Match the following States and their respective Chief Ministers, who became Prime Minister of India.

I	II
1. P.V Narsimha Rao	(a) Undivided Uttar Pradesh
2. Morajji Desai	(b) Undivided Andhra Pradesh
3. H. D. Devegowda	(c) Gujarat
4. Charan Singh	(d) Karnataka
5. Narendra Modi	(e) Bombay

The correct answer is 1- b, 2 - e, 3 - d, 4 - a, 5 - c.

Key Points

• P.V Narsimha Rao:
  • P.V. Narasimha Rao was born on 28 June 1921 in present-day Telangana.
  • He was the Chief Minister, Andhra Pradesh, 1971-73.
  • He was the Prime Minister of India from 1991 to 1996.
• Morajji Desai:
  • He was born on February 29, 1896, in Bhadeli village, now in the Bulsar district of Gujarat.
  • In 1952, he became the Chief Minister of Bombay.
  • He was elected as Leader of the Janata Party in Parliament and was sworn in as the Prime Minister of India on March 24, 1977.
• H. D. Devegowda:
  • On May 18, 1933, he was born in Haradanahalli village of Holenarasipura taluk, Hassan District in Karnataka.
  • On December 11, 1994, he assumed office as the 14th Chief Minister of Karnataka.
  • He resigned as the Chief Minister of Karnataka on May 30, 1996, to be sworn in as the 11th Prime Minister of India.
• Charan Singh:
  • He was born in 1902 at Noorpur in Meerut district of Uttar Pradesh.
  • He served in the United Provinces (now Uttar Pradesh) state assembly from 1937 on and was chief minister of Uttar Pradesh in 1967–68 and 1970.
  • He served briefly as prime minister of India from 1979 to 1980.
• Narendra Modi:
  • He was born on 17 September 1950 in Vadnagar, Mehsana district, Bombay State (present-day Gujarat).
  • He served as the Chief Minister of Gujarat from 2001 to 2014. 
  • He was elected as the Prime Minister of India and assumed office in May 2014.