Direction: You have a passage with 5 questions. Read the passage carefully and choose the best answer to each questions out of the four alternatives.
PASSAGE
The Prime Minister recommends the names of the persons for appointment as the members of the Council of Ministers by the President. He can recommend the name of any person for appointment as Minister. Of course he has to see the interests of his Ministry so that it works in a homogeneous manner. Any Minister who does not see eye to eye with the Prime Minister has to quit the Council of Ministers. The Prime Minister also advises the President on the allocation of portfolios to the members of his Council of Ministers. He can give any department to any Minister and thus keep a control over them. The Prime Minister can make any changes in the formation of his Ministry. He can shuffle his Ministry like a pack of cards as he likes. He can change the portfolios of his colleagues or reallocate the portfolios according to their performance. The Prime Minister presides over the meetings of the Cabinet. The President does not participate in these meetings. In the Cabinet all the important decisions are taken which are binding on all the Ministers.
SOME IMPORTANT WORDS
homogeneous : same see eye to eye : share the same views. allocation : the act of giving something to somebody for a particular purpose : portfolios : a particular area of responsibility of a government minister : in presides : to lead/be in charge of a meeting, ceremony, etc. bindingon :that must be obeyed becuase it is accepted in law