456: Who of the following shall cause every recommendation made by the Finance Commission to be laid before each House of Parliament?
(a) The president of India
(b) The speaker of Lok Sabha
(c) The prime minister of India
(d) The Union Finance Minister
457: Which one of the following pairs is not correctly matched?
(a) Islam : Koran
(b) Hinduism : Veda
(c) Shintoism : Analects
(d) Judaism : Torah
458: The term Aryan denotes
(a) an ethnic group
(b) a nomadic people
(c) a speech group
(d) a superior race
459: How many three-digit even numbers are there such that 9 comes as a succeeding digit in any number only when 7 is the preceding digit and 7 is the preceding digit only when 9 is the succeeding digit?
(a) 120
(b) 210
(c) 365
(d) 405
460: Which one of the the following usages was a post-Vedic development ?
(a) Dharma -- Artha -- Kama -- Moksha
(b) Brahmana -- Kshatriya -- Vaishya -- Shudra
(c) Brahmacharya -- Grihastashrama -- Vanaprastha -- Sanyasa
(d) Indra -- Surya -- Rudra -- Marut