as Children’s Day?
Answer: Pandit Jawaharlal Nehru
3. What is Pandit Nehru affectionately called by children?
Answer: Chacha Nehru
4. When was Jawaharlal Nehru born?
Answer: 14 November 1889
5. What was Nehru’s role in independent India?
Answer: He was the first Prime Minister of India.
6. What is the main aim of celebrating Children’s Day?
Answer: To promote children’s rights, education, and well-being.
7. What flower did Nehru always wear on his coat?
Answer: Red rose
8. Children’s Day is also known as ______ in India.
Answer: Bal Diwas
Children’s Day Quiz – Medium Level (For Classes 6–8)
9. When was Children’s Day first celebrated in India on 14 November?
Answer: 1957
10. Which book was written by Jawaharlal Nehru for children?
Answer: Letters from a Father to His Daughter
11. Who was Jawaharlal Nehru’s father?
Answer: Motilal Nehru
12. Which country celebrates Universal Children’s Day on 20 November?
Answer: Many countries under the United Nations observance
13. Before 1957, when was Children’s Day celebrated in India?
Answer: 20 November (Universal Children’s Day)
14. Nehru was a strong advocate of which right for children?
Answer: The right to education
15. Which famous Indian leader was Nehru closely associated with during the freedom struggle?
Answer: Mahatma Gandhi
16. What symbolises Nehru’s love for children?
Answer: The red rose on his jacket
Children’s Day Quiz – Higher Level (For Classes 9–12)
17. What was Jawaharlal Nehru’s political party?
Answer: Indian National Congress
18. When did Jawaharlal Nehru become India’s first Prime Minister?
Answer: 15 August 1947
19. Which international organisation promotes child rights globally?
Answer: UNICEF
20. In which year did the UN adopt the Declaration of the Rights of the Child?
Answer: 1959
21. Where did Nehru complete his higher education?
Answer: University of Cambridge and later Inner Temple, London
22. Nehru’s autobiography is titled ________.
Answer: Toward Freedom
23. What message does Children’s Day emphasise every year?
Answer: Love, protection, education, and equal opportunities for all children
24. Which government program focuses on early childhood development and nutrition?
Answer: Integrated Child Development Services (ICDS)
Mixed Children’s Day General Knowledge Round
25. Which organisation adopted the UN Convention on the Rights of the Child in 1989?
Answer: United Nations General Assembly
26. Which theme is usually highlighted on Children’s Day?
Answer: Child safety, child rights, education, and empowerment
27. In India, which ministry mainly works for children’s welfare?
Answer: Ministry of Women and Child Development
28. Which colour is commonly associated with Pandit Nehru due to his rose?
Answer: Red
29. What is one of the most important values Nehru wanted children to develop?
Answer: Scientific temper and curiosity
30. Complete the quote: “The children of today will…”
Answer: “…make the India of tomorrow.” — Jawaharlal Nehru
Bonus: 10 Quick Rapid-Fire Questions (With Answers)
31. Which day is also Nehru Jayanti?
Answer: 14 November
32. Who was India’s first female Prime Minister?
Answer: Indira Gandhi (Nehru’s daughter)
33. UNICEF stands for?
Answer: United Nations International Children’s Emergency Fund
34. What is the national motto of India?
Answer: Satyameva Jayate
35. What is India’s national emblem?
Answer: Lion Capital of Ashoka
36. What is the national fruit of India?
Answer: Mango
37. Nehru played a major role in establishing which scientific institutions?
Answer: IITs, ISRO’s early foundation, and scientific research centers
38. Children’s Day in India promotes which constitutional article on child education?
Answer: Article 21A — Right to Education
39. Which freedom movement was Nehru actively involved in?
Answer: Non-Cooperation Movement
40. What is the main message of Bal Diwas 2025?
Answer: Ensuring every child’s growth, learning, and happiness


