Multiple choice

Who among the following was elected unopposed for the seat of president?

  1. Fakkhruddin Ali Ahmed

  2. M. Hidayattulah

  3. Neelam Sanjeeva Reddy

  4. Abdul Kalam Azad
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Explanation

Neelam Sanjeeva Reddy was the sixth and the youngest ever President of India, serving from 1977 to 1982. Over the course of a long political career, he held several key offices, as the first and two-time Chief Minister of Andhra Pradesh and a two-time Speaker of the Lok Sabha and Union Minister. He remains the only person to be elected to the office of the President of India unopposed.

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