The book My Presidential Years was written by
- A.Neelam Sanjiva Reddy
- B.R. Venkataraman
- C.Giani Zail Singh
- D.Shankar Dayal Sharma
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The correct answer is B, R. Venkataraman. His account of the office, published as My Presidential Years, is valued because his term fell in a period of short-lived governments, and it records how a President handles the choice of a Prime Minister when no party has a majority.
Option A, Neelam Sanjiva Reddy, also wrote a memoir, but its title is Without Fear or Favour, and that pairing is the one examiners use to catch candidates who half remember the chapter. Option C, Giani Zail Singh, is not the author of this book. Option D, Shankar Dayal Sharma, is remembered for his speeches rather than for a memoir of this kind. When the title of a book names the office itself, attach it to the person who held that office, and note that Pranab Mukherjee's posthumous volume carries the similar name The Presidential Years.
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