Competitive Exam related questions and answers about All Indian Presidents
Who was the first president of free India?
Dr. Rajendra Prasad
What is the minimum age required to be a presidential candidate?
35 years or above
The president serves a term for how many years?
Five years
what name is the official residence of the president known as?
Rashtrapati Bhavan
Which former president is also one of the most distinguished scientists of India?
Dr. A.P.J. Abdul Kalam
Which former president's birthday is also celebrated as Teachers' Day?
Dr. S. Radhakrishnan
Who is the first woman president of India?
Pratibha Patil
India's First Muslim President?
Dr.Zakir Hussain
Which Indian president died when he was still in office?
Dr.Zakir Hussain and Fakhruddin Ali Ahmed
Which Indian President died in car Accident?
Giani Zail Singh
which President is the only person to be elected to the office unopposed?
Neelam Sanjiva Reddy
Which president was also served as the governor general of India?
Dr. S. Radhakrishnan
Is it true that the president is the supreme commander of the armed forces of India?
Yes
Who was the only President of India to be elected twice?
Varahagiri Venkata Giri
Who has been the only Lok Sabha speaker to have become the president of India ?
Neelam Sanjiva Reddy
Rajendra Prasad (6 January 1950-13 May 1962)
Prasad was the first President of independent India from Bihar.He was also an independence activist of the Indian Independence Movement.Prasad was the only president to serve for two terms in office.
Sarvepalli Radhakrishnan (13 May 1962-13 May 1967)
Radhakrishnan was a prominent philosopher, writer, a Knight of the Realm and also held the position of vice chancellor of the Andhra University and Banaras Hindu University.He was also made a Knight of the Golden Army of Angels by Pope Paul VI.
Zakir Hussain (13 May 1967-3 May 1969)
Hussain was vice chancellor of the Aligarh Muslim University and a recipient of Padma Vibhushan and Bharat Ratna. He died before his term of office was ended.
Varahagiri Venkata Giri * (3 May 1969-20 July 1969)
Giri was appointed as Acting President of India following the death of Hussain.He resigned in a few months to take part in the presidential elections.
Muhammad Hidayatullah (20 July 1969-24 August 1969)
Hidayatullah served as the Chief Justice of India, and was a recipient of the Order of the British Empire. He served as Acting President of India until the election of Giri as the President of India.
Varahagiri Venkata Giri (24 August 1969-24 August 1974)
Giri is the only person to have served as both an acting president and president of India. He was a recipient of the Bharat Ratna, and has functioned as Indian Minister of Labour and High Commissioner to Ceylon (Sri Lanka).
Fakhruddin Ali Ahmed (24 August 1974-11 February 1977)
Fakhruddin Ali Ahmed served as a Minister before being elected as president. He died in 1977 before his term of office ended, and was the second Indian president to have died during a term of office.
Basappa Danappa Jatti(11 February 1977-25 July 1977)
Jatti was the vice president of India during Ahmed's term of office, and was sworn in as Acting President of India upon Ahmed's death. He earlier functioned as the Chief Minister for the State of Mysore.
Neelam Sanjiva Reddy (25 July 1977-25 July 1982)
N.S.Reddy was the first Chief Minister of Andhra Pradesh State. Reddy was the only Member of Parliament from the Janata Party to get elected from Andhra Pradesh.He was unanimously elected Speaker of the Lok Sabha on 26 March 1977 and relinquished this office on 13 July 1977 to become the 6th President of India.
Giani Zail Singh (25 July 1982-25 July 1987)
In March 1972, Singh assumed the position of chief Minister of Punjab, and in 1980, he became Union Home Minister.Ramaswamy Venkataraman (25 July 1987-25 July 1992)n 1942, Venkataraman was jailed by the British for his involvement in the India's independence movement.[21] After his release, he was elected to independent India’s Provisional Parliament as a member of the Congress Party in 1950 and eventually joined the central government, where he first served as Minister of Finance and Industry and later as Minister of Defence.
Shankar Dayal Sharma (25 July 1992-25 July 1997)
Sharma was Chief Minister of Madhya Pradesh, and the Indian Minister for Communications. He has also served as the governor of Andhra Pradesh, Punjab and Maharashtra.Kocheril Raman Narayanan (25 July 1997-25 July 2002)Narayanan served as India's ambassador to Thailand, Turkey, China and United States of America. He received doctorates in Science and Law and was also a chancellor in several universities.He was also the vice-chancellor of Jawaharlal Nehru University.
A. P. J. Abdul Kalam (25 July 2002-25 July 2007)
Kalam, is a scientist who played a leading role in the development of India's ballistic missile and nuclear weapons programs.He also received the Bharat Ratna. Kalam was affectionately known as the People's President.
Pratibha Patil (25 July 2007-25 July 2012)
Patil is the first woman to become the President of India. She was also the first female Governor of Rajasthan.
Pranab Mukherjee(25 July 2012-Present)
Mukherjee held various posts in the cabinet ministry for the Government of India such as Finance Minister, Foreign Minister, Defence Minister and Deputy Chairman of the Planning Commission.
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