Multiple choice

Name the first Prime Minister of India who was not a member of the Lok Sabha throughout his/her term.

  1. Jawaharlal Nehru

  2. Indira Gandhi

  3. Morarji Desai

  4. Lal Bahadur Shastri

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Explanation

Indira Gandhi became Prime Minister in 1966 but was not a member of Lok Sabha initially. She was elected to Rajya Sabha in 1966 and later to Lok Sabha in 1967. Nehru, Shastri, and Morarji Desai were all Lok Sabha members when they became PM.

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