What was unique about Manmohan Singh?
a. He was the first person to serve as prime minister who was neither the leader of his own party nor that of a ruling coalition.
b. He was the only non-Congress prime minister prior to 1989.
c. He was the first prime minister not to come from the Nehru–Gandhi dynasty.
d. He was the first prime minister to be assassinated by his own bodyguards.
e. He was the first prime minister to seek normalization with Pakistan.
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A. red tape B. issue network C. iron triangles D. fluid networks E. laissez-faire
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A. forced upon the party by the national leadership B. chosen by the party's presidential candidate C. an unsuccessful primary candidate D. selected even before the primaries are over
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