Who among the following Prime Ministers of India were defeated oy a vote of No Confidence ? 1. Morarji Desai 2. Viswanath Pratap Singh 3. H.D. Deve Gowda 4. Atal Bihari Vajpayee Select the correct answer using the code given below :

In Indian parliamentary history, several Prime Ministers have lost power due to the lack of confidence in the Lok Sabha. V.P. Singh was the first Prime Minister to be defeated by a formal No-Confidence Motion in 1990 after the BJP withdrew support . H.D. Deve Gowda was defeated in a vote of confidence in 1997 when the Congress party withdrew its external support. Atal Bihari Vajpayee famously lost a vote of confidence by a single vote in 1999 . While Morarji Desai's government faced a No-Confidence Motion in 1979, he resigned before the motion could be put to a final vote to avoid a certain defeat. Therefore, technically, only V.P. Singh, H.D. Deve Gowda, and Atal Bihari Vajpayee were defeated on the floor of the House by a vote, making options 2, 3, and 4 correct.

Sources

1. [1] Indian Constitution at Work, Political Science Class XI (NCERT 2025 ed.) > Chapter 5: LEGISLATURE > Instruments of Parliamentary Control > p. 117
2. [2] Rajiv Ahir. A Brief History of Modern India (2019 ed.). SPECTRUM. > Chapter 39: After Nehru... > Vajpayee's Short-Lived Term as Prime Minister > p. 751