Multiple choice general knowledge

Who was the first President, who was defeated earlier in Presidential election?

  1. R. Venkatraman

  2. Shankar Dayal Sharma

  3. K.R. Narayan

  4. Neelam Sanjiv Reddy

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D Correct answer
Explanation

Neelam Sanjiv Reddy was elected President unopposed in 1977, but had previously lost the 1969 presidential election as the official Congress candidate to V.V. Giri (who had split Congress support). He is the only person to have lost a presidential election before later winning one.