4546: When a money bill is passed by the Parliament, the President has the power to:

(a) Amend it

(b) Reject it

(c) Kept it with him

(d) Return it for reconsideration
4547: Which one of the following Organisations won the CSIR Award for Science and Technology (S&T) Innovations for Rural Development, 2006 ?

(A) NDRI
(B) IARI
(C) NDDB
(D) CLRI
4548: Who among the following is well known as an exponent of flute?

(a) Debu Choudhuri

(b) Madhup Mudgal

(c) Ronu Mazumdar

(d) Shafaat Ahmad
4549: Which one of the following is not explicitly stated in the Constitution of India but followed as a convention ?

(a) The Finance Minister is to be a Member of the Lower House

(b) The Prime Minister has to resign if he loses majority in the Lower House

(c) All the parts of India are to be represented in the Council of Ministers

(d) In the event of both the President and the Vice-President demitting office simultaneously before the end of their tenure the Speaker of the Lower House of the Parliament will officiate as the President
4550: Between India and East Asia, the navigation time and distance can be greatly reduced by which of the following?

1. Deepening the Malacca straits between Malaysia and Indonesia.

2. Opening a new canal across the Kraisthmus between the Gulf of Siam and Andaman Sea.

Which of the statements given above is are correct?

(a) 1 only
(b) 2 only
(c) Both 1 and 2
(d) Neither I nor 2