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Q129 (IAS/2007) Polity & Governance › Union Executive › Office of Prime Minister Answer Verified

Consider the following statements: 1. Jawaharlal Nehru was in his fourth term as the Prime Minister of India at the time of his death. 2. Jawaharlal Nehru represented Rae Bareilly constituency as a Member of Parliament. 3. The first non-Congress Prime Minister of India assumed the Office in the year 1977. Which of the statements given above is/are correct?

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Explanation

Statements 1 and 3 are correct; statement 2 is incorrect. Jawaharlal Nehru served as Prime Minister from 15 August 1947 until his death on 27 May 1964, which places his service across successive post‑independence terms and he died while serving what is conventionally counted as his fourth term [1]. Nehru did not represent Rae Bareilly in Parliament; his well‑known Lok Sabha constituency was Phulpur (Allahabad) rather than Rae Bareli [4]. The first non‑Congress Prime Minister, Morarji Desai of the Janata Party, assumed office after the 1977 general election when the Janata coalition formed the government, and he took oath as Prime Minister in March 1977 [3].

Sources

  1. [1] Introduction to the Constitution of India, D. D. Basu (26th ed.). > Chapter 35: TABLES > C. PRIME MINISTERS OF INDIA > p. 534
  2. [4] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jawaharlal_Nehru
  3. [2] Politics in India since Independence, Textbook in political science for Class XII (NCERT 2025 ed.) > Chapter 6: The Crisis of Democratic Order > Janata Government > p. 105
  4. [3] Rajiv Ahir. A Brief History of Modern India (2019 ed.). SPECTRUM. > Chapter 39: After Nehru... > Morarji Desai the First Non-Congress Prime Minister > p. 704
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