Consider the tenure of the following Presidents of India and arrange them in correct chronological order starting from the earlie…

Question

Consider the tenure of the following Presidents of India and arrange them in correct chronological order starting from the earliest to the last.

1. Neelam Sanjiva Reddy

2. K. R. Narayanan

3. A. P. J. Abdul Kalam

4. R. Venkataraman

Select the correct answer from the code given below:

1. A. 1, 4, 2, 3 (Correct answer)
2. B. 4, 1, 3, 2
3. C. 4, 1, 2, 3
4. D. 1, 4, 3, 2

Correct Answer

Option A — 1, 4, 2, 3

Detailed Solution & Explanation

The correct answer is 1, 4, 2, 3.

Key Points

• 1. Neelam Sanjiva Reddy — 1977 to 1982.
• 4. R. Venkataraman — 1987 to 1992.
• 2. K. R. Narayanan — 1997 to 2002.
• 3. A. P. J. Abdul Kalam — 2002 to 2007.
• The chronological order is 1 → 4 → 2 → 3, option (a).

Additional Information

• Neelam Sanjiva Reddy was the youngest person to become President and the only one elected unopposed. He had earlier been Speaker of the Lok Sabha, and was the first President from a non-Congress political background.
• K. R. Narayanan was the first Dalit President and had earlier been an ambassador and Vice-President.
• A. P. J. Abdul Kalam, the "Missile Man", is the only President to have won the Bharat Ratna before assuming office.
• The complete sequence to memorise: Rajendra Prasad → S. Radhakrishnan → Zakir Husain → V. V. Giri → Fakhruddin Ali Ahmed → Neelam Sanjiva Reddy → Giani Zail Singh → R. Venkataraman → Shankar Dayal Sharma → K. R. Narayanan → A. P. J. Abdul Kalam → Pratibha Patil → Pranab Mukherjee → Ram Nath Kovind → Droupadi Murmu.
• Zakir Husain and Fakhruddin Ali Ahmed died in office. Pratibha Patil was the first woman President and Droupadi Murmu the first from a tribal community.