CDS 2026 (I) General Knowledge, question 100

Topic: History

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Q100

Which one of the following statements is not correct ?

  1. (a) Chaudhary Charan Singh founded Bharatiya Kranti Dal.
  2. (b) Jagjivan Ram was a member of the Constituent Assembly.
  3. (c) Morarji Desai was the Prime Minister of India from 1977 to 1980.Correct answer
  4. (d) Jayaprakash Narayan was the founder General Secretary of the Congress Socialist Party.

Solution.

Answer: (c) Morarji Desai was the Prime Minister of India from 1977 to 1980.

  1. Morarji Desai served as Prime Minister from 24 March 1977 to 28 July 1979, not to 1980.
  2. The other associations are correct: Charan Singh with Bharatiya Kranti Dal, Jagjivan Ram with the Constituent Assembly, and Jayaprakash Narayan with the Congress Socialist Party’s founding general secretaryship.