Question

Mr Pranab Mukherjee was the President of India. He served in office till ___________.
A.July 2016
B.July 2019
C.July 2018
D.July 2017

Answer 1

Hint:
In India’s parliamentary system of government, the President serves as the head of the state or the nominal executive and the Council of Ministers headed by the Prime Minister serves as the head of the government or the real executive. After the President, the Vice-President is the second-ranking constitutional head of the nation. The Indian legislative system is a bicameral one which means that there are two houses at the centre—the Lok Sabha or the House of People and the Rajya Sabha or the Council of States. The President is elected by the members of an electoral college consisting of the elected members of both the Houses of Parliament and the elected members of the legislative assembly of the states.

Complete answer: Pranab Mukherjee was the 13th President of India who was sworn into office on July 25, 2012. He succeeded Pratibha Devisingh Patil who had served as President between 2007 and 2012. Prior to it, he served as the Union Finance Minister from 2009 to 2012, the Union Minister of External Affairs from 2006 to 2009 and the Union Minister of Defence from 2004 to 2006 for the UPA government under Prime Minister Dr Manmohan Singh.
Options A, B and C: are incorrect.
Option D: is correct. Pranab Mukherjee served as the President of India from July 2012 to July 2017.

Hence, The correct answer is Option D.

Note: Pranab Mukherjee was succeeded by Ram Nath Kovind who is the current President of India. Before his nomination, he served as the Governor of Bihar.