UPSC Prelims 2007 · General Studies
Question 48: Polity and Governance
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 office in the year 1977.
Which of the statements given above is/are correct?
AnswerThe answer is (d).
Nehru was Prime Minister at his death in May 1964, in his fourth term (after the interim period from 1947 and the 1952, 1957 and 1962 elections). So statement 1 is right. He represented Phulpur, not Rae Bareli, in Parliament. The first non-Congress Prime Minister, Morarji Desai, took office in 1977. So 1 and 3.
- 1. He died in office in his fourth term.
- 2. Nehru represented Phulpur, not Rae Bareli.
- 3. Morarji Desai became Prime Minister in 1977.
How you could have got this
- If you were sure statement 1 is correct, (b) goes: it leaves 1 out.
What you needed to know: He died in office in his fourth term.
- Then, if you were sure statement 3 is correct, (a) and (c) go: each of them leaves 3 out.
What you needed to know: Morarji Desai became Prime Minister in 1977.
Only (d) is left. You didn’t need statement 2.
This follows an unofficial answer: UPSC has not published its key for this year, and if that answer is wrong, so is this path.
Which options go is worked out from UPSC’s key and the options, not by a model.
Why each option is right or wrong
- (a) Statement 2 is false; Nehru sat for Phulpur.
- (b) Misses statement 1, which is also correct.
- (c) Misses statement 3, which is also correct.
- (d) Correct: statements 1 and 3 hold.
Explanation: written by UPSC Grade, not by UPSC.
Source: UPSC, Civil Services (Preliminary) Examination 2007, General Studies. UPSC's own paper isn't online; the words are from a published compilation. The paper on upsc.gov.in.