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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 |
| Which of the following is a chemical compound ?
(a) Air
(b) Oxygen
(c) Ammonia
(d) Mercury | | 2 |
| Which leader is called the ?father? of India?s social reform
movement?
(a) Mahatma Gandhi
(b) Raja Rammohan Roy
(c) G. K. Gokhale
(d) Lokmanya Tilak | | 2 |
| who is the first field marsal of indian army? | | 6 |
| Consider the following statements : According to Census 2001
1. The literacy rate increase for males is more than that of
the females during last one decade.
2. Amongst the States and Union Territories, Delhi has the
highest population density while Sikkim has the lowest.
3. The correct sequence of population in descending order of
Rajasthan, Madhya Pradesh, Tamil Nadu and Karnataka is :
Tamil Nadu ? Madhya Pradesh ? Rajasthan ? Karnataka
which of these statements is/are correct?
(a) 1 and 2
(b) 2 and 3
(c) 1, 2 and 3
(d) 3 only | | 1 |
| Chauri Chaura is known in the history of India?s struggle
for freedom because
(a) Gandhiji launched his first Satyagraha in India from
this place
(b) Gandhiji withdrew his Satyagraha movement when an irate
mob set fire to a police station and burnt some policemen
(c) Hundreds of freedom fighters were shot dead at this
place by the police
(d) Gandhiji sat on a hunger strike | | 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 |
| 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 |
| Consider the following statements :
1. Prime Meridian passes through Greenwich and is at 00
Longitude.
2. International Date Line on the map appears as a straight
line along 1800 Longitude.
3. While crossing International Date Line from east to west,
one gains a day.
4. Tropic of Cancer lies at23?0 Latitude S.
Which of these statements are correct ?
(a) 1, 2, 3 and 4
(b) 1 and 2
(c) 1 and 3
(d) 2 and 3 | | 1 |
| Which of the following statements is not correct ?
(a) The 42nd Amendment extended the term of Lik Sabha and
State Legislative Assemblies from 5 years to 6 years.
(b) The president can dissolve the Lok Sabha on the advice
of the Prime Minister.
(c) Money Bills cannot be introduced in the Rajya Sabha.
(d) One third members of the Rajya Sabha retire on the
expiry of every third year. | | 2 |
| Crop yield Formulation Unit which has developed statistical
models to forecast crop yield works under the control of
(a) Ministry of Water Resources
(b) Department of Agriculture and Co-operation
(c) India Meteorological Department
(d) Department of Food and Public Distribution | | 2 |
| Three containers have their volumes in the ratio 3 : 4 : 5.
They are full of mixtures of milk and water. The mixtures
contain milk and water in the ratio of 4 : 1, 3 : 1 and 5 :
2 respectively. The contents of all these three containers
are poured into a fourth container. The ratio of milk and
water in the fourth container is
(a) 5 : 2
(b) 157 : 53
(c) 151 : 48
(d) 4 : 1 | | 1 |
| WHAT SHOULD BE THE MINIMUM NUMBER OF CORRECT OUESTION TO
QUALIFY PAPER 1 OF CPF EXAM. | | 1 |
| 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 |
| The ?Grand Trunk Road? connects
(a) Kolkata and Mumbai
(b) Delhi and Chennai
(c) Kolkata and Amritsar
(d) Tirupati and Ludhiana | | 2 |
| Knesset is the name of the Parliament of
(a) Norway
(b) Sweden
(c) Israel
(d) Spain | | 1 |
| Shri Rajender Singh won the Ramon Magsaysay Award for
(a) Emergent Leadership
(b) Community Leadership
(c) Illiteracy Eradication
(d) Bio-technology | | 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 | | 5 |
| 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 |
| Recently, Government disinvested stake in VSNL, IBP and IPCL to
(a) Bharti Telesonic, Reliance and GAIL, respectively
(b) Tata Group of Industries, Indian Oil Corporation and
Reliance, respectively
(c) Bharti Telesonic, Royal Dutch Shell and Pfizer, respectively
(d) Motorola, Kuwait petroleum and Ranbaxy, respectively | | 1 |
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