Thursday, January 9, 2020

PRIME MINISTERS OF INDIA - 2



Here is the second part of the Series on “Prime Ministers of India”





Q1. Which former President of Indian National Congress was widely acknowledged as the "Kingmaker" in Indian politics during the 1960s for his instrumental role in the elevation of Lal Bahadur Shastri to the position of Prime Minister of India after Nehru's death and Indira Gandhi after Shastri's death?



A. Jagjivan Ram

B. U. N. Dhebar

C. Purushottam Das Tandon

D. K. Kamaraj






Q2. Who among the following Prime Ministers of India has never been the Chief Minister of an Indian State?



A. Vishwanath Pratap Singh

B. P. V. Narasimha Rao

C. Chandra Shekhar

D. Charan Singh





Q3. Dr. Manmohan Singh till date remains the only Prime Minister of India not to be elected to Lok Sabha even once. The only instance he contested a Lok Sabha Election was in 1999 but was defeated. From which constituency did he contest the 1999 Lok Sabha election?


A. Anandpur Sahib

B. South Delhi

C. Dhubri

D. Silchar 






Q4. Who among the following had the shortest tenure as the Prime Minister of India till date?


A. Vishwanath Pratap Singh

B. Lal Bahadur Shastri

C. H. D. Deve Gowda

D. Charan Singh





Q5. Who administered the oath of Office to Jawaharlal Nehru when he became the first Prime Minister of India on 15th August, 1947?


A. Rajendra Prasad

B. Lord Mountbatten

C. Chakravarti Rajagopalachari

D. Harilal J. Kania





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