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| Which positional value divides the series into equal parts ?
(a) Median
(b) Second quartile
(c) 5th Decile
(d) All of these | | 2 |
| The Comptroller and Auditor-General of India is appointed by the
(a) Prime Minster
(b) President
(c) Finance Minster
(d) Home Minister | | 2 |
| Stockholm Syndrome is a mental condition experienced by
(a) The young persons who take up jobs in the industry after
passing out from the Management Schools
(b) Persons who migrate from rural areas to urban cities,
during the earlier stages of their stay
(c) Drug-addicts in the rehabilitation centers
(d) Hostages and kidnap victims in which positive feelings
develop towards their captors | | 1 |
| The Civil Disobedience Movement of 1930 culminated in the
signing of a pact in 1931 by Gandhiji and
(a) Lord Irwin
(b) Lord Linlithgow
(c) Lord Wavell
(d) Lord Curzon | | 1 |
| 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 | | 3 |
| 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 |
| 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 |
| Consider the following statements :
1. Launching of Fourth Five-year Plan was postponed and
three Annual Plans had to be resorted to between 1966 and 1969.
2. Fifth Five-year Plan was terminated a year earlier.
3. Eighth Five-Year Plan commenced in 1992 instead of 1990.
Which of these statements are correct?
(a) 2 and 3
(b) 1 and 2
(c) 1 and 3
(d) 1, 2 and 3 | | 1 |
| WHAT SHOULD BE THE MINIMUM NUMBER OF CORRECT OUESTION TO
QUALIFY PAPER 1 OF CPF EXAM. | | 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 |
| ?Sagar Samrat? is the name of
(a) An island near Port Blair
(b) A drilling ship in Bombay High
(c) An island near Maldives
(d) Name of a 5-star hotel in Goa | | 1 |
| Nalanda University flourished during the reign of which of
the following rules?
(a) Chandragupta Maurya
(b) Ashoka
(c) Kanishka
(d) Harsha | | 2 |
| Grassroots of democracy is | | 5 |
| who is the first field marsal of indian army? | | 6 |
| First Municipal Corporation in India | | 8 |
| Combustion of a candle is a
(a) Photochemical reaction
(b) Exothermic reaction
(c) Physical change
(d) Endothermic reaction | FermiLab | 1 |
| The organisation of petroleum exporting countries
controls..........of world oil exports? | | 4 |
| 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 |
| 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 |
| Shri Kiran Karnik is the
(a) President of NASSCOM
(b) Chairman of the Board of Control for Cricket in India
(c) Chairman of Maharashtra State Public Service Commission
(d) Managing Director of Engineers India Ltd. | | 2 |
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