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which of the following Indian scientists was also one of the presidents of India?
 A) A .P. J Abdul kalam
 b) Homi Jehangir Bhabha
 C) Jagadish Chandra Bose
 D) Har Gobind khorana

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Hint: There are a lot of indian scientists whose contribution is tremendous in the field of research and development and also a lot of inventions are also made by our Indian scientists. Only a few Indians scientists entered politics and established their career in politics.A .P. J Abdul kalam is one among them.

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Avul pakirjainlabdeen abdul kalam is the full name of A .P. J Abdul kalam.he was a an Indian aerospace scientist and was borned in rameswaram which is in tamilnadu .he was graduated in aerospace engineering and worked in a lot of research organization like defence research and development organisation(DRDO),indian space research organisation(ISRO),he involved in he contributed to indian civilian space program and military missile development effects we was also known as missile man of india for his work on the development of ballistic missile and launch vehicle technology
A.P.J.Abdul kalam elected as the $11^{th}$ president of india in 2002 by the ruling bharatiya janata party(BJP) and was referred to be people president ,he was avoided with bharat ratna and india's heights civilian honor while giving lecturing at the indian institute of management shillong he got a cardiac arrest and then A.P.J.Abdul kalam life ended ,he was buried with full state honors in his hometown of rameshwaram.

So, the correct answer is “Option A”.

Additional information :
1. Har gobind Khorana was an indian American biochemist and he was avoided with nobel prize.
2. Jagadish Chandra Bose was a biologist, physicist and botanist and he founded Bose institute in india and it was the primary research institute of india .
3. Home jehangir bhabha was an indian nuclear physicist and considered him as the father of the indian nuclear program.

Note: Students only APJ Abdul kalam was the president of India and also an scientist . Meghnad saha was the first indian scientist to become a parliament member and satyendra nath bose was nominated to rajya sabha. M G K Menon was elected to rajya sabha from rajasthan and he was a cosmic ray physicist.