Who among the following became the Prime Minister of India without being earlier the Chief Minister of a State ? I. > Morarji Desai II. > Charan Singh III. > V. P. Singh IV. > Chandrashekhar V. P.V. Narasimha Rao. Select the correct answer from the codes

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Q: 57 (IAS/1994)
Who among the following became the Prime Minister of India without being earlier the Chief Minister of a State ?
I. Morarji Desai
II. Charan Singh
III. V. P. Singh
IV. Chandrashekhar V. P.V. Narasimha Rao.
Select the correct answer from the codes given below. Codes :

question_subject: 

Polity

question_exam: 

IAS

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0,146,246,85,57,104,146

keywords: 

{'chief minister': [7, 1, 1, 4], 'prime minister': [6, 3, 0, 4], 'charan singh': [1, 1, 1, 0], 'morarji desai': [1, 1, 6, 3], 'india': [8, 1, 7, 13]}

The correct answer is: IV only.

Among the options given, Chandrashekhar V. P.V. Narasimha Rao became the Prime Minister of India without previously serving as the Chief Minister of a state. He served as the Prime Minister of India from 1991 to 1996. Prior to becoming the Prime Minister, he held various ministerial positions at the central level but did not serve as a Chief Minister.

Morarji Desai, Charan Singh, and V.P. Singh all served as Chief Ministers of states before becoming Prime Ministers of India. Therefore, they do not fulfill the criterion mentioned in the question.

So, the correct answer is: IV only, Chandrashekhar V. P.V. Narasimha Rao.