Who was the first President of India?
- A.Dr. S. Radhakrishnan
- B.Dr. Rajendra Prasad
- C.Dr. Zakir Husain
- D.Shri V. V. Giri
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Explanation
The correct answer is B, Dr. Rajendra Prasad. He was sworn in on 26 January 1950, the day the Constitution came into force, and held the office until 13 May 1962. He had earlier presided over the Constituent Assembly, and he remains the only President of India to have been elected twice and to have completed two full terms of five years each. Option A is wrong because Dr. S. Radhakrishnan was the first Vice-President of India, from 1952 to 1962, and became the second President only in 1962. Option C is wrong because Dr. Zakir Husain was the third President, who took office in 1967 and died in office in May 1969. Option D is wrong because Shri V. V. Giri was the fourth President, who had first acted as President in 1969 after the death of Dr. Zakir Husain and was then elected in his own right.
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View allWho was the first Vice-President of India?
- A.Dr. Zakir Husain
- B.Shri Gopal Swarup Pathak
- C.Dr. S. Radhakrishnan
- D.Dr. Rajendra Prasad
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He held the office of Vice-President from 13 May 1952 to 12 May 1962, two full terms, and then served as the second President of India from 1962 to 1967.
Read the full explanation →Which President of India was the first to die while in office?
- A.Dr. Zakir Husain
- B.Shri Fakhruddin Ali Ahmed
- C.Shri Neelam Sanjiva Reddy
- D.Giani Zail Singh
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He took office in May 1967 and died on 3 May 1969, which gave him the shortest tenure of any President of India and made him the first to die in office.
Read the full explanation →Who was the first person to discharge the functions of the President of India as acting President?
- A.Justice M. Hidayatullah
- B.Shri V. V. Giri
- C.Shri B. D. Jatti
- D.Shri Gopal Swarup Pathak
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When Dr. Zakir Husain died on 3 May 1969, Shri V. V. Giri was the Vice-President, and under Article 65 the Vice-President discharges the functions of the President during such a vacancy.
Read the full explanation →Which article of the Constitution of India provides for the election of the President?
- A.Article 52
- B.Article 54
- C.Article 61
- D.Article 63
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Article 54 says the President shall be elected by an electoral college consisting of the elected members of both Houses of Parliament and the elected members of the Legislative Assemblies of the States, the Assemblies of Delhi and Puducherry having been added by the Seventieth Amendment.
Read the full explanation →The oath of office to the President of India is administered by which authority?
- A.The Prime Minister
- B.The Chairman of the Rajya Sabha
- C.The Chief Justice of India
- D.The Speaker of the Lok Sabha
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Article 60 provides that the President shall, before entering upon his office, make and subscribe an oath or affirmation in the presence of the Chief Justice of India, or in his absence the senior-most Judge of the Supreme Court available.
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