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Q: What is the retirement age of the Prime Minister of India?
  • A. 60 years
  • B. 70 years
  • C. 80 years
  • D. No limit
Correct Answer: Option D - There is no age limit till he/she can serve as Prime Minister. But there is provision for Minister's age. President of India appoints a person as Prime Minister who has completed the age of 30 years in case he or she is a member of Rajya Sabha and 25 years in case he or she is a member of Lok Sabha. Prime Ministers of India. Name Term of office Jawahar Lal Nehru 15/08/1947–27/05/1964 Gulzarilal Nanda 27/05/1964–9/06/1964 (Acting) Lal Bahadur Shashtri 09/06/1964–11/01/1966 Gulzarilal Nanda 11/01/1966–24/01/1966 (Acting) Indira Gandhi 24/01/1966–24/03/1977 Morarji Desai 24/03/1977–28/07/1979 Chaudhary Charan Singh 28/07/1979–14/01/1980 Indira Gandhi 14/01/1980–31/10/1984 Rajiv Gandhi 31/10/1984–2/12/1989 V.P Singh 2/12/1989–10/11/1990 Chandra Shekhar 10/11/1990–21/06/1991 P.V. Narasimha Rao 21/06/1991–16/05/1996 Atal Bihari Vajpayee 16/05/1996–1/06/1996 H.D Deve Gowda 01/06/1996–21/04/1997 Inder Kumar Gujral 21/04/1997–19/03/1998 Atal Bihari Vajpayee 19/03/1998–22/05/2004 Manmohan Singh 22/05/2004–26/05/2014 Narendra Modi 26/05/2014–Incumbent
D. There is no age limit till he/she can serve as Prime Minister. But there is provision for Minister's age. President of India appoints a person as Prime Minister who has completed the age of 30 years in case he or she is a member of Rajya Sabha and 25 years in case he or she is a member of Lok Sabha. Prime Ministers of India. Name Term of office Jawahar Lal Nehru 15/08/1947–27/05/1964 Gulzarilal Nanda 27/05/1964–9/06/1964 (Acting) Lal Bahadur Shashtri 09/06/1964–11/01/1966 Gulzarilal Nanda 11/01/1966–24/01/1966 (Acting) Indira Gandhi 24/01/1966–24/03/1977 Morarji Desai 24/03/1977–28/07/1979 Chaudhary Charan Singh 28/07/1979–14/01/1980 Indira Gandhi 14/01/1980–31/10/1984 Rajiv Gandhi 31/10/1984–2/12/1989 V.P Singh 2/12/1989–10/11/1990 Chandra Shekhar 10/11/1990–21/06/1991 P.V. Narasimha Rao 21/06/1991–16/05/1996 Atal Bihari Vajpayee 16/05/1996–1/06/1996 H.D Deve Gowda 01/06/1996–21/04/1997 Inder Kumar Gujral 21/04/1997–19/03/1998 Atal Bihari Vajpayee 19/03/1998–22/05/2004 Manmohan Singh 22/05/2004–26/05/2014 Narendra Modi 26/05/2014–Incumbent

Explanations:

There is no age limit till he/she can serve as Prime Minister. But there is provision for Minister's age. President of India appoints a person as Prime Minister who has completed the age of 30 years in case he or she is a member of Rajya Sabha and 25 years in case he or she is a member of Lok Sabha. Prime Ministers of India. Name Term of office Jawahar Lal Nehru 15/08/1947–27/05/1964 Gulzarilal Nanda 27/05/1964–9/06/1964 (Acting) Lal Bahadur Shashtri 09/06/1964–11/01/1966 Gulzarilal Nanda 11/01/1966–24/01/1966 (Acting) Indira Gandhi 24/01/1966–24/03/1977 Morarji Desai 24/03/1977–28/07/1979 Chaudhary Charan Singh 28/07/1979–14/01/1980 Indira Gandhi 14/01/1980–31/10/1984 Rajiv Gandhi 31/10/1984–2/12/1989 V.P Singh 2/12/1989–10/11/1990 Chandra Shekhar 10/11/1990–21/06/1991 P.V. Narasimha Rao 21/06/1991–16/05/1996 Atal Bihari Vajpayee 16/05/1996–1/06/1996 H.D Deve Gowda 01/06/1996–21/04/1997 Inder Kumar Gujral 21/04/1997–19/03/1998 Atal Bihari Vajpayee 19/03/1998–22/05/2004 Manmohan Singh 22/05/2004–26/05/2014 Narendra Modi 26/05/2014–Incumbent