Political Science · Indian Polity
Who is the only person in the history of the Indian Republic to have become Chief Justice of the Supreme Court, Vice-President and President?
ADr. Zakir Husain
BHamid Ansari
CKrishan Kant
DMohammad Hidayatullah ✓ Correct
Correct answer: (D) Mohammad Hidayatullah — Mohammad Hidayatullah is the only person to have held all three offices.
Explanation
★Mohammad Hidayatullah is the only person to have held all three offices.
★He served as Chief Justice of India in the late 1960s.
★He later became the Vice-President of India.
★He also served as acting President of India on two occasions.
★No other person has combined the highest judicial and these high executive offices.
★Zakir Husain and the others did not hold the office of Chief Justice.
★So Mohammad Hidayatullah is the unique answer.
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