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| Consider the following statements :
1. The demand for commodities having a large number of close
substitutes is less elastic than the commodities having a
smaller number of substitutes.
2. Luxury items have a highly elastic demand.
3. The commodities whose consumption cannot easily be
postponed have less elastic demand.
Which of these statements is/are correct?
(a) 1 only
(b) 2 and 3
(c) 1 and 2
(d) 1, 2 and 3 | | 1 |
| Combustion of a candle is a
(a) Photochemical reaction
(b) Exothermic reaction
(c) Physical change
(d) Endothermic reaction | FermiLab | 1 |
| Recently, Cannes Film Festival was held in
(a) Switzerland
(b) France
(c) Italy
(d) England | | 2 |
| Two dice are thrown simultaneously. The probability that the
product of the two numbers on the two dice is an even number is
(a) 1/2
(b) 3/4
(c) 5/16
(d) 3/8 | | 2 |
| A and B stand in a circular ring with 10 other persons. If
the arrangement of 12 persons is randomly done, the change
that there are exactly 3 persons between A and B is
(a) 3/10
(b) 2/11
(c) 2/13
(d) 3/11 | | 1 |
| In a group of 36 persons, a total of 16 take tea while 9
take tea but not coffee. How many persons in this group take
coffee but not tea?
(a) 27
(b) 20
(c) 25
(d) 11 | | 2 |
| Who among the following was a great protagonist of the
?Doctrine of Lapse??
(a) Lord Dalhousie
(b) Lord Minto
(c) Lord Curzon
(d) Lord Wellesley | | 2 |
| What is the maximum number of pieces 1 cm in diameter and
20cm long that can be cut out of a cylindrical wooden block
20cm in length and 3cm in diameter ?
(a) 4
(b) 5
(c) 6
(d) 7 | | 1 |
| The foreign traveler who visited India during Vijayanagar
period was
(a) Megasthenes
(b) Yuan Chwang
(c) Fa-hien
(d) Nicolo Conti | | 2 |
| Bacteria and viruses cause
(a) Allergies
(b) Non-communicable diseases
(c) Degenerative diseases
(d) Infectious diseases | | 2 |
| Consider the following statements :
1. Part ?B? of the Budget speech of the Finance Minister
includes description of the initiatives on economic front to
be taken up by the Government for the coming year in
addition to direct and indirect tax proposals.
2. The receipts on account of the partial disinvestments of
Central Government?s holdings in the equity capital of
public sector enterprises are revenue receipts.
Which of these statements is/are correct?
(a) 1 only
(b) 2 only
(c) Both 1 and 2
(d) Neither 1 nor 2 | | 1 |
| The flowers in a basket become double every minute and the
basket gets full in one hour. In how much time, the basket
was 1/32 full ?
(a) 12 minutes
(b) 32 minutes
(c) 45 minutes
(d) 55 minutes | | 1 |
| Which one of the following pairs is not correctly matched ?
(a) National Aluminium Company Ltd. : Bhubaneswar
(b) Indian Bureau of Mines : Dhanbad
(c) National Film Archives of India : Pune
(d) National Archives of India : New Delhi | | 1 |
| Who among the following is the Chairman of Planning
Commission in India ?
(a) Finance Minister of India
(b) Prime Minister of India
(c) President of India
(d) Home Minister of India | ICFAI | 3 |
| Nalanda University flourished during the reign of which of
the following rules?
(a) Chandragupta Maurya
(b) Ashoka
(c) Kanishka
(d) Harsha | | 2 |
| Dhanvantari was
(a) A famous General of Chandragupta Maurya
(b) A noted physician in the court of Chandragupta Vikramaditya
(c) A famous dramatist who lived during the time of Harsha
(d) A musician in the Court of Ashoka | | 1 |
| Grassroots of democracy is | | 3 |
| when was former american president john kennady murdered? | | 4 |
| Shri Rajender Singh won the Ramon Magsaysay Award for
(a) Emergent Leadership
(b) Community Leadership
(c) Illiteracy Eradication
(d) Bio-technology | | 1 |
| Consider the following statements in respect of Soccer World
Cup :
1. Prior to FIFA-2002 Cup, Brazil had won the World Cup four
times.
2. ?Indomitable Lions? is the nickname for Cameroon team.
3. ?Azzurri? is the nickname for the Italian team.
4. Senegal, Slovenia and Ecuador participating in FIFA-2002
are the only teams participating in the World Cup for the
first time.
Which of these statements are correct ?
(a) 1, 2 and 3
(b) 2 and 3
(c) 1, 3 and 4
(d) 1, 2 and 4 | | 1 |
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