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Q57 (IAS/1994) Polity & Governance › Union Executive › Office of Prime Minister Answer Verified

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 :

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Answer: option 4. Of the persons listed, only Chandrashekhar became Prime Minister without earlier serving as a State Chief Minister. Morarji Desai had earlier been Chief Minister of Bombay State, and later became Prime Minister in 1977–79 [1]. Both Charan Singh and P. V. Narasimha Rao had prominent state-level careers including tenures as Chief Ministers, and therefore do not meet the criterion. Chandra Shekhar was a long‑time parliamentarian and national leader who became Prime Minister in 1990 without having served as a Chief Minister of any state. Hence only IV fits the description of becoming PM without earlier being a state Chief Minister.

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  1. [1] Politics in India since Independence, Textbook in political science for Class XII (NCERT 2025 ed.) > Chapter 6: The Crisis of Democratic Order > Lok Sabha Elections, 1977 > p. 103
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