Identify the first Prime Minister of India who belonged to a non-Congress party.
Answer & explanation
Correct answer: option 3
The correct answer is Option (3) → Morarji Desai
Morarji Desai, Prime Minister from 1977 to 1979, was the first Prime Minister belonging to a non-Congress party, the Janata Party.
Note: A same/similar question was asked in CUET (UG) in the papers below.
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* A similar question.
NCERT (2026-27): Politics in India since Independence — Chapter 6: The Crisis of Democratic Order
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