Atal Bihari Vajpayee had the portfolio of _____ in Morarji Desai’s Union Government.
Answer & explanation
Correct answer: option 3
The correct answer is Option (3) → External Affairs Minister
Atal Behari Vajpayee was External Affairs Minister when he visited China in 1979, in the Janata Party government formed after the 1977 elections with Morarji Desai as Prime Minister.
NCERT (2026-27): “Janata Government … The Janata Party government that came to power after the 1977 elections was far from cohesive. After the election, there was stiff competition among three leaders for the post of Prime Minister – Morarji Desai, who was the rival to Indira Gandhi ever since 1966-67; Charan Singh, leader of the Bharatiya Lok Dal and a farmers’ leader from UP; and Jagjivan Ram, who had vast experience as a senior minister in the Congress governments. Eventually Morarji Desai became the Prime Minister but that did not bring the power struggle within the party to an end.” NCERT (2026-27), chapter ‘India’s External Relations’: box ‘Fast Forward: Sino-Indian relations since 1962’
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