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Q: Who acts as the President of India when both, the President and the Vice-President are unavailable?
  • A. Chief justice of India
  • B. Speaker of Lok Sabha
  • C. Cabinet Secretary
  • D. Minister of Home Affairs
Correct Answer: Option A - As per the President (Discharge of function) Act, 1969, Chief Justice of India (CJI) shall act as the President of India in the event of the offices of both the President and the Vice-President being unavailable.
A. As per the President (Discharge of function) Act, 1969, Chief Justice of India (CJI) shall act as the President of India in the event of the offices of both the President and the Vice-President being unavailable.

Explanations:

As per the President (Discharge of function) Act, 1969, Chief Justice of India (CJI) shall act as the President of India in the event of the offices of both the President and the Vice-President being unavailable.