Who succeeded Jawaharlal Nehru as the Prime Minister of India in 1964?
- A.Gulzarilal Nanda
- B.Lal Bahadur Shastri
- C.Morarji Desai
- D.Indira Gandhi
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Explanation
The correct answer is B, Lal Bahadur Shastri, who was sworn in as the second Prime Minister of India in June 1964 and held office until his death in January 1966. The slogan Jai Jawan Jai Kisan, the start of the Green Revolution and the war of 1965 belong to his short term. Option A is wrong in the sense the question asks: Gulzarilal Nanda was appointed acting Prime Minister for a few days after Nehru's death, and again after Shastri's death, but he was never the regular Prime Minister. Option C is wrong because Morarji Desai became Prime Minister only in 1977, as the first non-Congress holder of the office. Option D is wrong because Indira Gandhi became Prime Minister in January 1966, after Shastri and not after Nehru, defeating Morarji Desai in the contest for the Congress leadership.
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- A.The United States of America
- B.The Soviet Union
- C.The United Kingdom
- D.Egypt
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- A.Six
- B.Fourteen
- C.Twenty
- D.Twenty-one
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- A.Ayub Khan
- B.Yahya Khan
- C.Zulfikar Ali Bhutto
- D.Muhammad Zia-ul-Haq
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- A.Operation Shakti
- B.Smiling Buddha
- C.Operation Vijay
- D.Project Agni
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- A.External aggression
- B.Internal disturbance
- C.Armed rebellion
- D.Failure of the constitutional machinery
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