Four alternatives are given for the idiom/phrase in quotation marks in the sentence. Choose the alternative which best expresses the meaning of idiom/phrase.There was no opposition to the new policy by the "rank and file" of the Government.

Four alternatives are given for the idiom/phrase in quotation marks in

1.	Four alternatives are given for the idiom/phrase in quotation marks in the sentence. Choose the alternative which best expresses the meaning of idiom/phrase.There was no opposition to the new policy by the "rank and file" of the Government.
A.	the official machinery
B.	the ordinary members
C.	the majority
D.	the cabinet ministers
Answer» C. the majority