Question

Who is/was the 13^th President of India ?
1. Ram Nath Kovind
2. Pratibha Patil
3. Pranab Mukherjee
4. APJ Abdul Kalam

Answer 1

Correct Answer - Option 3 : Pranab Mukherjee

The correct answer is Pranab Mukherjee.

• Pranab Mukherjee served as 13^th President of India from 25^th July 2012 till 25th July 2017.
• He was honoured with India's highest civilian honour, the Bharat Ratna in 2019 by incumbent President Ram Nath Kovind.
• Mukherjee had served as the Defence Minister from 2004-2006, External Affairs from 2006-2009, and the Union Minister of Finance from 2009 to 2012 before he was elected President.
• The Prime Minister PV Narasimha Rao appointed Mukherjee as the head of the Planning Commission in 1991 and Foreign Minister in 1995.
• Throughout his political career till his resignation in 2012, he held several key cabinet portfolios including as Finance Minister from 2009-2012.
• Pranab Mukherjee was voted the Best Finance Minister in the World by Euromoney magazine in 1984.
• Pranab Mukherjee passed away on  31^st August 2020, after testing positive for COVID-19.

 

 Ram Nath Govind

• He is the 14^th and current President of India.
• He was the second person from the Dalit caste, after K. R. Narayanan.
• He served as the 26^th Governor of Bihar from 2015 to 2017 and as a Member of Parliament, Rajya Sabha from 1994 to 2006.

• He was a lawyer for 16 years and practised in the Delhi High Court and the Supreme Court until 1993.

Pratibha Patil

• Pratibha Patil served as 12^th President of India from  25th July 2007 to  25th July 2012.
• Pratibha Patil was the first and only woman President of India.
• She served as the 17th Governor of Rajasthan from 2004 to 2007 and 9^th Deputy Chairman of Rajya Sabha from 1986 to 1988.

A P J Abdul Kalam

• Abdul Kalam was an Indian Aerospace Scientist who served as 11th President of India from  25th July 2002 to  25th July 2007.
• He is known as the "Missile Man of India".
• He worked with the Indian Space Research Organisation (ISRO) and Defence Research and Development Organisation (DRDO) as an aerospace engineer, before becoming the President of India.
• His birth anniversary is observed as "World Student's Day" on 15^th October.
• He awarded Padma Bhushan(1981), Padma Vibhushan(1990) and Bharat Ratna (1997).